One Drection performing at Allphones Arena on October 5, 2013.

One Drection performing at Allphones Arena on October 5, 2013. Photo: Steve Lunam



One Direction have broken Metallica's ticket sales record at Sydney's Allphones Arena. One Direction sold nearly 82,000 tickets to their seven shows at the Sydney arena. Metallica sold just under 75,000 tickets at the venue during their 2010 tour.


Each member of One Direction was presented with a Gold Microphone as a trophy and a plaque was positioned in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct to mark the achievement.


Allphones Arena General Manager, Guy Ngata, said today "Epic and extraordinary are words too commonly used these days.


"One Direction's run of seven performances at Allphones Arena was just outstanding ... 81,542 screaming fans across six perfect October days will be something difficult to ever repeat let alone break."


One Direction will wrap up the Australian and New Zealand leg of their Take Me Home world tour in Melbourne on Wednesday night.


The boy band released their new single Story of My Life on Tuesday.


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