One Direction announce release date for new album

One Direction at the premiere to their debut film, This Is Us, last month.

One Direction have revealed the title and release date of their new album.

The band used Twitter to tell fans it's going to be called Midnight Memories and be released on 25 November.

It's their third studio album and is the follow up to 2012's Take Me Home after their debut album, Up All Night, was released in 2011.

The former X Factor contestants' film, This Is Us, made £20 million at the worldwide box office in its opening weekend last month.

The five-piece were also included in the Guinness Book of World Records this week.

VMAs ceremony

They secured an entry for the highest debuting British group in the US singles chart with Live While We're Young, which charted at number three last year.

Last month their single Best Song Ever was awarded Song Of The Summer at the MTV VMAs.

During the ceremony Harry Styles from the band was criticised by his ex-girlfriend, US country star, Taylor Swift.

Picking up an award for I Knew You Were Trouble the singer dedicated it to "the man who inspired it", reportedly a reference to Harry Styles.

The band's popularity shows no signs of slowing down though with a world stadium tour planned for May 2014, with five dates in the UK.

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