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5 Seconds of Summer were almost arrested for meeting their fans.
The Australian quartet get mobbed wherever they go but are always happy to share time with their loyal supporters when they can - but rapidly changed their plans to go outside after a concert when police warned there would be severe consequences.
Calum Hood said: "I remember the police threatened us in Dallas because they wouldn't let us meet the fans after the show.
"We were like, 'We're gonna meet them' but they didn't look too pleased. One of the cops said, 'If you do, we're going to arrest you.'
"We backed down pretty quickly."
The 'Don't Stop' hitmakers - which also include Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings and Michael Clifford - are always astonished at the lengths their fans will go to to meet them.
Ashton recalled to Top of the Pops magazine: "In LA, fans were waiting outside the hotel and were like, 'How can we hang out with you?' I told them if they hired a French Horn band they could.
"It was just a joke but an hour later, I was watching TV and heard a brass band. When I looked outside there were four guys with their instruments, playing on the side of the street."

Lily Allen brought a choir of children on stage for her Christmas show at O2 Academy Brixton in London, last night (12.12.14).
The 29-year-old singer played a sold out performance at the venue and celebrated the final date of her 'Sheezus' tour with Christmas-themed staging and a choir of young children who joined her for an emotional rendition of her 2013 'Somewhere Only We Know' cover, during which fake snow fell from the ceiling.
Speaking of the choir's significance, she told the audience: "Almost 20 years ago I was sitting in my playground at school with my Walkman and I was listening to Oasis and this supply teacher came along and said 'it sounds like you have an alright voice'.
"She gave me singing lessons, and I really probably wouldn't be here without her. She runs a choir now for kids so they're going to join me on stage now."
The festivities didn't stop with her wintry single, as her band were also dressed up as a variety of Christmassy characters including kings, a shepherd, and a hairy elf, and she entered the stage in the manger of a stable for opening track 'Sheezus'.
She told the crowds at the end of the song: "Man, I fell out of my manger then. Little baby Sheezus did fall. It's nice to be here though, you lot."
The singing sensation - who has daughters Ethel, three, and 23-month-old Marnie with husband Sam Cooper - performed hits from all three of her albums and insisted on three costume changes which showed off outfits ranging from a glittering blue frock, through to golden jogging bottoms and a light-up, glow-in-the-dark dress.

Lily Allen's setlist:
Sheezus
Not Fair
LDN
As Long As I Got You
Who Do You Love?
Everyone's At It
Close Your Eyes
URL Badman
Smile
Life For Me
Miserable Without Your Love
Littlest Things
Somewhere Only We Know
Or Nah (The Weeknd cover)
Hard Out Here
22
L8 CMMR
F**k You

Encore:
The Fear
Who'd Have Known

Noel Gallagher will headline a Teenage Cancer Trust gig at London's Royal Albert Hall next March.
The 'AKA... What a Life!' hitmaker will take to the stage at the prestigious venue on March 28 in what will be the seventh time he has performed in support of the charitable organisation.
Noel - who also curated the annual series of charity gigs in 2013 - said: "Who'd have thought that after 15 years we'd be gearing up for another stint at the greatest venue in the world for Teenage Cancer Trust? Thanks to everyone, the bands, artists, comedians for all your continued support, and maximum respect to you the people for making it all possible. See you on Saturday 28th March!"
Charity patron and event curator Roger Daltrey is thrilled to have Noel back on board for the gigs.
The Who rocker said: "He was with us at our first show for Teenage Cancer Trust in 2000 and is now returning to the Royal Albert Hall for the seventh time.
"Noel has put his heart and soul into these shows over the years, curating them in 2013 and even releasing a live album for Teenage Cancer Trust.
"He's not only one of the best artists in the world but gives himself unconditionally. Noel has been a pivotal supporter to our mission and I'm incredibly proud both of him and the work he's done."
Support on the evening comes from Future Islands.
The rest of the acts performing at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust will be announced in the coming weeks.
Ticket's for Noel's show go on sale on December 16.

Sam Smith was so "scared" of performing on 'Saturday Night Live', he begged not to appear.
The 'Stay With Me' hitmaker credits his US success to appearing on the popular weekend entertainment programme in March but admits he initially felt it was a bad idea to go on the show while he was still completely unknown.
He told Billboard magazine: "'Saturday Night Live' is the thing that broke me in America, but I was very scared, and I actually begged my team and my label to not do it when we got the call.
"I thought it would have more impact if I had a song out and on the radio."
Fortunately for the British singer, his team insisted it was the right move to make and he went on to enjoy overnight success in the States.
He added: "But I was so wrong. I had a story all of a sudden, and I was on people's iPods in the space of a week."
Sam's US success has been further cemented this month after he was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including Best Album for his record 'In the Lonely Hour'.
And the 22-year-old star can't wait to attend the ceremony in February because people finally know who he is.
He said recently: "I'm just excited to go there because last year I was there and I sat in the very back and no one knew who I was!"
The hit album which has topped charts around the world has also been revealed as the third most wished for record on amazon.co.uk, behind Pink Floyd and Ed Sheeran.

Take That want to perform at Glastonbury.
The trio - featuring Gary Barlow, Mark Own and Howard Donald - are desperate to perform at the annual event at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England, next June, but revealed festival organiser Michael Eavis will not return their calls.
Speaking at the BBC Music Awards in London last night (11.12.14) where they performed their single 'These Days', Howard said: "Historically we've never done festivals - we did try and contact Michael Eavis but he didn't reply."
The group released their first studio album as a trio, 'III', last month following the departure of Jason Orange from the band, and are so desperate to perform at the iconic event, they begged the Daily Star newspaper for help in a bid to persuade organisers to ask them to play.
Mark joked: "We keep leaving him messages, can you help us?"
Away from the muddy fields of South West England, the 'Relight My Fire' hitmakers admitted the dance floor vibes on their new record make them want to perform in nightclubs on Balaeric party island, Ibiza.
Howard added: "I did say we should go to Ibiza,
"We've got the tunes for clubs like Pacha now, that's where we want to play."

One Direction are not annoyed about their lack of Grammy Award nominations.
The band have not been nominated for any of the 83 prizes on offer at the prestigious US ceremony despite their third album 'Midnight Memories' being the biggest-selling album worldwide in 2013, but insist they are not angry about being blanked because there is such a high quality of music up for the prizes.
When asked if they were surprised not to be shortlisted, Harry Styles, 20, told BANG Showbiz: "I don't think so, I think there's so much incredible music out there, I don't think you can kick off."
The 'Steal My Girl' hitmakers - who performed the single at the inaugural BBC Music Awards at London's Earl's Court last night (11.12.14) - recently made history with their new album, 'Four', becoming the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first four albums all debut at number one.
However, the group - which also features Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan - said they are pleased with their achievements in their career such as the chart milestone, and the two American Music Awards they picked up in November.
Harry added: "When you look at the list of nominations, everyone is incredible so it's not like... people have different opinions and there are a lot of awards shows we do get nominated for so we're lucky for those things."

John Lydon thinks the Sex Pistols are too fat to reunite.
The 58-year-old rocker has ruled out a possible reunion with his band mates Steve Jones and Paul Cook because they've all "put on weight"
John - who once starred in the ''Country Life' butter commercials - shared: "Oh no, that's finished. I mean have you seen us? I mean We've all put on weight but Mr Jones here is coming it at 500 pounds! And I did the butter advert!"
The 'God Save the Queen' admitted he had been further put off the idea of reforming after watching Mick Jagger at Glastonbury in 2013.
When asked if there should be an age limit on performing, John had some choice words for the 71-year-old Rolling Stones frontman.
He quipped: "No, only if you're Mick Jagger. Did anybody see last year's Glastonbury? I mean come on Mick ... it's not about age here, its about the show off bull**** ... I wanted the Stones to give us the juice, the stuff that really put them there in the first place.
"But no, it's Mick in ladies' tights and his testicles are frocked and he's running around like a speed freak and then there's the band looking incredibly embarrassed."
Despite confirming that a Sex Pistols reunion isn't on the cards, John insisted he will still be making his music.
He added: "[I'd stop] only if I got bored with it, and as long as there's human beings in the world, I'm not going to get bored."

Ed Sheeran has praised the BBC Music Awards for being one of the only award ceremonies that is not "rigged".
The 'Thinking Out Loud' hitmaker - who picked up the award at the ceremony last night (11.12.14) for British Artist of the Year - explained how he had "lost" out on other prizes because he couldn't attend the shows.
He told BANG Showbiz: "Like most award shows, you don't really know what's going to happen, you don't know whether its been rigged ...
"I think if it was going to be a rigged thing, there would be 15 awards and they would make the Coldplay Award for Excellence, so Coldplay would turn up. That's what you kind of get from those big things, they make those awards so people turn up ...
"Like, One Direction aren't even nominated and they're coming to play, I think it shows the power of BBC as a brand."
The 23-year-old singer also revealed that he was "second choice" in the past for some award categories.
He said: "I won an award in the summer for a very, very big awards show, and I won it because Pharrell didn't turn up, and they were like, 'Well we were going to give it to Pharrell but he didn't turn up so you can have it'. So I know award shows are rigged basically.
"I remember the MOBOs a couple of years ago, they said I'd won two and on the night, someone else won two, because I was on tour and couldn't go. But god bless the MOBOs."
Meanwhile, Ed was full of thanks for his fans and the BBC as he picked up his award last night (11.12.14).
He said: "I just wanna say a massive thank you to everyone whose bought a record, bought a ticket, streamed on YouTube, streamed on Spotify ... I don't know if anyone here has, but thank you so much.
"Radio 1 and 1Xtra were the first people to ever play [my music] and that broke everything through for me. BBC have been such big supporters so I wanna say a massive thank you to them."

Ed Sheeran thinks he's too "short and hairy" to record the theme song for the new James Bond film.
The 'Thinking Out Loud' hitmaker - who performed 'I See Fire' for 'The Hobbit' soundtrack - has revealed that he'd need to strengthen his voice before he recorded for a Bond film but wouldn't say no if he was asked.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz at the BBC Music Awards - where he won the prize for British Artist of the Year - he said: "I am a James Bond fan but I think the James Bond theme tune should be ballsy.
"'The Hobbit' song was perfect for me to do because it was quite folky, guitar driven, and a hairy short man should be singing a song like that."
The 23-year-old singer has championed fellow singing sensation, Sam Smith, for the theme song for the next 007 movie.
He said: "I think Sam Smith would be perfect for the [James Bond theme], proper suited up and strong voice. I'm backing Sam but I think anyone from Sam to Paloma Faith, anyone who does the retro thing really, really f**king well should do it.
"I wasn't born with the James Bond voice. I'm not ruling it out. Maybe in 10 years time when my balls drop, I will."
Meanwhile, Ed has revealed that he has found a friend in Adele, who recorded 'Skyfall', the title track for the most recent Bond film.
Speaking about the 'Someone Like You' hitmaker, he said: "She came to my O2 gig and I was talking to her about my Wembley shows, and about what she's going to do next.
"She's always really friendly and I'm really looking forward to hearing what she does next."