5 Seconds of Summer on One Direction: 'We wouldn't be where we are now without them'

5 Seconds of Summer have credited One Direction with helping to boost their profile.

The band supported the British-Irish group on their 2013 Take Me Home tour and they are doing it all again this year on the Where We Are stadium run.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Luke Hemmings said that the Australians see One Direction as friends rather than rivals in the scene, adding that they helped to propel 5 Seconds of Summer into the limelight.

He said: “We don't see 1D as competition, we see them as mates. We wouldn't be where we are now without them. At the end of the last tour we crammed them in the room to thank them. We had just come off stage but we did a big sweaty group hug."

5 Seconds of Summer meanwhile today (July 7) announced a series of European dates due to take place in 2015.

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