One Direction fans across the world have been soaking up their new live DVD after the band hosted a watching party to promote its release.

The band have unleashed 'Up All Night: The Live Tour' upon the hearts and minds of their devoted fans, which marks their first ever live DVD.

They hosted a 'watch party' for the DVD yesterday (May 31) as fans across the world watched the film at the same time - along with the band.

Band member Niall Horan tweeted photos of the band watching the DVD and said that the watch party hash tag was trending worldwide. He said:

"Twitter time in the show...you guys really are incredible on here...the top trend worldwide now is #1DVDwatchparty amazing."

Horan meanwhile also tweeted that some 1800 fans had grouped together in the Philippines to watch a screening of the DVD.