Whether it’s the luck of the Irish, or the rub of the green, Niall Horan sure is living the life.
As a member of One Direction, the Irishman made Billboard chart history when the pop group’s 2012 debut album, Up All Night, opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making 1D the first British act to debut atop the chart with a first album.
With three additional consecutive No. 1 bows — Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013) and Four (2014) — 1D became the first group in Billboard 200 history to see its first four studio albums enter at the chart summit.
It’s a similar chart tale on the other side of the Atlantic. Four U.K. No. 1 albums, four U.K. No. 1 singles.
As a solo artist, Horan has two No. 1s on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with 2020’s Heartbreak Weather and 2023’s The Show. His debut album, 2017’s Flicker, went all the way to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
The lad is just getting started.
He has served as a coach on NBC’s The Voice for three seasons, for three wins. That’s an historic, undefeated record.
Just to rub it in, Horan, now aged 32, has a pub at his home. “I mean a pub, I don’t mean a bar,” he tells Jimmy Kimmel in an interview that aired Wednesday night (March 25). “I built a pub in the basement, and it must be the worst idea I’ve ever had,” he continues. Not that Horan hates a creamy pint. Pubs typically close at 11pm in the U.K., where Horan calls home. Which means, the party all too regularly ventures on to Horan’s house. How does he empty his pub? Like a pro. It’s music off, lights out and exit by a side pathway. On your way.
Horan stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live, not for the first time, for a chat about his forthcoming fourth studio album, Dinner Party, due out June 5, and his love of Eagles (he was “absolutely obsessed” with them in his youth), the music scene of Laurel Canyon, and his touring plans.
Horan will support the new LP with an arena tour of the U.K. and Ireland, followed by a European run, starting Sept. 22 at Utilita Arena, Birmingham.
“We’re still to announce more dates,” he tells Kimmel. When asked if North America is in his plans, he responds: “It’s not announced, but yeah.” Currently, Horan has two U.S. summer 2026 dates locked in for July 9 at Geodis Park, Nashville, TN, and July 18, at Hersheypark Stadium, in Hershey, PA.
Horan’s luck, well it might just rub off. While on air, he put the call out to the social media user who unwittingly wrote a lyric, “your eyes could grow flowers,” which appears in the Dinner Party album track “Flowers.” Staring down the barrel of Kimmel’s camera, he remarks: “If you’re out there, please get in touch. I’d love to give you some percentages for the song writing.”
Earlier, Horan tested his knowledge of, well, himself, with that of a superfan, Rachel. “Wow, what just happened. I’m shook,” he later remarked, as he was trounced in a game of “Who Knows Niall Horan.”
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