One Direction and The Wanted call a truce in battle for American fans

British boy bands One Direction and The Wanted have decided to call a truce over their battle for the US.


The British boys have ended months of sniping by swapping numbers and have even started hanging out together.
The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes revealed the peace deal after an awkward run-in at a US TV studio recently. The 18-year-old admitted ‘we were rehearsing with them the other day’ and declared: ‘We’re all pals.’
Sykes said he and 1D’s Liam Payne, 18, had become particularly close, adding: ‘I was texting Liam earlier.’
Explaining the backstage run-in, Sykes admitted it was The Wanted who were left embarrassed after they were busted by their rivals singing a One Direction song.
‘We were walking into the studio really embarrassingly singing the song their band were rehearsing to and we’re there singing it,’ he said.
‘Then we turn around and they’re stood there like, “We’ll that’s embarrassing” and we’re like “Boys, how’s it going?” But, no, it’s all good.’
Clearing up claims 1D ‘tried to flee’ their Saturday Night Live rehearsal when they found out The Wanted were rehearsing for American Idol at the same time at LA’s CenterStaging, Sykes said: ‘I think we intimidate a lot of people but I’m pretty sure we don’t intimidate other teenage boys.’
The Wanted’s Max George, 23, kicked things off in Guilty Pleasures when he branded 1D ‘more faces’ for children’s TV.

‘We don’t talk,’ he said.

The Wanted - Miami January 2012

 

 

   

Album Sleeves - Battleground

Tom Parker

Thomas "Tom" Anthony Parker, born (1988-08-04) 4 August 1988, grew up in Bolton. Parker learned to play the guitar at the age of sixteen after trying out his older brother's. He then went on to audition for The X Factor but did not get past the first round. He went to Manchester Metropolitan University and studied Geography, but dropped out in pursuit of a professional singing career. Parker joined a Take That tribute band known as Take That II and toured Northern England, before joining The Wanted in 2009.

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Jay McGuiness

James "Jay" McGuiness, (1990-07-24) 24 July 1990, grew up in Newark, Nottinghamshire. He attended Holy Trinity Roman Catholic school in Newark. At the age of 13, McGuiness went to Charlotte Hamilton School of Dance. He has a non-identical twin brother Tom and three other siblings.

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Siva Kaneswaran

Siva Kaneswaran, born (1988-11-16) 16 November 1988, grew up in Ireland with his Sri Lankan Tamil father, Irish mother, twin brother Kumar and six other siblings. Kaneswaran started modelling at 16 and appeared in various ads and landed a contract with Storm Model Management. Kaneswaran took part in Rock Rivals, televised in eight episodes between 5 March and 23 April 2008. His brother took part as well. Kaneswaran played the role of Carson Coombs and his brother that of Caleb Coombs. The brothers also appeared briefly in one episode of Uncle Max. The episode "Uncle Max Plays Tennis" aired on 11 July 2008. Kaneswaran was spotted through his modelling campaigns and recruited as a result for the band. He is the younger brother of former Dove member and former Popstars: The Rivals contestant Hazel Kaneswaren.

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Nathan Sykes

Nathan James Sykes, (1993-04-18) 18 April 1993, grew up in Abbeydale, Gloucester with his mother, who was a music teacher and younger sister. He started singing and performing at the age of 6 and attended Sylvia Young's theatre school from the age of 11. He continued to perform as a child singer winning various competitions including "Britney Spears's Karaoke Kriminals" in 2003, The Cheltenham Competitive Festival of Dramatic Art also in 2003. He appeared on ITV's Ministry of Mayhem in 2004, and won the Door Youth Project's "Undiscovered Youth Talenhugyt Contest" held in Derker performing "Mack The Knife". and performed for the "Live and Unsigned". Music Competition in Bristol in 2008.^[Sykes attempted to represent UK in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Lillehammer, Norway. In the British qualifying finals, he sang "Born to Dance" coming 3rd overall, after winner Cory Spedding and runner-up Andrew Merry.

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Max George

Maximillian Alberto George, born (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988 , grew up with his family in Manchester. Before music, he had been a football player with Preston North End and was on the verge of signing a two-year deal with them, whilst he has been a Manchester City supporter since a young age. Previously he was a member of Avenue, a five-piece boy band made up of Jonathan Lloyd, Scott Clarke, Ross Candy and Jamie Tinkler in addition to George. They entered the third series of The X Factor in 2006 and made it to Louis Walsh's Bootcamp. But media reports exposed that Avenue had not strictly adhered to the rules, having been signed by an earlier music X Factor director to a deal. They were banned from participation for having professional representation rather than being specifically formed for the competition. Avenue admitted they had failed to duly report their engagements and George admitted it was "not the X Factor's fault" in the video showing their disqualification in Walsh's office. With Andrew (Andy) Brown joining as a member of Avenue replacing Jamie Tinkler, the band went on to have some success beyond their X Factor appearances with their debut single "Last Goodbye", reaching number 50 on the UK Singles Chart. They had a follow up release with "Can You Feel It?". Avenue disbanded in April 2009. In 2008, while still a member of Avenue, George appeared naked on cover of British gay magazine AXM's "Naked Issue" in support of cancer research. He is engaged to British actress Michelle Keegan after meeting her at one of The Wanted's concerts. Max George recently revealed that he and his fiancé, Michelle Keegan, have broken off their engagement.


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History about The Wanted

2009–10: Formation and The Wanted
The Wanted were formed in 2009 through a mass audition by Jayne Collins, the same woman who put together The Saturdays and Parade.They soon started working on their debut album with producers Guy Chambers, Taio Cruz and Steve Mac. Their debut single, "All Time Low", was produced by Mac, and also co-written by Wayne Hector and Ed Drewett. It was released in the summer of 2010 and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, remaining in the Top 40 for 17 weeks.The band's second single, "Heart Vacancy" again written with Wayne Hector, was released on 17 October 2010. It peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart.Their self-titled debut album was released on 25 October 2010, peaking at number four on the UK Albums Chart.The third single from the album, "Lose My Mind", was performed on The X Factor and it subsequently peaked at number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart.

2011–present: Battleground
In March 2011, the group embarked on their first headline, nationwide tour. The "Behind Bars" Tour was in support of their debut album The Wanted with 16 dates held in theatres in March and April 2011.
The band started working on their second studio album in January 2011.The album features writing credits from the group, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Ed Drewett, Diane Warren and Guy Chambers. The lead single, "Gold Forever", was released in aid of Comic Relief on 13 March 2011.It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.In July 2011, the group released the second single "Glad You Came" which became their second UK #1 single, staying there for two weeks and in the UK top ten for six weeks. The single also reached number one in Ireland and remained there for five weeks.The song also charted in some European territories and Australia. The song later charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The band did their first American tour in Early 2012 on which two of their shows where sold out in a matter of minutes.
The third single,from the album, "Lightning", was released on 16 October 2011 which reached #2 in the UK and #5 in Ireland. On 7 November 2011, the group's second album Battleground, was released in the UK. It debuted at #5 in the UK and #4 in Ireland. The fourth single, "Warzone" was released on 26 December 2011 with the music video and radio debut coming in early November 2011.
In addition to shows in the UK including T4 On The Beach, V Festival and the iTunesFestival, the group supported Canadian singer Justin Bieber in Brazil on 8 and 9 October and also supported Britney Spears on her Femme Fatale Tour at the Manchester Evening News Arena on 6 November. On 9 November 2011, it was revealed by the group that they were planning to re-release the album, including a new track written by Example called "Chasing The Sun" and a duet called "Jealousy" with "a US female singer".

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