Niall Horan was seen for the first time since the anniversary of Liam Payne’s death as he attended a Liverpool Vs Manchester United match at Anfield on Sunday.
The former One Direction star, 32, was spotted in the crowd after attending the club’s most prestigious hospitality option, The Boardroom, ahead of the match.
Niall looked smart in a pinstripe suit with a white shirt and patterned tie, sporting a lanyard around his neck for access into the executive box.
The singer’s outing came after what would have been a hard week for him, as it marked one year since the tragic death of his late friend Liam.
Liam died aged 31 in Buenos Aires after falling from a third floor balcony at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel on October 16, 2024.
A subsequent toxicology report revealed alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system.
All of the One Direction band members; which includes Niall, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson stayed quiet on the anniversary, seemingly choosing to pay their respects in private rather than with a public post.
Niall Horan was seen for the first time since the anniversary of Liam Payne ‘s death as he attended a Liverpool Vs Manchester United match at Anfield on Sunday
The former One Direction star, 32, was spotted in the crowd after attending the club’s most prestigious hospitality option, The Boardroom, ahead of the match
Niall looked smart in a pinstripe suit with a white shirt and patterned tie, sporting a lanyard around his neck for access into the executive box
In an interview published after Liam’s anniversary, emotional Louis admitted he will ‘never accept’ Liam’s tragic passing.
He said: ‘I naively thought that, at this point, I’d unfortunately be a little bit more well versed with grief than other people my age.’
Louis lost his mother Joanna Deaken to leukaemia in 2016 and just three years later, his 18-year-old sister Félicité following an accidental overdose.
He continued to The Independent: ‘I thought that might mean something, but it didn’t at all. It’s something I’ll never really accept. I don’t think.’
As fan tributes flooded in on Thursday on the anniversary of Liam’s death, his devastated girlfriend Kate Cassidy shared her heartbreaking final moments with the dad-of-one.
Posting a clip on TikTok, the light-hearted video shows Liam playfully attempting to hoist Kate up into the air.
After several attempts the pair then burst out laughing at Liam being unable to pull off the manoeuvre.
Kate, 26, wrote alongside the previously unseen clip: ‘This video was taken during the last hour and last day Liam and I shared in this lifetime.
In an interview published after Liam’s anniversary, emotional Louis admitted he will ‘never accept’ Liam ‘s tragic passing
Liam died in Buenos Aires after falling from a third floor balcony at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel on October 16, 2024 (pictured in 2016)
Kate Cassidy shared her final moments with her boyfriend Liam before his tragic death in an emotional tribute on Thursday
‘I am forever grateful for the beautiful moments we shared. I will miss you for the rest of my life Liam.’
Earlier in the day, Kate had shared a sweet black and white picture of the pair in bed with Liam kissing her cheek.
Liam’s younger sister Ruth also penned a heartbreaking tribute, sharing a sweet family photo showing Liam dressed up as a pirate.
She said: ‘1year, 12months, 52weeks, 365days… whichever way I say it, it still means the most heartbreaking truth that you’re not here any more.
‘When you used to go away on tour, and l’d cry that you’d be gone for a while, I always knew you’d come back, but now I can’t get you home, I can’t meet up with you somewhere in the world, I can’t facetime or text to see how you’re doing, it’s an eternal homesick feeling because we can’t go back.’
Ruth said that Liam’s death ‘will never make sense’ to her and revealed that she has a ‘reoccurring nightmare’ reliving his final minutes in the hotel room.
Meanwhile, his older sister Nicola described his loss as a ‘pain that will never heal’.
Liam’s big sister Nicola posted a heartbreaking tribute to him describing his loss as a ‘pain that will never heal’ as fans marked a year since his tragic death
Liam’s other sister Ruth shared a heartbreaking tribute to the singer also
She shared several intimate photos in her tribute and touchingly revealed how the family have kept his memory alive for his son Bear, eight, so he could ‘know all about his amazing daddy’.
In her poignant message she also revealed how she has tried to make sure his niece Ffion remembers her uncle by comparing him to a ‘star in the sky’ and a ‘rainbow, butterfly, a cloud’.
Tragically she recounted how she had been sitting at home with Ffion when news broke of her brother’s horrific death plunge from the third floor of the Casa Sur hotel in Buenos Aries.
Liam’s ex Cheryl, 42, was pictured the night before his anniversary putting on a brave face as she attended Girls Aloud bandmate Nicola Roberts’ 40th birthday celebrations.
It’s only the second time Cheryl has been pictured in public since the funeral of her ex-partner and father of her son Bear.
