too? I was just talking about the screams and squeals of thousands of young girls and the noise they made, because they overwhelmed any music produced in the concert put on by British boy band One Direction. Beatlemania has, apparently, bitten the dust, with this show finally arriving after tickets went on sale about 15 months ago.

I have seen Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, and The Biebs, but never before have I been to a show where I couldn't assess the quality of the music and singing  20,000 red-blooded girls were singing along and frothing at the froth onstage throughout, and the noise was unavoidable, even in the empty men's rooms. Every mug for the camera and every wave engendered a frenzy even louder than the onebefore it. I expected fan devotion, but not the volume.

Time Magazine has identified each member of the band with a particular characteristic, much like the Beatles a half-century ago: Niall Horan is the "cute" one (and the only Irishman in a band of Englishmen), Zayn Malik is the "quiet and mysterious" one, Louis Tomlinson is the "funny" one (and oldest, at 21), Harry Styles is the "charming" one (and who has dated Taylor Swift) and, not least, Liam Payne, who was called the "sensible" one. (Poor Liam. The drab adjective doesn't set hearts aflutter, as his image elicited the quietest shrieks throughout. Harry and Niall seemed to be the favorites, based on decibel level.)

The quintet was assembled by none other than Simon Cowell. Each one of the boys