Rita Ora performs tearful Liam Payne duet hours after his death

nme.com:

Rita Ora has paid tribute to late One Direction singer Liam Payne with an emotional performs just hours after his death.On the night of October 16, it was announced that Liam Payne had died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Per The Guardian, the Argentinian prosecutor’s office revealed that Payne’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding – his head injuries were serious enough to cause death.Just hours after the news of Liam Payne’s tragic death broke, Ora – who collaborated with Payne in 2018 on ‘For You’ from the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack – took to the stage in Osaka, Japan for a performance, where she honoured her deceased friend.Rita Ora今日ステージに立ってくれてありがとうFor You歌ってくれてありがとう大好きな曲イントロから泣いてたけど最後にLiamとのツーショがスクリーンに写った時涙止まらなかった@RitaOra #RitaOra pic.twitter.com/7pcg55IQTX— A i (@why_not_j_) October 17, 2024During the set, Ora performed ‘For You’, as an image of herself with Payne was shown on the screen behind her.