Singer Liam Payne's funeral planned for Wednesday afternoon in southern England

The former One Direction singer died on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The funeral of Liam Payne, the singer of the boy band One Direction who died in October at the age of 31 in Buenos Aires, will take place on Wednesday November 20 in England, British media announced.

The private ceremony will be held Wednesday afternoon in the south of England in the presence of the singer's family, his friends and certainly former members of One Direction, according to several media.

Liam Payne died on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died of “multiple traumas“and a”internal and external bleeding“.

The Argentine prosecutor's office revealed that the artist had consumed alcohol, cocaine and antidepressants before his death. Three people were charged with supplying him with drugs.

In a 2023 video posted on his YouTube account, Liam Payne admitted to having been admitted to a rehab center for his alcoholism: “I sort of became someone I didn't really recognize anymore. And I'm sure you don't recognize it either”he said then.

His death shocked his fans around the world. Many tributes took place, including one in London on October 20 which brought together thousands of people, singing along to One Direction songs. In Paris, fans also paid tribute to him in the Tuileries garden, creating a “memorial” with bouquets of flowers and candles around a photo of the singer.

One Direction, who was one of the most lucrative boy bands in the world, released their fifth and final studio album in 2016, Made in the A.M. The same year, the group announced a break, never formalized as a separation.

The members of the boy band then began solo careers with varying degrees of success. Liam Payne released his first album, LP1in 2019. Last year he announced that he was working on a second album and released a new single in March 2024. He was the father of a child now aged 7.