Dear fans and friends. Over the weekend it was announced that the remaining members of One Direction intended to go their separate ways in 2016. We simply cannot let this happen. One Direction are one of the best boy bands to have featured in mainstream charts in recent years, making catchy, and heartfelt songs to entertain, invoke emotions and dance along to. They are also one of the UK's best exports and are as iconic as The Beatles, The Spice Girls, ACDC, Abba, and other powerful, wonderful groups. Please sign this petition to help them see that this is a terrible idea and that the group must stay together and keep making music. It should be noted that we have no objection to them doing solo stuff occasionally to showcase their talents and be creative, but One Direction as a group must not be allowed to properly disband.