Niall Horan Avoids Doing This at Shows When His Former 1D Bandmates Are Also Touring: ‘It’d Be a Bit Stupid’

With all of the former members of One Direction now pursuing solo careers, chances are higher that more than one of them will simultaneously be on tour at any given time. And when that happens, Niall Horan says he’s careful not to do one specific thing at his concerts.

In an NME video interview posted Friday (March 27), the Irish pop singer opened up about how he builds his setlists for each tour, including how he selects which tracks from 1D’s catalog he plays. In the past, Horan has been known for singing “Fool’s Gold,” “Drag Me Down,” “Night Changes” and “Story of My Life” at his solo shows.

“I just play me favorites, I suppose,” he said. “And I try to stay away from it if the lads are doing it — if Harry [Styles] is touring and he’s playing ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ every night, it’d be a bit stupid for me to do the same song at the same time. Or Louis [Tomlinson] did ‘Drag Me Down’ on his first tour, so I kept away from that, and then I did it the next time.”

Horan went on to share which tracks in 1D’s five-album catalog he thinks are most underappreciated. “I think ‘Steal My Girl,’ just got to say it, it’s underrated,” he told the publication. “Hot take. It was robbed of its day in the sun. I think ‘Fool’s Gold’ is underrated.”

Styles’ Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second week, and Horan’s Dinner Party drops June 5. Both are set to kick off tours in 2026. Tomlinson is currently on tour in support of January album How Did I Get Here?, while Zayn (who left One Direction in 2015) recently released his fifth album, Konnakol, and is set to tour this year as well.

Watch Horan’s full interview with NME below.