Facts

1. Michael often changes his hair colour, and has had Pink, Blue and what he called a ‘Reverse Skunk’ !
2. Louis of the band ‘One Direction’ tweeted about them and gave them a good start with the One Direction fans.
3. Ashton used to be in a band called ‘Swallow the Goldfish’
4. Luke mum is a maths teacher.
5. Luke’s favourite number is the number 7!
6. The band always make it clear that first and foremost they are a ROCK BAND!
7. Ashton is allegedly scared of the dark!
8. The parent label of the band, is EMI which owns Capitol.
9. The band has supported One Direction again on the Where we were tour.
10. The band had an EP called ‘She looks so perfect’.
11. Ashton’s favourite TV show is Family Guy
12. Luke has the most twitter followers, with at the time of writing around 2.5 million!
13. Ashton’s favourite singer is James Morrison.
14. The EP ‘She looks so perfect’ went straight to number 1 before anyone had heard it!
15. The band has had some weird things thrown at them on stage such as - bras, Rubik’s cubes and fake boobs!
16. The band have stated they are - ‘single, ready to mingle... and eat Pringles’
17. The band dress up as super heroes for the video for ‘Don’t Stop’.
18. Liam Payne of One Direction has admitted he is a little jealous of 5SOS as they are such great musicians.
19. The band played at the 2014 Billboard Music awards held at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (May 18th 2014) in Las Vegas, in the USA.
20. When it was found hidden in a game on the bands website, the bands new album artwork had so many hits it crashed their website!
21. Luke’s favourite flavour ice cream is cookies and cream!
22. Michael had never been to a concert until he played at his own one!
23. Calum had his first kiss when he was 13.
24. Ashton’s favourite film is the Pursuit of Happiness.
25. The band had a pre-show ritual of brushing their teeth together!
26. While recording the Unplugged EP they were all sick, but soldiered on regardless!
27. Allegedly the band prefer Batman to Spiderman.
28. The band once had to busk for money to buy petrol to get home after a gig.
29. The name of the band was supposed to have been thought of by the boys while in a maths class at school.
30. Luke’s favourite animal is a penguin.
31. Michael admits to loving MacDonald’s!
32. Calum’s favourite colour is blue.
33. Ashton has two fears, breaking his wrist and needles!
34. The boys love the British accent after originally going to Blackpool in the UK!
35. Ashton had his first kiss when he was 16.
36. Calum loves only Cheddar Cheese, not other types!
37. Michaels favourite film is Forest Gump.
38. Allegedly Luke farts a lot more than the rest of the band!
39. Luke loves pizza, and thinks it’s the best food ever, especially if its topped with Pepperoni!
40. The boys in the band have admitted they really wear matching socks...!
41. Ashton’s favourite subject is Visual Arts.
42. Luke loves sport, including skateboarding, soccer and snowboarding.
43. Michael would love to learn to play another instrument, the flute!
44. Calum has admitted he has no hair on his legs!
45. One of Luke’s favourite TV shows is ‘How I meet your Mother’.
46. Luke attended Norwest Christian College, after school.
47. Apparently Michaels favourite chocolate is a Cadburys Twirl!
48. Calum is supposed to have said that if he was a girl, he would date Michael!
49. The band did think about going on the X factor, but changed their minds as they did not want to be known as that band from X factor.
50. Allegedly before joining the band Ashton was hated by the others, but they are all like brothers now!