One Direction to tackle TCF Bank Stadium next summer

The British boy band -- now man band -- will issue its new album, "Four," next month. They're booked to perform at TCF Bank Stadium on July 26.

October 23, 2014 at 7:25PM
(Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
One Direction also gave a year's notice before finally landing at Target Center in July 2013. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune
One Direction also gave a year's notice before finally landing at Target Center in July 2013. / Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune (DML - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

**Updated with full ticket info below.

Now old enough to be taking college courses instead of earning £6 million a year – who could blame them for choosing otherwise? – the members of One Direction will hit the University of Minnesota campus next summer.

The British boy wonders are booked to perform at TCF Bank Stadium on July 26, the fourth show on their newly announced 2015 North American tour itinerary. Tickets go on sale Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for $39.50-$99.50 ($54-$120 after fees). Pre-sale offers for the tour are set to start Friday and are listed on the Ticketmaster page for the concert.

The quintet's prior Twin Cities performance at Target Center in July 2013 sold out in minutes, and scalpers had a full year to clean up in re-sale purchaes since the show was announced a summer earlier.

One Direction's latest album, "Four," is due out Nov. 17. The band will debut the video for the first single, "Steal My Girl," on Friday via Vevo.com at 10 a.m. Central Time.

This will be the second biggest concert in TCF Bank history after U2's 360 Tour stop in 2011. The most memorable things from 1D's 2013 show were all the complaints about ticket scalpers making a killing on tickets (sure to be the case again), the loud screaming in the crowd (which some attendees still have ringing in their ears), and the persistent rumors that lead-hunk Harry Styles was drunk on stage. If true, Lil' Harry should have a good time hanging around Dinkytown.

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Chris Riemenschneider

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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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