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One Direction's set list, and more than one observation

The Target Center concert was stretched to two hours with help from covers and a Q&A.

July 19, 2013 at 5:33AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
The one 1D member who seemed to get the biggest cheers, Harry Styles, at Target Center on Thursday. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
The one 1D member who seemed to get the biggest cheers, Harry Styles, at Target Center on Thursday. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)


Did One Direction age five years in 15 months, or was it just me? The guys looked significantly older and less clean-cut than they do in most of their promo photos. It's as if their team has a stash of pictures on file from a couple years ago that they keep dusting off as "new." Part of the problem might have been their attire: tight T-shirts or muscle shirts and jeans instead of preppy wear, which allowed them to show off their tats and biceps.

Some other random, leftover observations from the show.

**The guys aren't very funny. Their Q&A via Twitter resulted in only a few minor chuckles, such as when one fan asked if they could speak a Minnesota accent (a woman coached them on long "oh's"). Least funny of all was the long bit at the end where they went into a long, dissertation like speech on which kinds of soup they like best. Holy boring!

**The guys need to work on their fan-riling stage banter. They seriously must've told the crowd that they were the loudest/craziest/rowdiest crowd on the tour 15 times in the show. Even the 15-year-olds in the crowd saw through the act.

**Opening boy-band 5 Seconds of Summer actually were a band. Like with guitars and drums and stuff. What a bunch of show-offs! The Australian quartet, which only formed a year ago, made a big impression on the young crowd with their punchy but still light-as-air pop-rock tunes. They're bound to be heard from again.

Up All Night / I Would / Heart Attack / More Than This / Love You First / One Thing / C'mon, C'mon / Change My Mind / One Way or Another (Blondie cover) / Teenage Kicks (Undertones cover) / Last First Kiss / Moments / Back for You / Summer Love / Over Again / Little Things / Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus cover) / Rock Me / She's Not Afraid / Kiss You ENCORE: Live While We're Young / What Makes You Beautiful

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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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