FILIPINO fans waited four long years to see British boy group One Direction live or in the flesh via its two-part concert that opens tonight at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.

But dismay overcame excitement one day before the much-awaited event when a member announced his withdrawal from the last two Asian legs of the group’s On the Road Again 2015 Tour. Manila and Jakarta felt shortchanged.

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