Meet One Direction's No. 1 Fan
One Direction fans are a special breed. Thanks to the Internet, specifically Twitter, fans from all over the world can log on and find out where Harry, Zayn, Louis, Liam and Niall are at any given moment. The phenomenon is so huge that not only do the boys have their own documentary, This Is Us, about to hit theatres, but British television station Channel 4 recently released another documentary specifically about the fans, Crazy About One Direction, which highlights the extremely obsessed and the lengths they'll go to for a chance to get close to 1D.
One of their crazier stunts? Sleeping on the street.
One Direction are scheduled to perform on the Today show Friday morning on the plaza at Rockefeller Center in New York City. To nab a prime spot in the audience, fans will have to arrive early. Days early.
The line of fans outside 30 Rock started to form late Tuesday night, and by the next afternoon, about 150 were hanging out on sleeping bags and camping chairs inside bullpen-like barricades in the middle of 48th street. Most were chatting, eating or tweeting, and all were ecstatic to be there.
We trekked down to the line to see the mania in person and met Crystal Pineda (above), a 14-year-old from Queens who was the very first fan in line. Crystal was there with her friend, Daisy Monegro, also 14, and their mothers (so Crystal and Daisy better grow up and buy them really nice Mother's Day gifts for the rest of their lives).
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