“For all the youngsters out there we’re One Direction’s uncles”, Blue’s Duncan James jokes to the crowd.
The singer has just thanked the army of die-hard fans who have managed to battle snow and a train strike to make it to London’s O2 and gives a nod to the new generation of Blue fans in the audience.
Most of them weren’t even born when the band’s debut album All Rise was released 21 years ago and went to number one but tonight they’re being indoctrinated into the Blue Family.
