Will Niall Horan be performing 1D classics on tour?

The 29-year-old pop star shot to global fame alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Mailk, and Liam Payne in the ‘X Factor’-created boy band in 2010 and has since gone on to launch a successful solo career since they went on hiatus in 2015 but still thinks the classics as “great songs” and enjoys performing them today.

Speaking on Apple Music One when asked if he would be playing any classic tracks on his upcoming tour, he told Zane Lowe: “More than likely, yeah. I’ve never been one to hide away from it. They’re great songs. There’s so many on there that feel like my kind of stuff as well. And it’s good to make new versions of as well.”

Niall Horan on His Musical Upbringing…

No one was musical, but huge music fans. I grew up with vinyl in the living room. My parents weren’t particularly English seventies rock fans. They were more the American stuff. It was all very Laurel Canyon, all of that stuff. All of it. James Taylor. Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills. The Eagles are our number one. I went to my first concert when I was four. It was an Eagles gig. Yeah, I was just grew up on that stuff and just instinctively, I just always tend to head back that way instead of … Just when I pick up something, it just goes that way.

Niall Horan on Songwriting and Being a Fan of His Own Music…

It’s like I’m trying to sit down and write the best thing I can. It’s like anyone, I always say this, it’s like anyone in their normal day job, you’re not sitting down to write the worst thesis or you’re not sitting down to make the worst spreadsheet you possibly can to mess the numbers up. You’re trying to do the best job you possibly can while you’re sitting there doing it. There’s no reason why I shouldn’t like it.

Niall Horan on Being Encouraged To Explore Therapy By Sam Smith and James Bay …

…I still haven’t. And it’s something that people are recommending and I feel like I want to go and do it. I would count myself as a good talker. I’ve got no problem telling people how it feels… I’m at the end of my twenties and it’s done a lot in a short space of time. And there is a lot to look back at and look forward to and look left and right at as I say. So it’s just taking it all in and then having your couple of outlooks on things. And that’s where The Show came from, The Show being the metaphor for all of this. I remember having a chat with, and I hope he doesn’t mind me saying this, James Bay. And Sam actually, Sam Smith. And we were talking one night about therapy and stuff like that. I really hope they don’t mind me saying this… and it was more the experiences that we’ve all been through. This is where famous people conversations are good for me. I don’t have many of them, but they’re good where we’ve all been through a similar thing where it’s an up upward trajectory and fast. And you don’t realize what it’s doing. So it’s more of based on your experience and what you’ve been through to say, “I think this would be a good…” Not saying, “I think this would be good,” but the more I hear of it, the more I’m like I think that actually might be a good idea for me. Honestly, because if you hear it off everyone, yeah. I just understand it from their mouths more than I would most people.

Niall Horan on Ed Sheeran’s Work Ethic…

I remember during the pandemic, Ed was telling me that he was writing two songs a day before noon. I was just like… I made a chicken salad and did half-assed workout. He’s great. Ed’s one of the greatest.

Niall Horan on If He’ll Play Any One Direction Songs During His Upcoming Shows…

More than likely, yeah. I’ve never been one to hide away from it. They’re great songs.There’s so many on there that feel like my kind of stuff as well. And it’s good to make new versions of as well.

In recent times, rumours have circulated that a reunion between the ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ hitmakers is on the cards especially following Harry’s appearance on James Corden’s final episode of ‘The Late Late Show’ but Niall was quick to explain that no conversation regarding a comeback has ever happened even though they are all on speaking terms.

He added: “Oh, it’s not like it’s ever stopped. The Corden one is just a big moment in… A long line of… It’s in most interviews. I’ll talk about it in… Yeah, so it’s not like it’s ever stopped. It’s just like the conversation hasn’t happened. It’s a great legacy to have. No, I don’t think it sucks the air out of the room. It’s more, the answer’s still the same. The conversation hasn’t happened. We speak regularly, but that conversation hasn’t happened. God knows whether it ends up being. It could be like the Friends reunion, it could be a whole tour. God knows what it is, but no, it hasn’t been spoken about, so…”

Meanwhile, the ‘Heaven’ hitmaker is set to release his third studio album ‘The Show’ on June 9 ahead of his 2024 world tour and described the record as the “most emotional” one that he has ever made.

He added: “Probably more so then, yeah. The most emotional record I’ve made I’d imagine because I had this massive period of reflection looking into the future a bit, looking left and right more than I’ve ever done. When you’re in the rat race, you tend to just go. Yeah, exactly. So as I said, when you’re on the roll, you just go with it. You don’t do any thinking when you’re 17 to 20-something. You just go. There’s no time for thinking, just having fun and enjoying it.”

Niall Horan needs to go to hospital before tour saying ‘I can barely walk!’, and needs to have a knee injection before he can tour properly again.

Niall Horan needs a knee injection before his upcoming tour.

The former One Direction star, 29, is due to hit the road in 2024 to promote his new album ‘The Show’ – which is out on June 9 – and explained that because of an injury he sustained during his time with the multi-million-selling boyband and has now explained that he is in need of a medical procedure so he can take to the stage safely.

I had knee reconstruction in 2014. That one has a big zipper down the front of it – that’s fine. The other one 1 just tore the tendon that keeps my kneecap in place. I did an abrupt stop and felt it pop then fell on the floor like a sack of s***.

“So now I have to get an injection into my knee, then they spin the blood and take it out. I’ve been putting it off, pretending I’m busy because I don’t want to feel the pain but I do need to get that done because running around the stage will be no fun. I can’t actually run at the minute – I can barely walk!”

Meanwhile, the ‘Heaven’ hitmaker is also due to take to the stage at a series of festivals across the summer – including the Capital Summertime Ball at Wembley Arena – and sees the whole venture as a “challenge” to convert the regular festivalgoers beyond the diehards at the front int fans of his.

He added: “It’s something I’ve never done before, That idea of knowing that the pit and first few thousand past the barrier are going to be fans. Then I just want to get that drunk person on the way to the burger van. I want them to be become Niall Horan fans. I see it as a challenge for the next few months!”

Niall Horan: ‘I went to my first concert when I was four. It was an Eagles gig’