One Direction member shows up to VMAs in a Joy Division T-shirt

Props to everyone who suffered through the VMAs last night. I passed on the opportunity, but apparently this was the big news I missed: a member of boy band One Direction showed up in a Joy Division shirt...

kid from One Direction wearing a Joy Division shirt at VMAs. LOL x ∞ pic.twitter.com/syhVUI4HVj
— K-VON (@shittyDJ) August 26, 2013

WHY THE HELL IS THAT GUY FROM ONE DIRECTION WEARING A JOY DIVISION SHIRT NO CANOOT BE HAPPENING U R KIDDING ME RIGHT pic.twitter.com/AecBhe8FE9
— jen (@transmissi0n_) August 26, 2013

The kid from One Direction is wearing a Joy Division shirt, it worked, I understand him now.
— Chris Mojan (@ChrisMojan) August 26, 2013

So are we to expect a One Direction Joy Division tribute album? #vma
— PJP (@Paul_Piazza77) August 26, 2013

#VMAs Noticed dude from One Direction in a Joy Division shirt, following the closet goth footsteps of Jordan Knight: http://t.co/TXdMtmWg8k
— April Richardson (@Apey) August 26, 2013

Published August 26th, 2013 @ 5:53 AM