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Stereo Kicks find it hard to "focus" when fans throw their underwear at them.
The eight-piece group - who shot to fame after competing on 'The X Factor' - admits they get bombarded with saucy garments, but were stunned the first time it happened.
Singer James Graham said of the first time: "I think it was like our fourth tour day and I got a bra thrown at me and it landed on my head while I was singing. "It was quite hard to keep focus.
"We've had a lot of knickers and a lot of bras thrown at us."
However, James insists he doesn't mind fans throwing their smalls on stage.
He told BANG Showbiz: "Weirdly we get a lot of, probably too many, bras.. I'm not complaining."
Since being put together on 'The X Factor' - where all eight members initially auditioned as solo artists - the group have attracted a number of female fans and feel honoured to be compared with One Direction, who were also formed on the show.
Youngest band member Charlie Jones said recently: "Everyone has said since we were put together that they haven't seen this reaction since One Direction, which is obviously a massive, massive compliment."

The Libertines risked death from snake bites recording their new album.
The reformed group secluded themselves away in a facility in Thailand to set down tracks for their comeback record and though there were few people around, they were never far away from deadly serpents.
Co-frontman Carl Barat said: "The studio was built on an old snake pit. The snake god Naga had a shrine. You could still find snakes there.
"I said to the guy, 'Do you have anti-venom for the snakes?' He said, 'No if snake bites you, you die.'
"I thought, 'OK, what about going to hospital?' He said, 'No, no, you DIE.' It scared the life out of me.
"They're called pit vipers. Nasty buggers."
Despite the scary snakes, the 'I Get Along' group - which also includes Pete Doherty, Gary Powell and John Hassall - found the remote setting the perfect place to record their album.
Carl explained to NME magazine: "It was really conductive to work. We couldn't have done it in London or England or even in Europe.
"Everyone would have had a reason to go out. It's as fast as we've ever worked and as committed as we've ever been.
"I'm ecstatic about what we've done, which is very, very rare for me to say."
John added: "Spending so much time together made us feel like a proper band again. Seeing each other every day just made it feel like old times."

Little Mix have been announced as performers for MTV Crashes Plymouth.
The 'Wings' hitmakers - Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock - will take to the stage at the outdoor event alongside Irish rockers Kodaline and electro DJ Steve Aoki on Plymouth's Hoe on July 22.
Sharing their excitement about the gig, Leigh-Anne said: "We cannot wait to get out there and Crash Plymouth with MTV! We love performing, It's going to be such a great day, especially out there on the beautiful Plymouth Hoe. Let's get Crashin'!''
Meanwhile, Irish rockers Kodaline have admitted they "so happy" to be playing the festival in South West Engalnd alongside 'Pass Out' rapper Tinie Tempah.
Steve Garrigan of the band said: "We are so happy to be announced for MTV Crashes Plymouth with Tinie Tempah! This is a really
exciting year for us with the release of our 2nd album and a great summer of festivals ahead! MTV Plymouth, let's do it!"
Little Mix and Kodaline join Tinie Tempah as part of MTV Crashes Day One, while Steve Aoki and Deorro join Oliver Heldens, DJ Fresh, Route 94 and David Zowie on the second day of MTV Crashes Plymouth, the Club MTV line-up.
The event takes place over July 22 and 23.

The Strokes kicked off Barclaycard British Summer Time with a greatest hits set last night (18.06.15).
The US rockers thrilled the 60,000-strong crowd - which included the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Alexa Chung, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Pixie Geldof and Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner - at London's Hyde Park with a career-spanning show that heavily relied on their influential debut LP 'Is This It'.
The group's set opened with the title track from that album, quickly followed by 'Barely Legal', getting the crowd into a buoyant mood before playing more recent track 'Welcome To Japan'.
Despite constant speculation of tension within the band, frontman Julian Casablancas appeared in good spirits and was particularly delighted by the warm weather.
He said: "We've really enjoyed ourselves. We don't recognise London with this great weather".
The sing-a-long set closed with 'New York City Cops', before the band returned to the stage for a three-track encore of 'Juicebox', 'You Only Live Once' and 'Take It or Leave It'.
Earlier in the evening, Beck had provided a set worthy of a headline act, with 'Devil's Haircut', 'Sexxlaws' and a cover of Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love' proving particular highlights.
The black-clad singer sealed off the stage with police tape after 'E-Pro' before returning, dressed in white, for a final song, 'Where It's At'.
Other performers who took to the stage in Hyde Park yesterday included Future Islands, Temples and Public Service Broadcasting.
Barclaycard British Summer Time continues tomorrow (20.06.15) with Blur headlining and on Sunday (21.06.15) with Kylie Minogue topping the bill.
Next weekend will see The Who and Taylor Swift take to the stage.

Roger Waters was told to "shoot himself" by his school teacher as a child.
The Pink Floyd musician revealed his tutor confronted him in class as a youngster and told him he would never do anything valuable with his life because he was "useless".
He recalled: "I've had some measure of success and there's no question that it provides one with something of a bulwark against T.E House who was the a*shole at my grammar school who told me I was a complete f**king idiot.
"He was an English teacher and he was my form master when I was 13.
"He said I would never become anything and might as well give up and shoot myself because I was useless. He liked tidy hand-writing and a*slickers and I had neither of those attributes, so we didn't get on at all."
The 71-year-old progressive rock legend - who will release documentary film 'Roger Waters The Wall' later this year - revealed he preferred to stick to the shadows and be left alone as a teenager.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, he explained: "When I was a young man, my wall manifested itself in an attitude, the image I have of myself is, if I was in this room, I'd be in one of the corners. I'd be dressed in black.
"I'd have a cigarette hanging out of the corner of my mouth and my expression would be one of f**k off, leave me alone."

Iron Maiden have announced their new album, 'The Book Of Souls'.
The 'Run to the Hills' hitmakers had to delay the release of the LP after frontman Bruce Dickinson discovered a cancerous tumour, although now he has been given the all-clear, the rockers are preparing for the record's launch.
Bruce said: "We're really excited about 'The Book Of Souls' and had a fantastic time creating it. We started working on the album in late summer 2014 and recorded it at Guillame Tell Studios in Paris, where we'd done the 'Brave New World' album back in 2000 so the studio holds special memories for all of us.
"We were delighted to discover the same magical vibe is still alive and very much kicking there! So we immediately felt at home and the ideas just started flowing. By the time we'd finished we all agreed that each track was such an integral part of the whole body of work that if it needed to be a double album, then double it's going to be!"
The album - which will be released globally on September 4 - follows up their 15th studio LP 'The Final Frontier' which was released in 2010, and will be accompanied by an international tour for the band next year.
Bassist Steve Harris commented: "We approached this album in a different way to how we've recorded previously. A lot of the songs were actually written while we were there in the studio and we rehearsed and recorded them straight away while they were still fresh, and I think that immediacy really shows in the songs, they have almost a live feel to them, I think.
"I'm very proud of 'The Book Of Souls', we all are, and we can't wait for our fans to hear it, and especially to take it out on the road next year!"

Paloma Faith has slammed Glastonbury Festival.
The 'Only Love Can Hurt Like This' singer has bad-mouthed the music festival, which she is due to perform at next Saturday (27.06.15), declaring it "absolutely s**t".
She moaned: "I would recommend watching it on telly at home because in all honesty it's absolutely s**t."
The 33-year-old star made the remark at her sold-out performance at Hampton Court Palace Festival in London last night (18.06.15), where she also shamed audience members for not singing along to the tracks from her debut album, 2009's 'Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'
She ranted: "I am guessing none of you bought the first album because you didn't seem to know the songs.
"But if you do much travelling on the motorway it will be in the petrol station for 99p."
And later on in her set, she went on to berate the older members of the crowds for staying seated during her performance because she believed they should be on their feet and dancing.
She moaned: "If they put you on velvet quilted chairs, maybe I would forgive you. But I have seen them - they're the sort of chairs you bring out at Christmas when grandma comes round for a visit."

Lorde "forgot" she had a career.
The 18-year-old musician took an extended period off from her busy life of touring and recording over Christmas and revealed she had so much fun, the fact she's an internationally renowned singer almost slipped her mind.
She said: "I had three months off. It was summer in New Zealand and I just went on all these road trips and did heaps of rock walking. I found the best dive spots, did some great fishing and saw some orca whales. It was amazing. Just lying in the ocean in front of my house and being like, 'Life!'
"It was weird, because I almost forgot I had a career, something that I filled my days with. I was like, 'Oh s**t!' because all my friends were going off to university and I was like, 'I need to figure out what I'm doing because I've been cruising for a long time ... Oh, I have something that I can do!' I had a bit of a complex because I was like, 'S**t, it's time!'"
The 'Royals' singer - who released her debut album 'Pure Heroine' in 2013 - explained her home life is different now than before she shot to fame though, as some of her friends at home can't deal with her new found fame.
She told Dazed magazine: "With any transition you do lose people, which is sad, but some people don't want to deal with what you're doing or it freaks them out a bit. So there are people I'm not as close to now, but I still roll deep with my original dudes so it's good."

Spandau Ballet will release a new album in 2016.
The 'Gold' hitmakers have revealed they plan to put out their first LP of original material in 27 years, next year, following the release of 'Once More' in 2009 when they re-recorded tracks from their back catalogue.
Guitarist Gary Kemp said: "We did three new songs last year. The next logical step will be to make a whole album of new music. That will be next year, I'm sure."
The British new wave band - featuring Gary, Tony Hadley, Steve Norman, John Keeble and Martin Kemp - are confident their fans will be impressed with the collection, as well as future shows, because they are performing better than ever been before.
He told the Metro newspaper: "We're playing better than ever.
"I think we are making up for lost time."
Last year, the band revealed on Twitter they were working on new music with Grammy Award-winning record producer Trevor Horn, who is responsible for working on tracks including Seal's 'Kiss From a Rose'.
Confirming their new material last July, the band tweeted: "You see? Told you it was getting exciting! @SpandauBallet working with Trevor Horn! (sic)"
The message was followed shortly after with a picture of Gary in the studio, with Martin writing: "@garyjkemp smashing it in the Studio today laying down guitar on new @Spandau_Ballet tracks! (sic)"