Liam Payne death latest news: One Direction fans mourn singer in London vigil

Bruce Springsteen has reflected on the shock death of Liam Payne, saying the music industry “puts enormous pressures on young people.”

In a new interview, Springsteen said that artists dying young is “not an unusual thing in my business.”

Cheryl Cole, the former X Factor judge who shares son Bear with Liam Payne, has issued a statement following the death of the One Direction singer.

“As I try to navigate this earth shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time, I’d like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being,” she began.

Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has revealed she and the One Direction singer, who tragically passed away on October 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, weren’t supposed to be in Argentina for more than five days.

Two days before the singer’s death, Cassidy, 25, travelled back to her home in Miami, Florida, leaving Payne in Argentina. According to her, the couple was originally only planning to be in the country for five days, but their trip ended up being extended.

In the video blog of her trip back to the US, Cassidy explained why she left.

Liam Payne’s sister, Ruth Gibbins, paid tribute to her brother in a moving social media post, writing: “I don’t believe this is happening. Many times have I poured my heart out publicly with pride about Liam but never much about life as his sister.

“Liam is my best friend, no one could ever make me laugh as much as him, doing his impressions always had me creasing and he loved seeing how much of a laugh he could get.

“Liam, my brain is struggling to catch up with what’s happening and I don’t understand where you’ve gone. What I do love most about you is your ability to make me laugh, I never chuckle as much as I do when I’m with you with anyone else.”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t save you. One last time I need you to know, I’m here if you need anything, I’d drive to the end of the universe to bring you back.

I don’t feel this world was good enough or kind enough to you, and quite often over the last few years, you’ve had to really try hard to overcome all that was being aimed at you.

“You just wanted to be loved and to make people happy with your music. You never believed you were good enough, I hope you can now see this outpouring of love that you never received in your time.”

In the wake of Liam Payne’s death, a leading figure within the music industry has called on measures to be introduced to stop youngsters being pushed into pop stardom.

Payne was 16 when he became a member of One Direction on The X Factor, but Guy Chambers, the former songwriter for Robbie Williams, now wants the music industry to stop working with talent under the age of 18.

Julian Bulian, a songwriter who collaborated with One Direction, has paid tribute to Liam Payne.

He wrote on Instagram: “We wrote songs that changed my life. He believed in me. He encouraged and empowered me. He helped make my dreams come true. There isn’t enough I can say about Liam that would accurately express the way I feel about him.”

Mourners are trying and piece together the tragic circumstances surrounding Liam Payne’s untimely death.

The 31-year-old One Direction singer was found dead after falling from a three-storey balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Tuesday.

While test results to determine exactly what drugs, if any, were in Payne’s system at the time of his death are pending, authorities are now working to reconstruct the circumstances that preceded his death.