{"id":932301,"date":"2026-10-18T06:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/932301\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T06:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T06:36:14","slug":"liam-payne-death-anniversary-harry-styles-performs-heartbreaking-new-song-for-late-band-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/932301\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne death anniversary: Harry Styles performs heartbreaking new song for late band member"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Styles<\/a> has paid tribute to his former One Direction<\/a> bandmate Liam Payne<\/a> on the two-year anniversary of his death with an emotional performance. <\/p>\n

The three-time Grammy winner, 32, performed an unreleased song written for the late star who tragically died in October 2024 at age 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Harry Styles performing in February 2026, paused his regular show to honour his friend and band member. \u00a0Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Styles wrote What Is Enough \u201cabout two years ago\u201d as he told the crowd at his Madison Square Garden<\/a> concert on Friday night (Saturday AEDT).<\/p>\n

The singer addressed the crowd during his sold-out show saying he felt \u201cincredibly lucky\u201d to perform the long run in New York, in videos shared by fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many people in my life, friends and people that I\u2019ve worked with that I wouldn\u2019t have been able to do this without,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd two years ago today, I lost one of those friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure a lot of you have been through similar things. I hope you haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut really, it\u2019s just about looking after each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many people who have touched my life in such special ways that I wouldn\u2019t be here without. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna play you a song I wrote for my friend about two years ago, if that\u2019s all right.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Liam Payne tragically died on October 17, 2024 after falling from his hotel room in Argentina.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Styles appeared to reference Payne\u2019s November 2024 funeral<\/a> in his song. <\/p>\n

Fans became emotional as Styles sang; \u201cI could tell you what it\u2019s like to bury friends on a Wednesday night, gathered in the garden \u2019round a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Styles sang of \u201cthe friend in all those satellites\u201d, \u201camong the stars above\u201d. <\/p>\n

\"Harry<\/p>\n

Former One Direction band member Harry Styles leaving the funeral of singer Liam Payne on November 20, 2024 in Amersham, United Kingdom. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Styles and Payne were original members of boy band One Direction alongside Louis Tomlinson<\/a>, Zayn Malik<\/a> and Niall Horan.<\/p>\n

The band rose to fame in 2010. However, Styles announced his departure months before the group officially disbanded in 2015. <\/p>\n

Payne tragically died in October 2024<\/a> after falling from a balcony of a hotel room in Argentina, with his death sending shockwaves around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The band skyrocketed to fame in 2010.\u00a0AAP<\/p>\n

In a statement following his death, Payne\u2019s bandmates paid tribute to the star remembering him as a brother they \u201cloved so dearly\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re completely devastated by the news of Liam\u2019s passing,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\"One<\/p>\n

All four remaining members, who now have solo careers, have paid tribute to Payne in their own way.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say. But for now, we will take some time to grieve and process the loss of our brother, who we loved dearly.<\/p>\n

“The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will miss him terribly. We love you, Liam.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles has paid tribute to his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne on the two-year anniversary of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-932301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}