Harry Styles helps One Direction bandmate Niall Horan at his gig

One Direction fans have gone into frenzy after Harry Styles secretly supported former bandmate Niall Horan at his Manchester gig on Tuesday night.

Fans took to social media to share snaps and videos of Harry, 30, watching Niall, also 30, perform during his latest The Show Tour stop at the Co-op Live.

The Watermelon Sugar hitmaker was seen walking through the corridor inside the venue as he made his way to a private box. 

Harry looked trendy in a yellow jacket, white T-shirt and jeans as he danced along while Niall sang their One Direction 2014 hit Stockholm Syndrome. 

Fans quickly took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their excitement as half of the band reunited.   

‘Can’t believe I just spent 2 hours in the same room as two members of One Direction … what a night x’.

‘My whole timeline is Harry being at Niall ’s show. Life is great y’all’.

‘Can’t believe I’ve just been in the same room as 50% of One Direction close enough welcome back guys’.

‘No way I was just in the same room as Niall AND Harry’.    

A fan told The Sun outside the arena: ‘It shows how much support they give to each other, even though they’re no longer in a band together… we just hope that one day we’ll see all the 1D boys back together.’

Niall and Harry found fame alongside Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and ex bandmate Zayn Mallik on the X Factor in 2010.  

Previously Niall was spotted dancing at Harry’s Love On Tour concert at Wembley in 2022.  

The reunion comes after Zayn, who once said he never made friends with any of his One Direction bandmates, is said to be looking for ‘forgiveness and friendship’ from Harry, Niall, Louis and Liam. 

After nearly a decade the singer is ready to extend an olive branch, according to insiders, who claim he is looking for ‘forgiveness and friendship’ from his fellow former One Direction members. 

Zayn devastated fans when he abruptly quit the pop group in March 2015, citing ‘stress’ for the reason behind his shock exit.

Less than a year later, his former bandmates disbanded, confirming the group would be going on an indefinite hiatus.

Now, after nearly a decade of estrangement and bitter jibes, Zayn is reportedly looking to rebuild a friendship – and he is not averse to the possibility of a reunion.

‘He doesn’t know if it will ever happen, or when, but he would love to start a conversation with the other guys from One Direction and try to make amends with all of them,’ an insider told DailyMail.com exclusively.

‘He is trying to figure out the best way to reach out because it will be odd, weird, and uncomfortable, but it is something that has been on his mind.’

The insider insisted the decision is purely based on rebuilding relationships – not on getting the band back together to perform.

‘Whether that leads them to working together again musically is one thing, but Zayn’s reasoning is to become friends with his mates that he did so much with.

‘Zayn wants to approach them for forgiveness and friendship. Working with them is not important to him right now.

‘He has matured and wants to show the rest of the guys this. To be friends again would be amazing.’

Zayn, who was 17 when the group formed, has been vocal about his estrangement from his bandmates in the years following his departure, claiming ‘nobody reached out,’ that he never really had a relationship with Harry , and that he ‘didn’t really, like, make any friends from the band’ – which he described as ‘generic as f**k.’

Last week, in a rare interview, he discussed feelings of resentment during his time in One Direction and claimed their maturity level at the time, combined with their initial solo ambitions, put them in ‘competition’ with each other.

‘Now, when I look back at it, I can look at it in a positive light and be like, all these guys came from similar backgrounds to me,’ he told the The Zach Sang Show. ‘They had nothing, they worked their [butts] off, they wanted to sing, they got the thrown in a band.

‘And you know, we resented each other to a certain degree because we were solo artists that were put in a band, and we should have never felt that way.

‘It should have never been a competition. It should have always been a camaraderie, and we should have always been there for each other and had each other’s backs.’

Formed in 2010 by Simon Cowell on the UK X Factor, One Direction went on to become one of the best-selling boybands of all time, selling more than 70 million records worldwide and becoming the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums debut at number one.

Zayn, who has three-year-old daughter Khai with model Gigi Hadid, launched his solo career with debut single Pillowtalk in January 2016. He became the first UK artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with a debut single and has since released three albums.

Last year he revealed the reasons behind his abrupt departure from One Direction, admitting he ‘completely selfishly’ wanted to be the first to jump ship when he realised the end was coming when the others refused to sign new contracts.

‘There was obviously underlying issues within our friendships, too,’ he told the Call Her Daddy podcast. ‘We’d got sick of each other if I’m being completely honest.’