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Louis Tomlinson is giving One Direction fans exactly what they needed right now. On October 5, 2025, the 33-year-old singer performed the hit One Direction song "No Control" at The Away From Home ...

Two months after Liam Payne’s tragic death at 31, his former One Direction bandmates — including Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — are now reevaluating their bond. “[Liam’s ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 11: (L-R) Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne of X-Factor band One Direction attend the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 World ...

Liam Payne’s voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction’s debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline ...

Elena and Vanessa Robustelli listen to One Direction so much that even eight years after the boy band broke up, its songs still make it on their annual Spotify Wrapped lists. But Wednesday, said the ...

Liam Payne, a former member of the preeminent 2010s boy band One Direction, died on October 16 at the age of 31. In his short and fairly troubled post-1D career, he never fully slotted into his own ...

Ever since One Direction’s Liam Payne left this world for a better place, fans across the globe have held on to the hope that the remaining members—Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall ...

After months of sorrow following Liam Payne's death, two One Direction members have decided to meet up just like in old times ...