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Simon Cowell’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Postpones Auditions Following Liam Payne’s Death
Liam Payne's death has lead Simon Cowell's 'Britain's Got Talent' to postpone auditions.
The decision was confirmed by Applause Store, which handles ticketing for the talent competition show, on X the morning auditions were set to take place in England. The late “Strip That Down” singer — who died at 31 years old Wednesday (Oct. 16) after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina — got his start in 2010 on the latter talent program, which placed him in the group One Direction with fellow contestants-turned-bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson. Countless musicians, entertainment industry peers and fans have also taken to social media to mourn Payne in the past 24 hours, including Zedd, Paris Hilton, Charlie Puth, the Backstreet Boys, Ty Dolla $ign and more.
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