With the sadness that’s taken over the Directioner fandom over the last few months, Zayn knew 1D’s fans deserved a sweet surprise. During his show in Mexico City Tuesday night, Zayn performed a rendition of One Direction‘s “Night Changes” for the first time in 10 years — coincidentally, on the …
Read More »Liam Payne Death Investigation: Appeal to Overturn Acquittal of Friend, Hotel Workers Denied
A panel of judges in Liam Payne’s death investigation has denied an appeal to overturn the acquittal of the three people initially charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the singer’s death. In a March 12 ruling, obtained by Rolling Stone Thursday, a panel of judges maintained the original decision …
Read More »Liam Payne's Girlfriend Is 'Still Working on Accepting' His Death: 'I Am Trying to Do My Best'
As the six-month anniversary ofLiam Payne‘sdeathapproaches, his girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, is still adjusting to her new normal. In a rare interview with Lorraine, a morning show in the U.K., the 25-year-old revealed that she sometimes struggles “to get out of bed in the morning” and hasn’t yet grown accustomed to …
Read More »Liam Payne Honored at Brit Awards: 'Incredibly Kind Soul Who Touched the Lives of Everyone'
The 2025 Brit Awards honored Liam Payne on Saturday. Payne died in October 2024 at the age of 31. During the emotional tribute, which took place towards the end of the ceremony, host Jack Whitehall told the audience that it was time to “take a moment to remember a very …
Read More »Liam Payne's Friend, Two Hotel Workers Acquitted in Death Investigation
Liam Payne‘s friend Roger Nores and two workers at the CasaSur Palermo hotel had their charges fully dropped in the singer’s death investigation, a panel of judges from Argentina’s Court of Appeals announced in an extensive ruling obtained by Rolling Stone on Wednesday night. “Glad this is finally over,” Nores …
Read More »'Brilliant, Lost, Damaged': Inside the Tragedy of Liam Payne
I t could have been a party. At around two in the afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, Doug Jones was making business calls from his room in Buenos Aires’ upscale CasaSur Palermo Hotel when clanging, banging, and whooping sounds erupted across the hall. “I heard some really bizarre noises, …
Read More »'I Don't Fault Him for His Struggles': Liam Payne's Ex-Fiancée Maya Henry Breaks Silence
Model Maya Henry’s engagement to Liam Payne — the former One Direction singer who died in October and whose life story is chronicled in Rolling Stone’s new cover story — was tumultuous. They started dating officially in August 2019; he proposed that November, and they broke up in May 2022. …
Read More »Liam Payne's Girlfriend Speaks Out: 'If I Could See into the Future, I Would Never Have Left'
Liam Payne‘s girlfriend Kate Cassidy is speaking out in her first interview since the singer’s tragic October death. In an interview with The Sun published Wednesday, the influencer wiped away tears as she declared: “If I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina.” Cassidy left Argentina …
Read More »Inside the Grammys' Liam Payne Tribute
The 67th annual Grammys carried heavier emotional weight than usual, thanks to the backdrop of the Los Angeles wildfires — but the show’s most heartbreaking moment came at the start of the In Memoriam section: a carefully crafted video tribute to former One Direction member Liam Payne, who died at …
Read More »Netflix Will Continue 'Building the Band' Series After Liam Payne's Death Halted Production
Last summer, Netflix launched production on Building the Band, an upcoming competition series that assembles a new band without the members meeting until it was time to hit the stage. The streaming service recruited a slate of judges including Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland, Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger, and One Direction‘s …
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