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One Direction to appear on Capital fundraising weekend

By | Published on Monday 22 October 2012

One Direction

Bosses at Global Radio’s Capital FM have decided to stop acting like children for the good of the children, so that’s good news. One Direction, blacklisted at the commercial FM earlier this year for forgetting to thank Capital FM when picking up the Capital FM-sponsored Best Single BRIT Award, will host a special show this weekend as part of the radio station’s Help A Capital Child appeal.

The 1D boys will join JLS and Little Mix in hosting special shows as part of the Capital FM fundraising weekend which kicks off this Friday, while a backstage meet-and-greet with Ed Sheeran and the chance to see Example play at the Stereosonic Festival in Sydney will be among the packages being auctioned off. The latest Help A Capital Child appeal will benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Confirming this weekend’s fund-raising activities, Dalton Leong, MD of Help A Capital Child, told reporters: “This month marks a year since we launched our first ever Capital FM network charity appeal, which was a huge success and raised over £180,000. Through the great work of our charity, we’re delighted to continue to support the work of Teenager Cancer Trust, making such a difference to so many young people living with cancer across the UK. I am confident that this year’s appeal will create another landmark and we thank our amazing listeners for getting involved”.

As previously reported, an interview with One Direction on Capital the day after the BRIT Awards in February was cancelled after the group’s Harry Styles thanked Radio 1 but not the Global-owned station at the music industry’s big awards bash. The group’s songs then disappeared from the Capital playlist, and no mention of the band was made on the station’s website. Though the ban officially ended in late May when occasional 1D tracks started to reappear on the station, ready for the big autumn of promo work around the boy band’s second album.



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