Niall Horan forced to walk to own concert after getting stuck in ‘crazy’ traffic

The Irish singer and former One Direction star, 30, had been due to play the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada, when disaster struck.

Taking to TikTok, he shared a video of his epic journey to get on stage, sound tracked by the Proclaimers 1988 anthem I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).

The Slow Hands hit-maker quipped: “Traffic too crazy in Toronto, so I’m walking to the venue.

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“In all my years of playing shows, I don’t think I’ve ever walked into a venue.”

After he successfully reached his destination, Horan excitedly exclaimed: “We’ve made it!”

Horan is set to play two dates at the London O2 Arena in September and the venue is well serviced by public transport so at least he will be able to take the tube should he find himself in a jam again.

It’s certainly a far cry from his height of fame in the One Direction days when he admitted to suffering from crippling agoraphobia.

Opening up to The Sun, he explained: “There were periods where you’d go out and you wouldn’t get five yards outside the door.”

“I remember one time I stupidly went to Westfield (shopping centre), in West London, and honestly, swear to God, I was like, ‘I’m going to die in here. I’m never getting out’. It was the fear of that which kept me in.”

This fear even led to him becoming somewhat of a hermit, telling the publication: “I probably became a bit of a recluse in 2012, 2013, 2014… It was probably all in my head but I became a recluse because of the thought of going out, when I probably could have.

“Now I live the most normal life I could possibly live. I can go to the shops and buy my own dinner and just general stuff. There was a period where if someone said, ‘Do you want to grab a coffee? ‘ or ‘Do you want to go for lunch? ‘ I’d have said absolutely not.”