Awards of Liam Payne Brit 2025
Getty ImagesEx -ylli One Direction Liam Payne was honored in the 2025 prices Brit.
The 45th edition of the awards show presented an emotional tribute to Payne, who died in October 2024 at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.
Near the end of the ceremony, host Jack Whitehall told those present that it was time to honor “a very special person that meant so much to so many people in this room and for millions of you all over the world.”
“Last October, we woke up in the destructive news that Liam Payne had tragically changed,” Whitehall continued. “He achieved so much in the short time as he was on this earth, and it was not only an extremely talented musician, but a very kind spirit that touched the lives of everyone with whom he came into touch. We have so many amazing memories of Liam here in the British, so tonight we celebrate his legacy, look back and remember Liam Payne.”
A video montage featuring Payne on the street with his former group and spent time with his family followed.
Immediately after a tribute to the Band of Payne’s One Direction gang Louis Tomlinson He took on social media to thank the awards for honoring his friend.
“Thank you @Brits. Beautiful tribute, ”Tomlinson wrote through x Saturday. “I always miss brother X.”
A direction, consisting of Payne, Tomlinson, Harry’s styles, Zayn AND Horaranwas formed in the UK edition of Factor x In 2010. The Boy Band continued to release five studio albums from 2011 to 2015. After Malik’s exit from the group, the remaining members went to an indefinite interruption in 2016 and pursued solo careers.
The trails of the group members went through many cases in the years after their rest as they participated in each other’s concerts or were captured in price shows. However, all five they were never officially reunited in public.
The day after the premature death of Payne, styles, Malik, Horan and Tomlinson issued a joint statement.
“We have been completely destroyed by news of the passage of Liam. Over time, and when everyone is able, there will be more to say,” the remaining one direction members said in October 2024. “But for now, we will take some time to grieve and elaborate on the loss of our brother, which we have loved. His friends and fans who loved him with us will be missed.
Styles, Malik, Horan and Tomlinson were then reunited to participate in Payne’s private funeral in Amerha, England, in November 2024. This marked the first time the four members of the group had been seen together since Malik’s departure from the group.
The following month, The weekly Discovered exclusively that all four were reassessing their relationship after losing Payne.
“(Liam’s death) was a awakening call to all of them. Before, they maintained sporadically contacts but had no close friendship at all,” one source said we In December 2024, noting that the former gang shoes had pledged to work in their dynamics.
“They are all still mourning, but they are controlling each other and feeling closer than they have in years,” the inner added. “This brought them back together.”
According to the source, the five members of a direction were “in talks to make a recent show of reunification” before Payne’s death. While waiting for the tragedy, the perspective is not out of the table.
“The boys would like to make a tribute to Liam. They are all so destroyed now, they can’t even think about it as a legitimate project, but it is discussed, ”the interior said we. “The death of Liam has caused the boys to be tremendous.”