One Direction mobbed by Australian fans The crowd swelled to thousands through the morning, with girls sprinting from buses and train stations across town. Security fences were erected to keep fans at a safe distance and a row of police officers stood with linked arms to hold the screaming mass at bay. "I feel so sick, I was like a metre (yard) from them," Felicity Powell, 16, said. Another fan was prepared to take a stun gun for her idols, declaring: "I'll do anything to see them, I'd even get tasered for this. I don't care, I just have to see them. Bemused office workers stopped to watch the colourful teenaged crowd, clad in a mix of pyjamas and homemade fan T-shirts. Some waved signs proclaiming "Australia Loves 1D" and asking the band to marry them. Several girls were so overcome with excitement when the group arrived on set that they fainted and needed to be lifted out of the crowd for first-aid treatment, according to media reports. One Direction comprise four young Britons and an Irishman. Their first album made its debut at number one on the US charts last month - a feat never before achieved by a British band. It had earlier charted at number two in Britain. Follow Telegraph Music on Twitter