Niall Horan 'honoured' ahead of White House performance for St Patrick's Day
Niall Horan is set to add entertaining President Joe Biden at the White House to his impressive CV as he will help mark St Patrick's Day in the capital.
Taoiseach of Ireland, Leo Varadkar will meet with the President for talks which make up the annual tradition for the holiday on Friday.
But Mullingar-native Horan, 29, is among some of the stars who will take to the stage and it appears that Biden is a huge fan of the Heaven hitmaker.
Niall's announcement was made by the White House press secretary with Niall later sharing his excitement and describing it as "an honour".
Niall Horan is set to perform for President Joe Biden at the St Patrick's Day celebrations (Daniele Venturelli / Getty Images)
It appears that Biden is a secret fan of One Direction (AFP via Getty Images)Karine Jean-Pierre from the White House said: "It doesn't]t get better than this! I think I speak for all the music lovers in the Biden-Harris Administration when I say we cannot wait to welcome @NiallOfficial to the White House tomorrow for a special performance to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!"
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But during a press conference, Karine said: "Niall is a multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter who has toured the globe, including with One Direction. Gonna keep my comments to myself on One Direction, I don't know who they are. I'm sorry. Many of you, I'm sure, do."
Hitmaker Niall reshared the announcement in view of his 40.9 million Twitter followers, saying: "It's an honour to be invited and represent my country.
Horan explained it was an "honour" to be asked to perform (BBC)"Looking forward to performing and celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the White House tomorrow."
Fans couldn't contain themselves as they flocked to the comment section, with one writing: "So proud of you ni! This is so freaking huge!!!"
"NIALL WHAT? that is amazing news!!! can't wait to see this performance," gushed another.
Before a third went on to write: "I'm so proud of you Niall, this is such an amazing opportunity. I can't even imagine how proud you must be right now of yourself. You deserve every bit of this!"
Niall recently admitted that he wouldn't have said yes to himself – if he was judging his X Factor performance (Getty Images for Bauer Media)
Niall is currently sitting as a coach on The Voice US (Art Streiber/NBC via Getty Images)"OMG @NiallOfficial so happy you are the one to perform for our special day tomorrow! So happy for you. We love you," typed another.
His news comes after Niall who is currently serving as a coach on The Voice US admitted he hates not turning for those auditioning for the CBS talent show.
But the musician also admitted had he auditioned for himself, he wouldn't be in the position to judge other singers as he wouldn't have spun his chair.
Speaking on the Hot Ones, he said: "I wouldn’t have turned, not for that guy, I was the right place, right time.
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"No, I don't think I would've turned for myself, put it that way, I'd turn for me now! I've learned a lot, I've been around the block a couple of times, which is a lot that can be said for someone that's 29 but yeah, I'd turn now, I wouldn't've turned then, that's the truth."
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