As a ファン and champion of rap and urban music, we didn't have Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand down as a boyband kind of guy.
But here is Rio partying with the lads from X Factor pop band One Direction after the big game at Old Trafford this week.
Heart-throb youngster Harry Styles, from Holmes Chapel had been to watch the Reds beat Stoke 2-1 with his dad and his bandmate Louis Tomlinson, and they bumped into Rio in the players' lounge.
Rio swiftly updated his Twitter web page with the historic meeting, saying: “Just in the lounge with the One Direction young guns, they seem to be loving this boyband life.”
An invitation to his Italian restaurant Rosso in the city centre swiftly followed, and off the lads headed, where Rio then tweeted: “the few chics that were in Rosso were all over ya!”
Manchester スイング king Cole Page also spied the lads in Rosso, where he was performing his regular Tuesday night live slot at the celebhaunt venue on Spring Gardens.
But despite being the master at getting celebs to 登録する him on the mic, Cole couldn't persuade the One Direction chaps to 登録する him for a few ditties – but they did pose up for this photo.
Cole says: “After my main set I did a few Billy Joel songs and they came over to say they loved them. I did ask them to 登録する me for a song but they declined. They seemed like great guys – they may be young but they're quite mature.”
It's just been announced that Radio 1 will broadcast The Story Of One Direction between 9-10pm on BBC Radio 1, Monday 2nd April 2012. The press release states;
"One Direction invite Radio 1 Stories to follow them as they hit America for the first time. With full access to the boy band on the road as they tour with Nickleodeon act Big Time Rush, and prepare to launch their debut album in the country, we find out what it's like to be a Brit band breaking the US.
"And breaking it they are - with ファン chasing their tourbus down the 通り, ストリート and trying to break into their hotel rooms, pre-sales of the album going stratospheric, an appearance on the Today 表示する that drew a larger crowd than Lady Gaga, and US radio hosts comparing the frenzy to Beatlemania."
"With a chance the band, who formed during the 2010 X Factor, are about to break records for the highest US billboard album chart debut, Radio 1 gets the full behind the scenes story.
"Be prepared for the screaming."
"One Direction invite Radio 1 Stories to follow them as they hit America for the first time. With full access to the boy band on the road as they tour with Nickleodeon act Big Time Rush, and prepare to launch their debut album in the country, we find out what it's like to be a Brit band breaking the US.
"And breaking it they are - with ファン chasing their tourbus down the 通り, ストリート and trying to break into their hotel rooms, pre-sales of the album going stratospheric, an appearance on the Today 表示する that drew a larger crowd than Lady Gaga, and US radio hosts comparing the frenzy to Beatlemania."
"With a chance the band, who formed during the 2010 X Factor, are about to break records for the highest US billboard album chart debut, Radio 1 gets the full behind the scenes story.
"Be prepared for the screaming."
