Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
UK clubbing could be “extinct” by end of decade, with 10 nightclubs closing per month
nme.comVisit here to find out more about the ‘Last Night Out’ campaign and for here details on how to contact local MPs about the issue.The push for government intervention comes just weeks after the NTIA shared more shocking figures about the UK club scene.
Last month, they revealed that of the 480 nightclubs that were closed between June 2020 to June 2024, 67 took place between December 2023 and June 2024.There was a 41 per cent loss in the central region – with the East being the worst hit, suffering a 39 per cent decrease in venues.Lancashire saw a 42 per cent decline, Scotland dropped by 34 per cent, and Yorkshire was among those which suffered the most – dropping from 132 venues to 73 (45 per cent drop).Before then, the NTIA revealed that 31 per cent of nightclubs in the UK were forced to close last year, and in August 2023, the association shared that over 100 independent nightclubs across the UK were forced to shut their doors permanently over the past 12 months.The issue expands beyond clubs too, as back in January, findings by the Music Venue Trust (MVT) discovered a “disaster” that hit grassroots music venues as a whole across 2023.Among the key findings into their “most challenging year”, it was reported that last year saw 125 UK venues abandon live music and that over half of them had shut entirely – including the legendary Moles in Bath.
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