One Direction flee hotel

One Direction were forced to switch hotels in Peru because of "screaming" fans.

Boyband One Direction (from left to right) Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles

Reuters

1 May 2014

One Direction were forced to change hotels in Peru after police struggled to stop fans from storming the building they were supposed to stay at.

Police urged the band not to return to their rooms at the Palacio Nazarenas in Cusco after a sightseeing trip to the ancient Machu Picchu ruins after officers struggled to stop excited girls from storming the building.

Around 250 fans had filled the tiny square outside the hotel, where rooms cost £350-a-night, and over 25 police officers attempted to disperse them, but eventually decided it would be best for the group - who are on the South American leg of their Where We Are world tour - to relocate.

A source told The Sun: "There were hundreds of screaming girls outside the hotel.

"Police were struggling to keep them back and keep them off the road.

"The fans with their posters nearly filled the entire square."

Following a night in a different hotel, the band flew out of Peru by private jet on Tuesday to Santiago, Chile, for their next gig.

Last week, it was revealed over 6,000 police had been assigned to protect the quintet in Colombia to keep them safe from gun violence and kidnapping threats.

A source said: "No risks are being taken. The dangers in some of these countries are very real and that's why management have arranged the world's best security teams.