Boyband: One Direction release first single without Zayn Malik

Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson were confronted by a floating Naughty Boy pinata while on stage in Kansas City as part of their On the Road Again tour, and dealt with the confrontation rather swiftly.

A group of fans, who are presumably not fans of Naughty Boy and his relationship with Malik, brought a piñata in the shape of a monkey with the producer’s face glued on to the head.

They may be a member down these days, but that didn’t stop Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson surprising fans around the globe by unexpectedly releasing new track, Drag Me Down.

And with Louis later gushing on his Twitter account about what a ruddy unbelievable show it was, we have a feeling that it was as good for him as it was for us lot watching. Thank you!!’.

Louis and Naughty Boy famously fell out after Zayn Malik quit the band and the latter started posting pics and music from their new collaboration. Check out the photo and video below, and tell us what you think. Some people still do HA!’ he wrote.

Naughty Boy responded to Louis saying: “and some people can’t even sing. but who’s complaining when there’s auto tune eh”.

Louis mockingly retaliated: ‘Jesus forgot you were such an in demand producer…

Naughty Boy quickly quipped: ‘Yeah how does it feel mate? With lyrics like “I got a river for a soul and baby you’re a bow / Baby, you’re my only reason” it’s sure to get their fans swooning.

It was at this point that Zayn waded into the spat, and there was no doubting whose side he was on.

“Defending his friend, Zayn tweeted: “@Louis_Tomlinson remember when you had a life and stopped making b***hy comments about mine?”

Malik also went on to write “someone learned how to upload a video”.

Weeks ago Malik also took to Twitter and spoke out against Naughty Boy for leaking his unfinished music video.