Fans' Direction: Niall wants concert-goers to stop throwing things

One Direction star Niall Horan has pleaded with the band's fans to stop throwing things on stage after he was hit in the knee with an object thrown during a show in Amsterdam. 

The Mullingar native is in the middle of a stadium tour of Europe with his band but he took to Twitter to deliver his message to the fans after last night's show in the Dutch capital.

'Amsterdam thank you for a great couple of shows! Appreciate you coming,' he wrote. 'Also guys! Can you limit what gets thrown on stage please! Coz somethin thrown at me tonight! Hit my knee! A lot of pain from it!'

In a follow-up message, he stated: 'Never wana sound like I'm complaining! But only having my operation 5 months ago, I still get a bit of pain and I'm very scared about it.'

The singer, who has 18.9 million followers on Twitter was inundated with messages of support from his fans.