We’re like brothers now—we fight and then make up. There’s nothing that can separate us.
I was really surprised with Niall coming out so quick, but then I thought about it, and Niall was resisting the break more than anyone, so I knew that he was gonna carry on working and he did, bless him. And you know, brought out a great song and he’s already bringing out another song, which is great, so, you know, he’s working away.
Every now and then you’re like, ‘Fookin’ hell, where is everyone?’ ” he says. “You’re sitting in an airport lounge, they call you for a plane, and you don’t stand up initially because you’re waiting on everyone else, you know? ‘Oh, Louis’ll be back from the toilet in a minute.’
Thank you so much for being here tonight. I know a lot of you have flown a long way. I really appreciate you being here. I wanted to celebrate with you guys. I have played some of my favorite shows in Mexico. It felt right to come celebrate with you. Tonight, it doesn’t feel like a night to celebrate. Last night, there was a tragedy in my home town of Manchester. I am left with a hole in my heart. I went to my first show in the arena, and I’ve had some of my best experiences in my life in Manchester. We have a choice every single day that we wake up of what you can put into the world, and I ask you to please choose love every single day. I promise that we will back very soon to Mexico… We will be back to do a full show. But, tonight, if it’s okay with you, we’re gonna play a small acoustic set. I hope you understand, and I hope you will join me in a moment of silence for all the victims and their families. Thank you for understanding. I love you very much.
It was very tough. We, all four of us – well, there was three of us [Niall, Harry and I] in the room to start with, which was nice. I hadn’t seen everyone in ages. The first thing I noticed was how tall Harry had got – he was massive, like super, super tall out of nowhere. I was like, ‘what are you eating?’ He’s a growing boy. But it was nice that everybody had turned up, and I was so glad. We flew the world over to get to that gig. Louis walked in, and there was a real nice family moment where we all got together and had a little huddle and got together. It was the first time in five or six years where we were fully best mates, we weren’t even a band that night. We were top top top lads. It was a sad occasion, it was bittersweet in a sense because it felt so lovely for us all to be there, to go ‘yes, we are all fully in this for the long run’ but at the same time, what a tragic, tragic, tragic loss.
Liam on supporting Louis after the death of his mum (via thedailypayne)
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