Perrie Edwards has cancelled her upcoming BBC Radio 1 performance as a mark of respect to her former X Factor co-star Liam Payne after his tragic death.
The singer, 31, was due to feature on the station’s Live Lounge on Friday, but pulled out on Thursday morning.
Liam died in Buenos Aires after falling from a hotel on Wednesday evening. Several witnesses said he had fallen from his room at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel shortly after 5pm (ART).
The duo rose to fame after they both auditioned for The X Factor in 2011, Perrie went on to form Little Mix alongside Leigh-Anne, Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson, with Liam joining One Direction.
Radio 1 host’s Rickie Haywood-Williams, Melvin Odoom, and Charlie Hedges announced that she would no longer be taking part in Live Lounge.
Perrie Edwards has cancelled her upcoming BBC Radio 1 performance as a mark of respect to her former X Factor co-star Liam Payne after his tragic death (pictured in June)
Liam died in Buenos Aires after falling from a hotel on Wednesday evening . Several witnesses said he had fallen from his room at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel shortly after 5pm (ART) (pictured in 2021)
They said: ‘We’ve just had some news on our show that because of the sad news of Liam Payne earlier we have heard that Perrie is not going to be in the Live Lounge tomorrow.
‘She was supposed to be performing but that’s now not happening tomorrow but it will be happening at a later date.’
Liam starred in boy band One Direction, alongside his former bandmates Harry, 30, Niall Horan, 31, Zayn Malik, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32.
Perrie dated his bandmate Zayn from December 2011 until 2015, after meeting on set of the X Factor.
The singer is still close with Liam’s ex and former X Factor judge Cheryl, with whom he shares a son Bear, seven, they dated from 2016 until 2018.
Perrie admitted earlier this year that she still calls Cheryl ‘every five seconds for advice’ as she geared up to launch her own solo career.
Liam had reportedly arrived in the Latin American country earlier this month to attend his ex bandmate Niall Horan’s concert.
Local police have since launched an investigation into the sudden death, as tributes flood in the wake of the tragedy.
The duo rose to fame after they both auditioned for The X Factor in 2011, Perrie went on to form Little Mix alongside Leigh-Anne, Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson, with Liam joining One Direction (L-R Liam, Leigh-Anne, Jesy, Perrie, and Jade in 2018)
Perrie dated his bandmate Zayn from December 2011 until 2015, after meeting on set of the X Factor (pictured in 2014)
Radio 1 host’s Rickie Haywood-Williams, Melvin Odoom, and Charlie Hedges announced that Perrie would no longer be taking part in Live Lounge
A statement from local police said they arrived to the hotel after they were ‘informed of an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol’.
Officials heard a loud sound in the courtyard before discovering his body just after 5pm, reported the BBC.
According to TMZ, Liam ‘had been acting erratic in the hotel lobby and smashed his laptop’ before he ‘had to be carried back to his room’.
Police had received a call from a worker at the hotel requesting urgent help with an intoxicated guest, according to audio related to the case obtained from the Buenos Aires security ministry.
‘When he is conscious he is destroying the entire room and we need you to send someone,’ the worker said.
Emergency medical services director Alberto Crescenti said Liam had suffered ‘very serious injuries after falling from a third floor into an internal courtyard’.
‘We verified his identity using the passport he had,’ he said.
‘Afterwards we found out he had been a famous singer. Unfortunately the injuries he had suffered as a result of the fall proved to be fatal. There was no possibility of resuscitating him.’
Local police have since launched an investigation into the sudden death, as tributes flood in the wake of the tragedy (pictured in 2023)
Mr Crescenti told Argentine newspaper Clarin that ‘the team saw that he apparently had a fracture at the base of the skull’.
His body was transported to a local morgue where a post-mortem examination will be carried out.
Unverified pictures have since emerged online claiming to be Liam’s hotel room completely trashed with one image showing a smashed television screen
The star’s final Snapchat post showed him happily posing with his partner Kate Cassidy as they looked into a mirror – a picture which was originally taken last August.
Further posts from the final moments of the star’s life showed him enjoying lunch in his hotel room, where he revealed the pair had been ‘waking up at 1pm every day’ and deciding on Forest Gump as a Halloween costume.
A further tragic selfie was captioned: ‘Lovely day in Argentina’ before the star shared a photo of his hotel, writing: ‘Happy I got some time away’ followed by a heart emoji.
He shared a further photo with Kate captioned: ‘Quality time.’
There has been an outpouring of tributes online, with fellow former X Factor contestants Jedward writing: ‘RIP Liam Payne. Condolences to his friends and family.’
They added: ‘Sending strength to Cheryl and his son Bear, and all the One Direction family.’
Several witnesses said Payne had fallen from his room at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel shortly after 5pm (ART) Wednesday evening; he is seen in 2018
The popstar had reportedly arrived in the Latin American country earlier this month to attend his ex bandmate Niall Horan’s concert
A heartbreaking video shows Liam singing and dancing at Horan’s concert in Argentina just days before he was found dead
Payne’s haunting final social media post showed him spending time with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy
He and his former bandmates Harry, Niall, Zayn, and Louis, were brought together by Simon Cowell and former judge Nicole Scherzinger who saw their potential as a group.
After just a few weeks of getting to know each other and non-stop rehearsing, the group impressed Simon at their Judge’s Houses audition and sailed through to the live shows.
Despite the adoration, the band ultimately finished in third place on the X Factor but shortly afterwards Cowell sealed their fate by signing the fivesome to contract with Syco.
Keen to capitalize on the boys’ already devoted fanbase, Cowell moved quickly with recording for the band’s debut album beginning in January 2011.
By September of that year One Direction’s first single was released with What Makes You Beautiful soaring to number one on the UK Singles Chart, after becoming the most pre-ordered Sony Music Entertainment single in history.
The English star rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction, alongside his former bandmates Harry, Niall, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson; (L-R) Liam, Niall, Louis, Zayn and Harry in 2013
Their debut album, Up All Night was also a best seller, becoming the UK’s fastest-selling debut album of 2011, with the record leading to their first tour which kicked off in the UK that December.
After Malik announced his departure from the band in 2015, the band members went their separate ways.
During their time as a group, One Direction won five Brit Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, amassed over three billion YouTube views and sold 50 million records worldwide.
After releasing five albums with one of the biggest boybands of all time, Liam released his first — and only — solo album titled LP1 in 2019.
