One Direction assures fans split won't be permanent

1	Publicist Simon Jones says he won't comment on "speculation" that the group will take a hiatus starting in March.
2	LONDON (AP) - Members of One Direction have confirmed the band is taking a break, but are reassuring worried fans that it won't be permanent.
3	Niall Horan tweeted that "we are not splitting up," while Louis Tomlinson posted "it's just a break ... Promise."
4	Liam Payne tweeted Tuesday that "there's so much more to come."
5	The Sun newspaper reported Monday that the four band members will go their separate ways for at least a year after finishing a tour this autumn and promoting their fifth album.
6	One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers - Horan, Tomlinson, Payne, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik - auditioned individually for British TV talent show "The X Factor."
7	Entertainment mogul Simon Cowell put them together as a boy band.