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"One Direction have confirmed that they are going to tour North America. Ryan Seacrest announced that the British band will visit 20 cities on his KIIS-FM radio show today.  The tour will kick off on May 24 in Fairfax, Virginia and will come to an end in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 1. Other cities that will be visited by the band include Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. Tickets will go on sale at 10am on March 24. The news comes shortly after it was confirmed that One Direction have topped the Billboard 200 chart with their debut album Up All Night - the first British band to top the charts with their debut. Band member Liam Payne later said that One Direction&amp;#039;s success in the States &amp;quot;hasn&amp;#039;t hit home yet&amp;quot;. One Direction&amp;#039;s North American tour dates are as follows: May 24 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center May 25 East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center May 26 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre May 28 Philadelphia, PA -Tower Theatre May 29 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre June 1 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre June 2 Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena June 8 San Diego, CA - Viejas Arena June 9 Las Vegas, NV - Planet Hollywood June 10 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre June 13 San Jose, CA - Events Center June 14 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre June 16 Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre June 17 Anaheim, CA - The Theatre At Honda Center June 23 Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion June 24 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion June 26 Atlanta, GA - The Arena At Gwinett Center June 27 Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena June 29 Tampa, FL - 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre June 30 Orlando, FL - Amway Center July 1 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center  Watch a video of One Direction&amp;#039;s US success below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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