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
Watch Maggie Rogers pay tribute to Liam Payne with tender cover of One Direction’s ‘Night Changes’
nme.comMaggie Rogers has paid tribute to the late Liam Payne with a tender cover of One Direction‘s song ‘Night Changes’. Check out the footage below.The solo artist and former One Direction member died on Wednesday (October 16), following a fatal fall from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.The Argentine prosecutor’s office has revealed that the 31-year-old’s cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.While performing at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts as part of her ongoing ‘Don’t Forget Me Part II’ tour, Rogers took the time to address the crowd midway through her show to pay tribute to Payne.“This week, in particular, I’ve been thinking how precious life is and how quickly things can change,” Rogers said.
The singer went on to share that one of her oldest friends informed her of Payne’s death and said: “She walked into my room and told be Liam Payne had died.
We’re just about the same age and anytime a public figure, especially a musical peer, slips off, it’s really present.“I’ve been sending a bunch of love to my friends in that band for the last couple of hours and I wanted to just honour anyone who has been touched by [One Direction’s] music,” she added, before jumping into a stripped down rendition of ‘Night Changes’ on the piano.maggie rogers just did a tribute for liam and sang part of night changes and im sobbing pic.twitter.com/WYswkpxw5e—.
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