“Tell Simon Cowell to go f*ck himself”: STONE’s Fin Power declines invitation to audition for boyband talent show

STONE’s Fin Power has shared his emphatic response to an apparent invite to audition for Simon Cowell’s new boyband talent show.

Of course, Fin is already the vocalist/guitarist in a brilliant group as it is – who are in fact releasing their debut album Fear Life For A Lifetime on July 12.

And he’s taken to TikTok to very publicly reply to the representatives for the London mogul and TV personality, rejecting their invite for a new The X Factor / Britain’s Got Talent-type hunt for the next One Direction.

“I got this message from someone on behalf of Simon Cowell,” Fin explains in a TikTok video, sharing that it says that “singers around the age of 16-18 years old” are being scouted “for a new boyband, which is being filmed as part of a potential televised documentary following him on his search”.

In response, Fin has just this to say: “’Tell Simon Cowell to go fuck himself. Team 1D.’”

Walking away after hitting send on his phone, he adds: “No other reply my friend, no other reply.”

The caption to the video also reads: “I want nothing to do with [Simon] Cowell’s scheme Team 1D. Thanks for thinking I look 6 years younger tho.”

Watch the video below.

Sharing a news story from The Independent on X/Twitter, Fin also reiterates: “I’ll say it again.”

Catch STONE at the following tour dates (maybe playing a 1D cover or two?!) this year:

September

30 Berlin Cassiopeia

October

2 Antwerp Trix
3 Amsterdam Melkweg
5 Eindhoven Come As You Are Festival
6 Paris La Boule Noire
18 Hull The Welly
19 Stoke Sugarmill
21 Dundee Caves
23 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
24 Norwich The Waterfront
26 Exeter Cavern
27 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
29 Guildford Boileroom
30 Tunbridge Wells Forum

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