One Direction disband: Directioners react to reports that band are to take 'at least a year' out
The band are to reportedly take a break from March 2016
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Your support makes all the difference.One Direction fans are flooding Twitter with frantic posts about reports that their favourite band is to disband for "at least a year".
Directioners had their Sunday evenings ruined by reports that Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan are set to part ways for at least a year from March 2016, and focus on their solo careers.
A source told The Sun that after five years, the members "fully deserve to have at least a year to work on their own projects."
However, they stressed the break is "definitely not a split" and the band will return "at some time in the future.”
An official spokesman for the band told the Press Association: "We don't comment on speculation."
With the band's future apparently hanging in the balance, fans have taken to Twitter to vent their emotions.
Others simply refused to believe the reports.
And in a confusing twist, others were happy that the band were apparently taking a well-earned break.
Directioners were already been rocked by the news that Zayn Malik was quitting the band in March, saying he wanted to live like a "normal" 22-year-old.
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