Niall Horan has said he is feeling nervous about performing at London’s Wembley Stadium for the first time.
In an interview with Capital’s Roman Kemp about playing the Summertime Ball solo, the 23-year-old singer explained that the prospect of taking to the stage by himself is "scary", but that he is going to enjoy the moment.
Horan said: "You're stepping out in front of 80,000 people, it's going to be scary.
"But you have to relish it at the same time, you know they're your songs, people know them that are coming to watch, because they listen to the station, they're going to have a good day and you're amongst a great line-up."
London, I'm performing at the @CapitalOfficial's Summertime Ball on 10th June ! https://t.co/swFyUj8c6f #CapitalSTB pic.twitter.com/WdcK1Rc0Dj
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) May 10, 2017
The Mullingar artist launched his solo career in September last year with debut single This Town.
Horan will join acts including Little Mix, Stormzy, Maroon 5 and Clean Bandit at the annual mini-festival event, during which he will perform his new single Slow Hands in the UK for the first time.
Other acts confirmed for this year's event on June 10 include Rag'n'Bone Man, Zara Larsson, Shawn Mendes, James Arthur, Olly Murs and Charlie Puth.
In 2016 Zayn Malik, who had left the band the previous year, issued an apology for pulling out of the Capital FM Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium, blaming "the worst anxiety" of his career as the reason for the last-minute decision.
One Direction went on a hiatus in January last year in order for the remaining four members Horan, Tomlinson, Styles and Liam Payne, to pursue other projects.
Other former bandmates in One Direction, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson have also embarked on separate musical endeavours.
