EXCLUSIVE: Aussie band 5 Seconds of Summer 'p---ed off' over One Direction favouritism at ARIAs red carpet

It's all going down at the ARIAs right now with Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer overheard complaining they had to walk the red carpet before British boy band One Direction.

"They think it's a f---ing joke," an insider tells TheFIX. "They have been pretty p---ed off about it.

"They were one of the first ones to walk which shouldn't have happened either."

So what's the big deal? Well, apparently when they're touring internationally they just walk side-by-side with other large acts.

"Overseas there's not this much of distinction," our insider explains.

Fair enough really. After all, the band have just returned from the American Music Awards where they won the 2014 New Artist of the Year award and probably walked in next to 1D.

Meanwhile, One Direction took out Artist of the Year, Favourite Band and Favourite Album for Midnight Memories at the AMAs.

Maybe that's caused a bit of healthy boy band rivalry, hey lads?!

See-through style, bronzed bodies and weird pom-poms: The 2014 ARIA Awards red carpet

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