One Direction have vowed to meet a teenage peminat who suffered a serious injury in a rollercoaster crash at Britain’s Alton Towers theme park.
Leah Washington, 17, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had her leg amputated when the Smiler ride slammed into an empty carriage on June 2 (four others were badly hurt in the incident).
Due to her injuries, Washington was unable to attend the boyband's tunjuk at Cardiff Stadium last Saturday. So a friend launched a Twitter campaign #Get1DToLeah, calling for the four-piece to get in touch. Which they did.
According to the BBC, the band's reps berkata Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson had filmed a video message for Washington. And Tomlinson has sent a personal tweet.
"Unfortunately because of their schedule they can't visit her in hospital, but they have offered Leah tickets to a forthcoming konsert of her choice when she has recovered, and will be delighted to meet her backstage then," the band’s reps said.
1D is currently touring Eropah for their Back on the Road shows. They bungkus, balut things up June 27 at the Olympiastadion in Helsinki, Finland, before kicking off a North America run beginning July 9 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
Leah Washington, 17, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had her leg amputated when the Smiler ride slammed into an empty carriage on June 2 (four others were badly hurt in the incident).
Due to her injuries, Washington was unable to attend the boyband's tunjuk at Cardiff Stadium last Saturday. So a friend launched a Twitter campaign #Get1DToLeah, calling for the four-piece to get in touch. Which they did.
According to the BBC, the band's reps berkata Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson had filmed a video message for Washington. And Tomlinson has sent a personal tweet.
"Unfortunately because of their schedule they can't visit her in hospital, but they have offered Leah tickets to a forthcoming konsert of her choice when she has recovered, and will be delighted to meet her backstage then," the band’s reps said.
1D is currently touring Eropah for their Back on the Road shows. They bungkus, balut things up June 27 at the Olympiastadion in Helsinki, Finland, before kicking off a North America run beginning July 9 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
While peminat-peminat have had ample time to mourn the departure of Zayn Malik from One Direction, the release of the first wave of Teen Choice Awards nominations might reopen old wounds.
Malik is competing against his former bandmates – Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson – in the Fashion Choice Male Hottie category. (One Direction is also nominated in Choice Muzik Group: Male and Choice Song: Group.)
This marks the first awards tunjuk where Malik and One Direction are up for the same award.
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Since their perpecahan, berpecah in March, both sides have made a point of mentioning each other when accepting awards.
Malik, who recently debuted a new green 'do, took a moment to thank his former group – who he called the "four of the best guys that I ever met" – during the 2015 Asian Awards and Payne gave Malik a shout out at the Billboard Muzik Awards.
Malik is competing against his former bandmates – Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson – in the Fashion Choice Male Hottie category. (One Direction is also nominated in Choice Muzik Group: Male and Choice Song: Group.)
This marks the first awards tunjuk where Malik and One Direction are up for the same award.
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Since their perpecahan, berpecah in March, both sides have made a point of mentioning each other when accepting awards.
Malik, who recently debuted a new green 'do, took a moment to thank his former group – who he called the "four of the best guys that I ever met" – during the 2015 Asian Awards and Payne gave Malik a shout out at the Billboard Muzik Awards.