Was at One Direction concert in Dublin last night and can't help feeling that...

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... they are short-changing everyone a bit?

I enjoyed it but it just wasn't that spectacular.
They are good looking lads,they have some good songs and they can sing but it was all a bit 'meh' for me. It didn't help that it was cold and rained a bit, but still.

I wouldn't say I was a westlife fan but i've been to a good few of their concerts and really enjoyed them (I used to accompany my little cousin so her mum didn't have to go). Any other pop band would have dancers etc. Little mix for example - would LOVE to see them live. They had nothing, and only 'changed their outfits' by putting on more layers because it was fecking baltic in croke park. I get that the dancing and different/unusual costumes thing isn't their M-O but why the feck not? It's not like their fan base is incredibly mature and too old for a bit of cheese? Plus, so many album tracks. Ok for the die hard twitter teens, but not so good for all the mummies (or aunties in my case (I have 2 DSs (5 and 2) so not with me) and younger fans (of which their were thousands. Not one cover either. I love an alternative, unexpected cover, but no.

Even the staging and special effects were just ok. No massive surprises. There a bit in the middle which was a bit unexpected but the rest was just par for the course. The techies behind the bits that appeared on the big screens behind them put in much more effort than all the boys combined.

They did all seem to be genuinely chuffed for Niall, who did seem to be v emotional at playing in Croke park (v much considered sacred ground in ireland) and they mentioned a few times that it was the biggest crowd they had ever played to.

Maybe I have the wrong idea about it all. I'm sure plenty of you are going in the coming weeks. You might love it.

My 16 yo DD likes Muse and Paramore, I can cope with them .
I had to see JLS 3 times with DD2.

The best live show ever is U2!

Visually stunning, amazing set up and it blows you away.

Nothing could compare now.

Well music doesn't have to be exclusive - dd loves 1D and The Clash and various other punk and ska her dad has introduced her to. I love Teenage Fanclub and The Smiths, but also American rock anthems and 80s pop.

We've paid a fortune for 1D tickets so they better be on form this week.

Just watched 1D at radio 1 big weekend. Am a bit concerned for poor Louis....v.v.skinny and looks totally burnt out. At the end he was really struggling to walk up the slope off the stage

Nothing compares.....

If if paid a shitload of money to see them and I got 5 sulky teens shuffling round the stage Id be a bit pissed off.
They make cheesy pop for teen girls. It's not about the music it's about the show.

My two ore-teen boys would rather poke their eyes out than go to a 1d concert because they're 'for girls'.

Dds saw 1D with friends last year and seemed to enjoy although they said Bruno Mars was much better.

On MargotLovedTom so agree with you. With downloads and iTunes kids are familiar with so many different genres of music. My ds has moonlight sonata!!!on his iplayer as well as hard times my favourite track of all time and stuff from the Jam, reggae, as well as all the new stuff too.

captain not much green, no. Not that it was obvious anyway. One of my DN's wore green but when you think of the amount of little girls who only like pink or purple etc plus the mummies etc. The ponchos we bought were a light green though.

Will be v interested to hear what you thought. Like I said, I enjoyed it but for the price of the tickets I wasn't blown away.

I have had to see busted and boyzone in the past (sister and friend duty!) They put on a good show

I don't know a great deal about 1D but aren't their songs and videos pretty much all the same? Not overly surprised they didn't put on much of a show! It is a shame though

Those of you saying Katy Perry was a great show, maybe she needs amazing special effects to make up for the singing, when she sang live on The X Factor her singing was appallingly bad.

When I see them on TV they always look burnt out and can not be bothered. No dancing, not moving around much and rarely smiling. I do not get why the girls still like them?

I have a feeling that in ten years time during a 'where are they now?' type of programme all will be revealed. It will be 'in the summer of 2014-this is what was really happening' and we will all go-'Right that explains it all'.

They always seem to be slightly pissed off when they perform. Is this part of the schtick? Surely that's what their purpose is!

One of them probably wants to leave the band, they have had a big falling out about it.Manager has said see it through til the end of the tour. That type of thing.....

Ah Balls Nevertalks! I'm sat here on the train in my new green CARDY! Will prob never wear it again! Ha the email to say its alcohol free so can't even rely on a wee glass of Sauvignon to dull the noise lol.

KPs singing was surprisingly good, I was dreading it. She obviously had a backing track for some songs but at one point sang a handful of songs with just a piano and guitar. She was loaded with the cold as well, her mike stand had a tissue box attached!

Anyone reading this thread would think I had turned into Katy Perrys biggest fan
I will admit to listening to DDs cd in the car . But that was only because it was already in the player

One Direction are so dull. I know they are not really aimed at me, but I love pop music. 1D have missed a massive opportunity to churn out some pop classics like early Take That, Boyzone, Backstreet. Boys, Nsync etc, as it is their stuff is mainly middle of the road Heart FM friendly rubbish.

Also there is a new boyband called "The Vamps" who play their own instrument, snapping at 1d's heels. I work with kids, and the girls (aged ten) are obsessed with them. They hate 1D.

The Vamps supported Taylor Swift, 18 yo neice was impressed
1D just lk like they can't be bothered being any type of pop star.

They're coming to the end of their shelf life. Bands like that only last a few years tops before their fans start to grow up and move on anyway, but then you have the endless travelling and touring that they do and it's going to take their toll on them. I wouldn't be at all surprised if turned out it was all going a bit sour behind the scenes, they don't look at all well to me. Any of them. Also being an arranged pop band they won't have much, if any, creative control over what they do.

It will be interesting to see which one goes first, and then who goes onto to have the most successful post career. People assume it would be Harry, but I'd say Niall. Harry is actually dull personality wise,

I love the vamps!

I need to be a teenager again.

I took my DD and her friend to see 5 seconds to Summer last month here in the US. We all loved them! They seemed really fresh and into the music. I suppose they haven't had the chance to get jaded like 1D yet..

I do like a band who write their own songs and play instruments. But Busted/McFly managed it.

I do envisage a future of rehab and bankruptcies for the 1D lot once the bubble bursts, which I think is imminent.

The problem with having young girls as your fan base is that they have a habit of growing up and out of it.

Did anyone the 1D documentary on c4 last year? It was really about their fans, I worried about their mental health. They were obseesed, but not I a "I love you I'm going to buy all your cd's and put posters up". But more of a "If I don't meet you I wil kill myself" type of thing.