Liam Payne death latest: Hundreds of One Direction fans mourn singer in Hyde Park vigil

Liam Payne ’s former One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik has announced he is postponing his US tour in the wake of the singer’s sudden death , aged 31.

The news arrived ahead of vigils in both Liverpool on Saturday (19 October) and London on Sunday (20 October), where hundreds of fans stood in silence while mourning the singer.

Meanwhile, Payne’s father was seen reading tributes and kissing photos of his son outside the hotel where he died in Argentina, Bueons Aires.

Payne’s former One Direction bandmates have said they are “devastated” over the singer’s death , while Cheryl , the mother of Payne’s 7-year-old son Bear, has opened up about her grief at an “indescribably painful time.”

The singer, who shot to fame after joining the pop group on reality TV contest The X Factor in 2010 along with Harry Styles , Niall Horan, Malik and Louis Tomlinson, was described as a “kind, funny and brave soul” in a tribute from his surviving bandmates.

Payne’s cause of death was revealed in a preliminary autopsy on Thursday 17 October. Photos taken by officials of his hotel room showed it in a state of disarray, with a smashed TV screen and debris scattered around the surfaces.