Chapter Thirty Seven

Enjoy 6K of what was arguably one of my favourite chapters to write !! Important note though, I really wanted to dedicate an entire chapter to a show, seeing how much performing is a huge part of what we love the boys for. This is however, the only chapter I go into full detail of a show in this way, from here on there are only snippets and a few little 'surprise' moments ;)

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His blood his thrumming through his veins. The sound of thousands of people buzzing in an arena can be felt across the entire venue and as the five of them pile together backstage he can't help the swirl of emotions inside of him.

"Break a leg out there popstar." He hears Sarah say as she stops beside him and pulls him into a one armed hug. There's dozens of people crowded around them all. Their families came an hour or so ago, not spending all too much time with them backstage before they were shuffled out to take their seats in the arena. Instead makeup crews, stage hands, sound engineers, managers and god knows who else filters around them all. Having Sarah seem so calm and at ease calms him.

"Wouldn't put it past one of us to be honest."

Sarah's responding smack to his arm is playful and he turns his head down to smile at her, seeing the glint in her eyes which can only be caused in situations where you're about to be confronted by thousands upon thousands of people screaming lyrics back at you and dancing to the beat of the music.

"This is gonna be the time of our lives." For that, he doesn't an argument.

"I was expecting you to wear some sort of Elton ensemble I'm rather disappointed H!" He looks up to find Liam walking towards him with a wide grin on his face. He supposes it's far from his most out there outfit, in fact he'd purposefully chosen to wear something more subdued for this first show. Dressed in black Gucci high rise flare silk and wool pants and a button-down black silk shirt with a silver pattern of swirls decorating one shoulder and down half one side of his back, it really isn't a dramatic fit he suspects most people are expecting from him tonight.

It's Louis however that he can barely stop himself from ogling at. His hair had been styled into a quiff, so similar to how he'd worn it years ago that for a second he thought that that Louis was in the room with them. Dressed in a style that perfectly mixes how the man he used to be with who he is now, a blend of skin tight black jeans and a white and red polo shirt unbuttoned enough to hint at the It Is What It Is tattoo across his chest.

It's a test of his resilience that he hasn't already found a deserted room and shoved Louis inside of it. Refusing to leave till they'd both likely have needed to go back to hair and makeup.

He feels like a teenager still for the thoughts which tumble through his mind as he blatantly stares at Louis across the room from him where he's talking with one of the crew members and a young stylist flits around him with final touches.

"I'll have you know Liam that Elton is a fashion and music icon and I feel honoured to have my style compared to his taste." He answers, remembering himself and turning to face Liam.

"Least you're less at risk of tripping over yourself in this rather than some of the other pants I've seen you in!" Sarah pipes up from beside him.

"Hey!"

"She's not wrong, though I've seen him trip plenty of times back in the days of skinny jeans so we shouldn't have to high expectations of young Harold." Liam fires back and Harry watches and Sarah and Liam exchange knowing looks.

"What are we bullying Harold for today?" Niall says from behind him and the next moment an arm is draped casually around his shoulders.

"We're exchanging clumsy Harry stories."

"Oh fuck you remember when..."

"Niall." He cuts him off with a warning but Niall's already off on a tangent to Sarah.

Shimming his way out from Niall's arm he makes his way towards where he can see Jeff talking with Mitch and someone else he sure is a part of their sound team.

There's two photographers mixing through the large group of them piled into the big room and he shakes off the feeling of having the camera focus on him as he walks towards the three men. It's a feeling he's never found himself at ease with having lens pointed solely towards him. Though he doesn't mind it nearly as much as he once had.

"All set?" Jeff asks him when he stops on the edge of their group.

"Too late to turn back now."

"Least you've got four others out there with you if you muck it up." Mitch humours them with.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence."

"Ten minutes till stage everyone, the five of you expected stage side in five!" He hears Paul call out across the room, quieting it for a moment before chatter and frenzied actions continue. They'd given timings for the tour to Paul. He knew the boys best and certainly how to handle them all.

He's shuffled away a moment later by two members of their styling team for last minute touch ups, all members of the actual band escorted away to the stage to get in position.

Before he knows it they're getting escorted out from the room, down a long corridor which after all these years he has become somewhat familiar with, and towards side stage.

"Can't fucking believe this is about to happen." Niall says from beside him. Zayn, Louis and Liam walking side by side just ahead of them, talking excitedly between them.

"We keep saying that but fuck if it isn't true."

"Think I'm actually shaking right now." Nialls says and to prove his point lifts his left hand out before him as they're walking, sure enough there's a slight tremor running through it that goes more than the movement of walking.

"Same here." He says holding out his own hand.

Niall laughs at the two of them, "You know after all these years think we'd have nerves of steal with this sort of thing. Feel like we're back in 2010 about to go on the X – Factor stage."

"Don't remind me! Gemma made me sit down and re-watch all our performances the last time I was with her. Traumatizing experience it was."

They finally reach just behind the stage. Their opening act having finished five minutes ago and the set is currently being shifted slightly around for their own arrangement. Veiled beneath a wall of black curtain with a mix of animations of the five years they'd been together followed by a selection of clips of them getting back together now which had been filmed over the past couple months. It was similar enough to the short film they'd released before their surprise performance last month, only this time it was much shorter.

They'd worked hard in order to ensure that their set list was kept a tight secret, not wanting the fans to know beforehand which songs they'd chosen. It wasn't till he recognized the final two minutes of the video playing on the projector and the final checks of the actual set that he realised just how little time they had left till One Direction was officially reunited with the world.

He pulls away from Niall momentarily to grab the other three, pulling them into a tight circle and each of them instantly throwing their arms around one another's shoulders. He's vaguely aware of the sound of a camera snapping shots of them but drowns it out as he takes in each of the four men around him, his brothers and the love of his life.

"I don't know where I'd be without you all, but I'm fucking grateful that I have you. I love you guys, now let's go play the best show of our lives!"

"Face the wolves right?"

They each cheer at his words, breaking away as they go towards their stations to enter the show. Before he can think better of it he grabs blindly for Louis' arm. Turning him back around to face him, ignoring the questioning look on his face as he pulls him flush against him and kisses him soundly. Louis melts into him, hands coming to rest on his jaw, careful to avoid his styled hair and kisses him back.

"I love you."

Louis' smirk into their kiss isn't lost on him as he kisses him again, "I love you too."

"Oi lovebirds! Get over here!" Niall's shout finally breaks them away from one another. Luckily there's only the five of them, Paul and Amanda, Rebecca and Jeff left with them. Still he smirks at the surprised looks on each of their faces after his and Louis' kiss but doesn't say anything more. He squeezes Louis' hand tightly once and let's go to make his way towards where he'll soon walk out center stage.

He's glad his in ears at least drown out some of the wave of sheer noise that's echoing throughout the arena, even now still offstage the sounds of screaming is deafening.

The extended opening to Hey Angel begins and after a solid thirty seconds the curtain drops before the arena filled with fans just as the drums kicks in.

He catches Niall, the one closest to him, grinning as the crowd losses it, Liam and Zayn harmonizing for the opening oohs of the song. All five of them still offstage.

He sings the opening line still out of sight. Doesn't know how any of the crowd actually hears him above the sheer noise they make the second he starts to sing.

He takes calculated steps up onto the sheer platform at the very back of the stage. Noise erupting around him as he takes in for the first time the sight of the crowd before him. The band spread out either side of him as he walks down towards the main stage with possibly the biggest smile on his face he's ever worn.

The stage is designed in a way that there's a ramp leading down from backstage, the band situated on raised platforms on either side. There's a large circular area at the bottom of the ramp which is considered 'main stage', and from there it branches it onto three paths which lead out into the audience.

He makes his way through his verse of the song, knowing the instant Louis becomes visible to the crowd from behind him when another round of white noise occurs.

Lowering the mic away from his face he half turns his body so that he can watch as Louis walks out from the same place he just had. To Louis' left he can see Sarah grinning from her spot behind the drums, Mitch and Michael also beside her. Ny and Sandy on the opposite side of the gap center stage.

As Louis finishes his pre-chorus he turns away from him and begins heading out onto one of the runways which leads directly out from main stage. Louis soon follows behind him as the second verse begins.

The moment the beat kicks in for the second verse has always been one of his favourite things about this song, and as he feels the music prepares to drop, he nearly forgoes singing his line as he dances crazily around the stage. Blinding lights flashing in his eyes, straining to hear the sound of the music through his in ears so that he has the right timing but he wouldn't give up this senses overdrive for anything.

Niall is the next one to join them out on stage as he joins Louis in singing the pre-chorus. Instead of making his way out to where he and Louis are, Niall walks down the runway to the left as he sings with him, sending the crowd near him into hysterics.

He turns from the break in the verses to grin at Louis, unable to contain himself as he feels so strongly he needs to share his overwhelming sense of joy he's experiencing in this moment with the man he loves. He turns only to find Louis' eyes already on him.

Liam and Zayn finally walk out onto the stage, both of them singing the bridge until the second run through it when Louis joins in with them as well.

Above all the noise in the room he's drawn to the sound of Louis' voice amongst it all. Continuing to dance around in what he knows is a signature style for him but he can't help it, doesn't want to stop. Out here on stage is a place he's always felt he belongs, cherishes moments like this when the roar of the crowd is so overwhelming yet everything he needs all at once.

Hey Angel! He sings out to the crowd, their voices melding with his though the sound is distorted from the delay of the sound of the arena and distance it travels to reach him.

All five of them sing the final few together. Liam having made his way out to the opposite runway from Niall and Zayn remaining on the main stage.

The song comes to a steady close and the screams from the audience is beyond deafening.

When Happily begins next he's sure he see's a girl in the crowd actually faint for a moment, supported by her friend by her side. He flicks a thumbs up in her direction and her friend waves back at him just as he sees the friend come back around. He might not be the only one overwhelmed then.

He's screaming the words by the time I don't care what people say when we're together! Thinks he can hear Louis doing so too as Zayn, Liam and Niall all come out to the end of the center runway to join them in time for the second round of the chorus.

They're jumping around one another, smiles bright on their faces and he feels like he's 19 once more.

Baby be with me so happily!

"London how we feeling tonight!" Liam screams out to the crowd when the song drifts off and is met with a wall of noise. "Man," He says shaking his head as he looks out over the crowd, "Got to say we've missed you guys." More screaming. "You know, when Niall here first rang me back last year saying he wanted to bring us back together for a tour I was a little unsure but being here right now, standing here in front of all of you all, I can honestly say I wouldn't change this for the world. Think these four lads beside me would say the same." Liam continues, his arm now thrown around Niall's shoulder. "Thank you so much to all of you here tonight for your continued support of the five of us, either back when we were first together, in our solo careers or now back as a band, your loyalty and unfailing love has meant the world to us and we couldn't be more proud to call you our fans!"

Whilst Liam finished talking with the crowd he, Louis, Zayn and Niall made their way back to take a seat on one of the numerous places designed into the ramp for them to sit in. It had been Zayn's idea to carve out hollow shapes into the ramp so that they could use them as 'nests' he'd called them. Stocked with different pillows and rugs the spots were surprisingly comfortable to sit in.

Liam's performance of Remember was incredible, the crowd loved it as he danced his way around the top end of center runway. The four of them sat back and watched from the best views in the stadium as one of their best mates had the time of his life singing out to the packed crowd.

As the song came to a close they all rose from their seats and branched out along each of the runways.

Niall came along with him, singing the first verse of No Control which instantly sent the fans into a frenzy. They each made it to the end their respective runways, Liam remaining solo on center and Zayn and Louis together on the far right.

They'd agreed, somewhat reluctantly, for the fans benefit to join the crowd through the chorus of the ridiculous dance they'd once learnt for a skit of Carpool Karaoke with James whilst over in America. Zayn had lost it with laughter the first time they'd gone back through the dance three weeks ago. For someone who'd always been reluctant to show any dance moves on the stage he'd quickly picked up the moves and went along with it gleefully with Louis by his side singing out the chorus.

The combined sight of the four of them doing the moves whilst Louis sang the chorus and twenty thousand people mimicking the moves was quite a sight. The entire song the words were screamed back at them and by the last chorus most of the crowd had picked up on the choreo.

As the song came to close the five of them walked back to main stage. Mic stands having been set up behind them whilst No Control had happened and they positioned themselves behind their stands as the last song faded and the next began.

What A Feeling had always been one of Liam's favourite songs from Made In The Am and as he sang the opening verse, followed by Louis in the pre-chorus whilst he swayed along to the lyrics was a special moment for all of them. Zayn had been eager to join in with this one in particular and sang the entire second verse by himself much to the delight of the crowd.

"Well I have to say." Zayn begins as the song fades out, "I think that one would be one of the songs I most wish I'd done with the boys." He mostly tunes out the rest of Zayn's speech, registering only when Niall chimes in to criticize him for something he said causing the crowd to laugh. Liam joins him this time out to onto the right runway, Zayn making his way out towards the center as he continues speaking and finally Louis and Niall to the far left. "This is There You Are!"

He'd been looking forward to performing this in front of a crowd ever since Zayn had suggested it. It was much different to what he usually performed and sounded very different to his own music but he was really looking forward to how this would sound in a full arena.

Zayn sang the entire first chorus by himself, not giving any indication that the song would be performed any different to how it usually sounded but as the chorus began to swell each of them lifted their mics and sang it with him.

The crowd was delighted, a mixture between half of them singing along with them and the other half screaming in delight.

He'd managed to convince Zayn to let Harry join him for a section of the second verse, the lyrics had struck him and as they faded into the second verse and his two lines neared the others went silent.

Oh I'm a little drunk now, that's why I went to war.

The crowd screamed in response to his added feature in the song, Liam playfully shoving his shoulder as the crowd shouted the lyrics back.

Performing Walking In The Wind was special to all of them. It had long been theorized amongst fans that they'd written it when Zayn had left them and there was perhaps more truth to that than they knew.

They each made their way back to main stage, singing crowded together as they joined their voices for the chorus. Zayn plastered in the middle of them.

Stockholm Syndrome he'd performed during his own solo performances and singing it back in the fashion it had been originally composed in was still slightly strange but it was a thrill to be singing one of his favourite songs from Four back with the boys again.

Instead of joining the rest of the boys on the main stage during it he turned away and scrambled up the ramp towards Sarah, Michael and Mitch's side of the stage. Mitch smiled when he saw him coming for them, turning his back so that their shoulders were pressed against one another as he sang the chorus. He moved away from Mitch, mic still held up before him as he danced around him and finally made his way over to Sarah. Sarah beamed up at him, not missing a beat.

Across the split in the stage where the entrance to backstage was, Niall had followed him up the ramp as was doing the same with Sandy and Ny.

As the song drew to a close he watched as Niall threw his legs down into the space and waited their as Stockholm Syndrome ended and seamlessly transitioned into his own solo performance of Heartbreak Weather.

Unlike for Zayn and Liam's solo performances Niall's song began without him talking to the crowd. As soon as the crowd realised what song had just begun playing yet another round of cheering began, only to die down again once Niall began singing as they joined in.

Niall wandered over to him from where he'd taken a seat on the side of the ramp, throwing his arm around his shoulders as he sung through the chorus before pulling away from him and walking down to main stage.

"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Niall yells once the song ends. "Are we enjoying it so far? Cause I know I'm up here surrounded by some of my best friends singing in front of you lot and I gotta say, life's looking pretty good right now!"

As Niall continues talking with the crowd Louis makes his way towards him, eyes bright and in somewhat of a daze that performing live on stage always brings about.

"s' fucking insane innit?" Louis says as he sits beside him, pulling his in ears out so he can hear Harry's reply properly.

"You never told me which song you chose to perform for tonight you know."

"Well," Louis starts, "Neither did you."

"Touché." He says with a smile. "I'm thinking celebratory ice cream later."

"Seems a bit mundane for Louis Tomlinson, ice cream?"

"We can even stop and get you some of that vegan shit you like."

"Hey!" He says smacking his arm, "I happen to like 'that shit' quite a lot!"

"I know a lot of other things you like too..."

"Louis." He groans, "You did not just make a sexual joke to me on stage in front of twenty thousand people."

"I seem to recall we used to do that a lot?"

"Yes, we did." He answers thinking back to their old tour days, "And look where that got us!"

"I never heard you complaining after sneaking backstage for a quick one."

"Louis!" He whines again, well aware that Niall won't keep speaking forever and he really doesn't want to get flustered onstage and their very first show back. Despite Louis' best efforts. He knows the other man too well to know he's being playful about this, that he's doing it to get a reaction out of him. "We're not twenty one anymore."

"No, though I'd quite like to learn what twenty – six year old Harry can do."

"Bastard." He calls out, standing abruptly and moving down onto center stage before he really does give in to the rising heat in his body. He hears Louis laughing behind him and does his best not to retort by flipping him off as he puts one in ear back in.

Spaces had been one of his favourite songs to perform live the year they'd toured Four and that hadn't changed as they moved onto it next following Niall's talk. Their harmonies into the chorus left the crowd screaming out for them as they all piled together at the end of center stages' runway.

Of all the songs he'd been most insistent in including on their setlist, Infinity likely took out his top spot. They'd sung it together only a handful of times when it had been released but he had very vivid memories of writing it and had been one of their favourite songs they'd ever done.

At the end of the center runway, with all five of them shaped in a semi-circle around one another they make their way through it.

When the music swells and drops into the interlude between the two sections of the songs he loses himself to the atmosphere and music. Smiling like a fool as he dances around the stage.

His love for the recorded version of this song had never faded and the band had worked together in order for the sound to be as close to the real song as possible. He loved every minute of it.

He's practically screaming by the time the last few repetitions of Infinity echo around them. He doesn't bother to hide away from his emotions as he turns towards Louis and sings out the last lyric. Throughout the whole show he's not sure the crowd erupts louder than it does in that moment.

"You know..." Louis starts whilst the crowd is still lost around them, he chuckles into his mic before glancing upwards and staring out over the crowds, "I think that's gonna be my favourite song of tour."

"Now I gotta say, there's this one person back there," Louis continues, turning and pointing to a spot closer to main stage, "Whose holding up this one sign that's been making me laugh all show."

Harry glances towards him, then looks beyond to where he's pointing, miraculously trying to find this one sign he's pointed out.

"And I think a few of you in here probably want an answer to it so let's go find mystery person and have a chat shall we?"

He shares a look with Zayn before trailing after Louis down towards main stage, blocking out the shouted words sent towards them before Louis stops two thirds along the runway.

Boys; eighteen months is 547 days, not 1548. Louis reads off the sign and they all break out into a smile.

"Now, you gotta give us a break we..." But he's drowned out by the laughter of the crowd, "Alright, alright, bad wording choice, but none of us went to college. You see we all finished with school then got thrown together into this band called One Direction and just didn't really need to bother with numbers. Other of course, besides the fact that there are 20,076 of you in here tonight! Which is pretty fuckin' insane if you ask me."

Niall suddenly seems to decide it's time for them to go around reading off people's signs and they each branch off to go find some of their favourites that they can discover.

He's a third of the way down the runway to the far right when he hears Liam's voice cracking up through his in ears.

"Niall look!" Liam says as a close up shot of a sign appears on a big screen behind them.

Applied for the X – Factor, hope it all wrks out.

"Apparently we aren't just bad at numbers but spelling too Niall."

"Oh bugger off, it was cool back then!"

"Don't think that was ever cool mate."

They go through for another five minutes or so before he sees Louis making his way back to main stage and knows it's time to move on.

Harry makes his way back towards the nests in the ramp, taking up a spot besides Zayn as he settles in for Louis' solo part of the show. The audience seems to realise it's now his time and an excited buzz starts up around the arena.

"Now, before we start here I just want to say the biggest thank you to everyone out there who's listened to me new album. I'm sorry it took so long but I'm pretty proud of it and seeing all your responses to it has truly blown me away! So thank you, here's one of my favourite songs from the album."

Harry supposes he should have been able to guess which song he'd start off this tour with singing solo, but as the opening chords of Always You echoes around the arena and the crowd comes to life once more, he can't help the smile that breaks out across his face.

Watching Louis stand in front of twenty thousand people, singing his heart out, almost literally, to all those people when this is a song he wrote for him, is almost too much.

Louis doesn't turn towards him once during the entire song, but despite the crowd stretched out before him, screaming the lyrics back at him, Harry knows Louis is singing to him.

By the end he's fighting off the stinging in the back of his eyes. The wave of unexpected emotion flooding through him as he thinks back on all the two of them have gone through. On a stage in front of thousands he guesses it's not the best time to scream out how much he's in love with this brave, selfless man before him. Though it doesn't stop him when he stands alongside the rest of the boys, walking towards him and making sure his mic is no where near him as he whispers into Louis' ear, I love you.

Louis' responding smile is worth all the fan videos that become viral in a matter of moments at the sight.

He's handed a guitar, alongside Niall for the start of the next song as five stools are simultaneously brought out on stage, a slight lull between the end of Louis' song and the start of the next. There's a minute of so as the stage crew races around them in practiced style before they're seated and set to go for the next song.

If I could fly, I'd be coming right back home to you.

The crowd erupts as he sings the first line, no other backing music apart from him and Niall's guitars.

This had been both the hardest and favourite song he'd performed of their bands' discography as a solo artist. Still clearly remembers standing alone on stage as he'd sung this very song, but now here besides his boys he feels at home.

Now you know me, for your eyes only.

Story of my Life had been Zayn's insisted song, which had come as a surprise to all of them. However the moment the familiar chords start up, the five of them remaining on their stools he couldn't think of a better song for their own stories leading up to this moment. He feels himself finally start to choke up as the song goes on, the lights of thousands shinning before him as the arena sings their words back to them.

He's relieved when the song ends and yet another familiar sound picks up in the stead of the last song, each of them standing from their stools and walking out onto either side runway.

Perfect is more fun to perform than he remembered considering it was one of their more popular, well known songs, but he still vividly remembers feeling so canny writing those lyrics with the boys and their songwriting team. It's fun, upbeat and surprisingly the best way to move away from their more solemn songs.

Before he knows it it's all up to him. With only a slight delay and some chatting with the crowd he once more makes his way back towards main stage, the rest of the boys taking to their spots behind their own mics just behind him.

He's performed this before, recently even, but still he finds himself forcing more oxygen into his lungs as Ny's piano starts and he reaches for the microphone.

He doesn't think he'll ever get over the emotional tool it takes on him to perform Falling. But in that moment, instead of the crowd screaming back at him which they normally do throughout songs, they sing softly with him, quietly, as if wanting to hear his every word.

There's an added weight to this song beyond what he felt when he last performed it at the Brit awards. Now that Louis is actually with him and not just there in the crowd, it feels wrong and right at the same time to be baring himself so vulnerable and open in front of this many people.

Butt still as the chorus starts and just as they'd practiced, the boys join their voices with his seamlessly, he wouldn't change this moment for anything.

End of the Day is a blessing when the opening notes start, he's grateful for the changing tempo of the song which distracts him from the depth of the last song and focusses his mind back out on the crowd before him rather than the caramel brown haired Doncaster man at his side.

If he sings You love who you love with a little more gusto than any other line in the song, nobody has to know.

If End of the Day hadn't completely brought him out of his mood, then Drag Me Down definitely does. As he and Zayn harmonizes their way through the belting notes at the end of the song with the crowd spurring them on, he's right back to feeling where he belongs as the lights fade out through the final note.

They each send their last few waves out to the crowd as Sarah carries the band through it's last few moments and they all pile after one another backstage.

Louis grabs for him the moment they're out of sight, just in the dark before they reach the space directly behind the stage where no doubt there's an army of people waiting to ambush them back into their styled selves in the for minutes they have before they head back out for an encore. The kiss is searing and demanding and Harry gives him everything as he grips tightly onto Louis' waist, the other mans hands fumbling tightly into his hair and pulling him closer. They're both sweaty, out of breath and tired but they don't care in that moment, too far gone in one another and the high they're experiencing from being out on stage.

Popping up behind Mitch as the opening notes of What Makes You Beautiful begins creates a new wave of chaos amongst the crowd as the five of them pour back out onto the stage. All of them grinning like fools as they sing through the song that mostly got them to where they ended up, feels endlessly childish and shallow now that they're in their mid to late twenties yet feels so overwhelmingly them he can't help but sing with a newfound love of the song the entire way through.

Niall crowds into him towards the end of the song, clumsily throwing his arms around him as they sing through the quieter bit of the song before exploding back into the chorus.

He let's go of himself the way he'd taken to do whilst performing the song when the instrumental part comes through, noticing in the midst of his antics that the other four have joined him in flailing around on main stage.

"Thank you so much for coming out tonight, being here and just being the most amazing fans on the planet! We love you all, get home safe and we'll see you again soon!" Liam calls out into his mic in the fading lines of the song as they settle down for the last song of the show, grinning like fools.

It had been his idea to place History as they're closing song. At first the others had been reluctant, keen to put it earlier but he'd argued firmly that the connection the song had to their journey and to the fans was of too much significance to be placed anywhere else. And as the opening verse of the song begins, the fans realise which song they'd chosen to leave them with, he knows it was the right choice.

You and me got a whole lot of history! We could be the greatest team, that the world has ever seen! You and me got a whole lot of history! So don't let it go, we can make some more, we can live forever!

So don't let me go, so don't let me go

We can live forever

Baby don't you, baby don't you know

We can live forever!

The lights go out. And just like that, it's over.

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Full set list in order:

1) Hey Angel

2) Happily

3) LIAM

4) No Control

5) What A Feeling

6) ZAYN

7) Walking in the Wind

8) Stockholm Syndrome

9) NIALL

10) Spaces

11) Infinity

12) LOUIS

13) If I Could Fly

14) Story of My Life

15) Perfect

16) HARRY

17) End of the Day

18) Drag Me Down

(Encore)

19) What Makes You Beautiful

20) History