Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
in a fan video shared on X (formerly Twitter).The “Watermelon Sugar” singer wore a yellow cardigan sweater over a white T-shirt to the concert.
Fans of One Direction — which broke up in 2015 — went wild seeing the video of Styles at Horan’s show. “WOW,” one person tweeted.“Love this ‘H’ having a great time showing support for Niall,” another fan wrote. “Reunion when?” a different fan asked.Horan is currently on his The Show: Live on Tour, which kicked off in Ireland in February.
His final show is scheduled for October 9 in Colombia. The “Meltdown” singer launched his solo career after One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus following Zayn Malik’s exit from the group.
The former boy band — made up of Horan, Styles, Malik, 31, Liam Payne, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32 — formed under the leadership of Simon Cowell on the UK version of “The X-Factor” in 2010.
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