The matter was reportedly resolved by April 2017 and charges against Tomlinson were dropped, citing the footage of the events captured by another paparazzo that had surfaced soon after.



Tomlinson, whose previous football experience had been to play and run his own pub team called Three Horseshoes, had agreed to play in a charity game at the in his home town of to raise money for the Bluebell Wood Charity and was offered a deal by professional football club to join the club on non-contract terms after impressing in the game.

He rose to fame as a member of the boy band.
For his solo music, Tomlinson's first few singles ranged in genre, beginning with and before shifting towards a sound.

In November 2015, One Direction's fifth album, , was released.

Description: Personal life Tomlinson began dating then-student Eleanor Calder in November 2011.