UK-Irish Boy Band "One Direction" To Support Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" At BTR Concert In Albany, New York's Palace Theatre In February 2012

According to this Nickelodeon news article on TimesUnion.com, which is the official website of the Times Union daily newspaper which serves the Capital Region of New York, United States, the British-Irish boy band "One Direction", which consists of band members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, will be a supporting act for Nickelodeon's very own boy band "Big Time Rush", which stars Kendall Schmidt as Kendall Knight, James Maslow as James Diamond, Carlos Pena Jr. as Carlos Garcia, and Logan Henderson as Logan Mitchell, when "Big Time Rush" plays a concert at the Palace Theatre in Albany, New York, USA on Tuesday 28th Feburary 2012:

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Ask your kids who Big Time Rush is. Go ahead, we'll wait. Good, you're back. So surely you now know the four-piece boy band is the centerpiece of the same-name Nickelodeon series, a sort of 21st-century Monkees. And you probably also have been informed that you just have to get tickets to the Tuesday, Feb. 28, concert at the Palace Theatre in Albany with U.K. group One Direction lending support.

Also, posted by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):

#rushers ! Have u heard the cool news? UK are totally representing with the awesome @onedirection supporting @bigtimerush on their US TOUR!!

Also, from SheKnows.com:

[...] Harry [One Direction's Harry Styles] will be spending a lot of time in the U.S. over the next few months, as One Direction is set to support Nickelodeon TV stars Big Time Rush on tour.

Also, from Digital Spy:

One Direction have teased plans to embark on another tour.

The boyband finished their first ever headline tour of the UK and Ireland last month and will now support Big Time Rush on their US jaunt later in the year.

Also, from the San Francisco Chronicle, California, USA:

Monday, Feb 20 7:00pm at Sacramento Convention Center: Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA

Big Time Rush will be hitting the road beginning late February 2012 for the “Better With U Tour.” Fans will be able to see the music and TV sensations, on hiatus from their hit series, as they embark on their first-ever headlining multi-city concert tour performing new songs in support of their album, Elevate, out Nov. read more

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Big Time Rush will be hitting the road beginning late February 2012 for the “Better With U Tour.” Fans will be able to see the music and TV sensations, on hiatus from their hit series, as they embark on their first-ever headlining multi-city concert tour performing new songs in support of their album, Elevate, out Nov. 21. Big Time Rush will begin their electrifying tour in Las Vegas and will travel to major cities including a major performance at New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall. Tickets are on sale now. The band has also teamed with VIP Nation to provide a variety of VIP ticket packages for the tour, including premium seats, meet and greets, photo ops, parties and more. For more information go to BigTimeTour.com.

Elevate is the highly anticipated follow-up to the group’s debut, 2010’s gold-certified BTR, which has scanned over 1 million albums worldwide. To date, Big Time Rush – Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson – have sold over 3 million combined digital tracks worldwide.

Now in its second season, Big Time Rush – which follows four best friends from Minnesota who trade in their hockey sticks for music superstardom in Los Angeles -- averages 4.1 million total viewers (+9%, over season one). The launch of the hit series on Nickelodeon drew 6.8 million viewers, making it the most watched live-action series premiere in the network’s history.

The group’s social media profile has risen just as quickly, with an online community of almost 400,000 Twitter followers and more than 2.3 million Facebook users.

Special support act One Direction will join Big Time Rush beginning February 24th in Chicago. The biggest UK breakout group of 2011, One Direction is ready to take America by storm supporting Big Time Rush’s 2012 tour. Their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” became the fastest selling single of 2011 and debuted at #1 in both the UK and Ireland.

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