"You look gorgeous" he says, attempting his best Manchester accent, "This is Manchester United". Only a cheeky chappy Irishman as lovable as Niall Horan could get away with standing in front of thousands Mancunians and taking the p**s out of our over-enunciated vowels.
As one fifth of boyband One Direction he was adored by young fans. And since launching his solo career in 2016, he's brought all those admirers with him and pulled in a new crowd along the way. READ MORE: The new restaurants and bars opening in Manchester this month I'm sure many of the original 1D lot made up a large part of the audience for Tuesday night's sell-out concert at the AO Arena and he recalls his first show here was back in 2011.
This time it's just him with The Show, which kicked off in Belfast last month and is here for just one night only. Although he will be making a return later this year, when he comes to the new Co-op Live arena on August 27.
He kicks off with Nice to Meet Ya and pulls out a whole load of favourites. With so many teenagers in the crowd, it's inevitable there will be screams.
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