Liam Payne Commemorated With Brit Awards Tribute: ‘He Accomplished So A lot’

The forty fifth iteration of the Brit Awards featured an emotional tribute to One Course‘s Liam Payne, the overdue chart-topping Brits winner that died at age 31 in October. 

Against the top of the rite on Saturday evening, host Jack Whitehall advised the group it was once time to honor “an excessively particular one who intended such a lot to such a lot of of the folks on this room and to tens of millions of you around the globe.”

“Final October, we woke to the devastating information that Liam Payne had tragically passed on to the great beyond,” Whitehall persevered. “He accomplished such a lot within the couple of minutes that he was once in this earth, and was once no longer just a supremely talented musician, however a shockingly type soul who touched the lives of everybody he got here into touch with. We have now such a lot of superb recollections of Liam right here on the Brits, so this night we have a good time his legacy, glance again and keep in mind the outstanding Liam Payne.”

A video montage then performed, together with photos of Payne on excursion with One Course and along with his circle of relatives, soundtracked to One Course’s “Little Issues.”

Whitehall, a pal of Payne’s, teased a tribute to the overdue “What Makes You Gorgeous Singer” at the Australian radio display, “Fifi, Fev and Nick,” pronouncing “[Liam] was once a large a part of [The Brit Awards]… when I used to be on the Brits, he was once all the time so sport and up for it. And we had a actually a laugh time with him there, when he was once there with Cheryl [Cole].”

As a member of One Course, Payne gained seven Brit Awards, together with 4 wins within the British video of the 12 months class. Outdoor of his paintings with One Course, Payne was once nominated by means of the Brit Awards for his “Strip That Down” with American rapper Quavo, and “For You” with Rita Ora.

Payne was once additionally venerated by means of the track neighborhood on the Grammy Awards previous this 12 months with a birthday party of existence all the way through the In Memoriam section as Coldplay’s Chris Martin sang “All My Love.” Payne died on Oct. 16 after falling from a third-floor lodge balcony in Buenos Aires. His toxicology effects published alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressants have been in his device on the time of his loss of life. Ezequiel Pereyra and Braian Paiz — the 2 males accused of promoting Payne medicine — stay in the back of bars as they wait for trial, in step with a Feb. 19 record from Rolling Stone.

On his loss of life, his former bandmates wrote in a joint commentary, “We’re utterly devastated by means of the scoop of Liam’s passing.”

They persevered, “In time, and when everybody is in a position to, there can be extra to mention. However for now, we will be able to take a while to grieve and procedure the lack of our brother, who we liked dearly. The recollections we shared with him can be valuable ceaselessly. For now, our ideas are along with his circle of relatives, his pals, and the enthusiasts who liked him along us. We can leave out him extraordinarily. We like you Liam.”

Watch the overall tribute under.