One Direction's Liam Payne Reunited With Niall Horan Before His Death

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Liam Payne, who roseate to fame alongside his chap members successful One Direction, attended Niall Horan's performance successful Argentina conscionable weeks earlier his tragic decease astatine the property of 31.

By Kisha Forde Oct 16, 2024 11:07 PMTags

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Liam Payne remained a Directioner done and through.

Nearly 2 weeks earlier the One Direction vocalist tragically passed distant astatine the property of 31, helium and woman Kate Cassidy attended his chap bandmate Niall Horan’s performance successful Argentina connected Oct. 2. As seen successful videos shared to societal media, the “Strip That Down” vocalist danced and clapped on portion successful the stands during the concert.

Ahead of Horan’s show, Payne besides expressed that helium was hoping to chat with his erstwhile groupmate, noting that a speech whitethorn person been agelong overdue.

“I deliberation we mightiness conscionable spell and accidental hello,” helium said successful a Snapchat video reposted to societal media Oct. 1. “It’s been a portion since maine and Niall person spoken. We’ve got a batch to speech about. And I would similar to quadrate up a mates of things with the boy. No atrocious vibes oregon thing similar that. But just, um, we request to talk.”

Payne died connected Oct. 16 after falling from a edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to Good Morning America and CNN, who cited police.

Prior to his death, the English instrumentalist had been unfastened astir the ups and downs helium faced wrong the group—which besides included Zayn MalikHarry Styles and Louis Tomlinson—and including aft they disbanded successful 2015.

“It was a small spot acheronian and twisted towards the extremity of it, but the past fewer shows were truly beauteous moments due to the fact that the unit cooker had been fto off,” Payne told The Guardian in December 2019. “It was astir similar counting down to holiday—we were going to aftermath up that Monday greeting with nary schedule.”

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And though Payne had made immoderate comments astir his erstwhile set mates implicit the years (for instance, helium antecedently said his 2017 azygous "outsold everybody wrong the band"), helium aboriginal clarified that helium had travel to immoderate realizations successful much caller years.

"I deliberation for me, a batch of what I said conscionable came from the incorrect place,” helium said successful a video posted to YouTube July 2023. "I was truthful aggravated astatine what was going connected astir maine that alternatively of taking a look inwards I decided to instrumentality it outwards.”

Nonetheless, arsenic Payne shared amid completing a 100-day enactment successful rehab, his groupmates were ever determination for him. "The remainder of the boys person truly stuck by me," helium continued. "When I needed them most, they benignant of came to my rescue."

Payne went connected to enactment that returning to euphony besides served arsenic different turning point, arsenic helium was looking guardant to his future.

"I consciousness similar I person a grip connected beingness present and everything that was getting distant from me," helium shared astatine the time. "After I got backmost out, that process had worked for me, but determination were inactive immoderate small bits near that I benignant of had to woody with myself."

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