One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion. Click for more photos

The Only Direction

One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion. Photo: Ashley Mar

  • One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion.
  • One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion.
  • One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion.
  • Liam Payne of One Direction performs at the Hordern Pavilion.
  • Harry Styles of One Direction performs at the Hordern Pavilion.
  • Niall Horan of One Direction performs at the Hordern Pavilion.
  • Zayn Malik of One Direction performs at the Hordern Pavilion.
  • Louis Tomlinson of One Direction performs at the Hordern Pavilion.
  • One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion.
  • One Direction perform at the Hordern Pavillion.
  • Teenage girls go wild for One Direction.
  • Teenage girls go wild for One Direction.

One Direction: They came, they were seen and boy did they conquer. If you can name the five tousle-haired faces, you're probably still talking about the show. If you can't, you might be surprised to hear One Direction's boy-band appeal survived high-level screaming and low-level lust in Friday's show at the Hordern Pavilion, with little dancing, few costume changes and nary a taped vocal. They sang - rather well, actually - while delivering high-beam smiles to a room heaving with adolescent hormones.

Words by Bernard Zuel
Images by Ashley Mar