Tonight we have a good time his legacy

The BRIT Awards honoured the late Liam Payne in an emotional tribute final night time – see the footage beneath.

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At yesterday’s ceremony, comic and actor Jack Whitehall, a buddy of the late One Course star, returned to host the present for the primary time since 2021. In direction of its finish, he informed the viewers at London’s O2 it was time to honour “a really particular one that meant a lot to so most of the folks on this room and to thousands and thousands of you world wide.”

“Final October, we woke to the devastating information that Liam Payne had tragically handed away,” he stated. The pop singer tragically died on October 16 final 12 months, after he fell from a third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge, with the Argentinian prosecutor’s workplace sharing on the time that his reason for dying was because of a number of traumas and inner and exterior bleeding.

“He achieved a lot within the brief time that he was on this earth, and was not solely a supremely gifted musician, however an extremely type soul who touched the lives of everybody he got here into contact with. We have now so many superb recollections of Liam right here on the Brits, so tonight we have a good time his legacy, look again and keep in mind the outstanding Liam Payne.”

A video montage that includes footage of Payne on tour with One Course and his household then performed, soundtracked to the band’s ‘Little Issues’. After the tribute aired, Payne’s former bandmate Louis Tomlinson took to X/Twitter to thank the BRITS for the “stunning tribute,” including: “Miss you all the time brother.”

The boyband received seven BRIT Awards of their time collectively, together with 4 wins within the British video of the 12 months class, whereas Payne was nominated for his ‘Strip That Down’ collaboration with American rapper Quavo, and ‘For You’ with Rita Ora exterior of his work with the band.

Following Payne’s passing, bandmates Zayn Malik, Harry Kinds, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson shared a press release.

“We’re fully devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there might be extra to say. However for now, we are going to take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we cherished dearly,” started their assertion.

It continued: “The recollections we shared with him might be treasured without end. For now, our ideas are together with his household, his associates, and the followers who cherished him alongside us. We are going to miss him terribly. We love you Liam. – Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.”

Payne was additionally honoured by the music group on the 2025 Grammy Awards earlier this 12 months, with Coldplay’s Chris Martin performing a heartfelt model of ‘All My Love’ for the In Memoriam phase.

Extra just lately, the singer’s buddy Roger Nores and two lodge employees had been exonerated of the fees towards them for Payne’s dying final 12 months. 5 folks had been arrested and charged in connection together with his dying, amongst them had been Nores and two members of workers on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge Gilda Martin and Esteban Grassi.

Nores was charged with negligent murder, whereas Martin and Grassi had been charged with manslaughter. All costs towards the three of them have now been dropped, per a Rolling Stone report.

Nores, who had been associates with Payne and was with him in Argentina, claimed to have left the singer on his personal on the day of his dying, although he maintained that he’s by no means supplied the singer with medication or alcohol, and had up to now reached out the Payne’s household out of fear for the singer’s well-being.