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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA2WxDJ1xytT83EvMR8dALC_Fit0krczUSjksJPtFlEiLihCj8L1lolX_akmbil_5ZgfULXLn9_Hbu8mITHppXBRRl05YVgW5ge56XZ1eb68rHMc78zSRvodzBH1TQJGsj6QbnJ61QOfu/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZA2WxDJ1xytT83EvMR8dALC_Fit0krczUSjksJPtFlEiLihCj8L1lolX_akmbil_5ZgfULXLn9_Hbu8mITHppXBRRl05YVgW5ge56XZ1eb68rHMc78zSRvodzBH1TQJGsj6QbnJ61QOfu/s1600/download.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> MANILA – An anti-drugs advocate is calling on the government to stop the show of the popular boy band One Direction in the country which is set for next year.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> This comes after a video of Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik of the British pop group smoking what they called a joint went viral online last Wednesday.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> The video clip, obtained by the Daily Mail newspaper, appears to have been filmed by the 22-year-old Tomlinson in the back of a car in Peru during the South America leg of the band's world tour.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Tomlinson and Malik are also heard joking about "illegal substances" as they smoke in the back of a vehicle.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> The band's other members -- frontman Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Niall Horan -- are believed to have been travelling in different cars and are not seen in the video.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> According to Jonathan Morales, founder of the anti-drugs group Laban ng Pamilyang Pilipino, the group does not set a good example for the many Filipino teens who idolize them.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Morales is worried that this recent controversy may worsen the country's problems concerning illegal drugs.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Put together for a British television singing contest in 2010, One Direction has developed a giant, fiercely loyal following of young girls worldwide.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Their concert in Manila is scheduled for March 21 and 22, 2015 and fans came in droves to buy tickets immediately after they were released.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Tickets are priced from P1,150 for general admission to P17,950 for VIP. – <strong>with reports from Agence France Presse</strong></div> <br />

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Pinoy fans sleep in at mall grounds to buy tickets for One Direction’s 2015 concert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaEgAcYifiKk3N_H-iUZNc6vzJB2S5YOqpo5WMZFHjelRD937kupAfB6G5G2s5xc5YRbfLZvLLdk7LxqVZhKK9WuRo2C6XQByGhRFE4Yz7nsBDBmx66lQhbKvXdT7LivytDEKUV0R3_Qq/s1600/tag_1373375933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaEgAcYifiKk3N_H-iUZNc6vzJB2S5YOqpo5WMZFHjelRD937kupAfB6G5G2s5xc5YRbfLZvLLdk7LxqVZhKK9WuRo2C6XQByGhRFE4Yz7nsBDBmx66lQhbKvXdT7LivytDEKUV0R3_Qq/s1600/tag_1373375933.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Filipino fans flocked to a mall in southern Metro Manila since Thursday to buy tickets to the upcoming concert of popular boy band "One Direction" for March 2015.</span><br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Many of the fans spent Thursday night at the SM Mall of Asia to wait for their turn to buy tickets, the most expensive of which cost nearly P18,000, GMA News' Athena Imperial reported.</span><br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">As of 5:44 a.m. Friday, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/athenaimperial_/status/469594585623064577?" style="color: #6666ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">GMA News' Imperial tweeted a photo</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> showing many of the fans bringing their own sleeping mats and waiting for the opening of the ticket booths at 8 a.m. Friday.</span><br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">In her report on "Unang Balita," Imperial said many of the band's fans showed up at the MOA grounds as early as Thursday to get a chance to buy tickets.</span> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lpnXLDGOwQc" width="640"></iframe><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The crowd had a picnic atmosphere, with some bringing pillows and fans, and their own food and drinks.</span> <br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Many entertained themselves playing games on tablets while some engaged in cross-stitching.</span><br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Some of the fans said they could afford to buy the VIP tickets worth P17,950 each because it was a "gift" from their parents for their academic achievements. Others said the tickets were a gift for their debuts.</span><br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The lowest-priced tickets for the concert sold for P1,150. The </span><a href="https://www.smtickets.com/event/details?event_id=2470" style="color: #6666ff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">concert is slated March 21 next year</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">.</span><br /> <br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">One Direction includes Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.</span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> —<a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/archives/authors/joellocsin" style="color: #6666ff; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Joel Locsin </a>/LBG, GMA News</strong>

Concerts Pinoy fans sleep in at mall grounds to buy tickets for One Direction’s 2015 concert

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