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Simon Cowell: One Direction Can Go Solo - As Long As They Stay Together!

Music mogul gives boy band the green light for side projects...

Simon Cowell has up until now kept schtum when it came to rumours about boy band One Direction going their separate ways.

But the pop tycoon last night addressed the subject of the fivesome tackling solo projects for the first time, on the red carpet at The BRIT Awards.

And the 55-year-old appeared to give them the green light to do whatever they want to on the side - so long as they stay together!

Speaking to The Sun, he said: "I hear Harry is going to go solo all the time. My advice is they should stay together.

"They can still do things whenever they want. They should stay together."

The news that they've got his blessing to explore solo projects might make up for missing out on the Best British Group gong at last night's events.

Harry Styles has previously been touted as a potential movie star as well as solo singer, while Zayn Malik has been exploring his interest in rap.

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