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14:03 EST 02 Feb 2025, updated 14:57 EST 02 Feb 2025

By DEIRDRE DURKAN-SIMONDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Liam Payne will receive a special tribute during the 2025 Grammy Awards, three months after he suffered a fatal fall from the third floor of his hotel in Buenos Aires.

Although fans were hoping that his former One Direction bandmates, would reunite during the ceremony in their late friend's honor, Ben Winston, executive producer of the Grammys show, confirmed that Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Niall Horan would not be performing together.

Winston, however, did note that Payne would be honored during the In Memoriam section.

'It is a very difficult time. Losing Liam was very, very tough. No doubt about it. But, no, there will be no One Direction performance,' he told Entertainment Tonight. 'He was the most beautiful, wonderful boy and I love him very, very much. He is in, of course, our In Memoriam, without question.'

The director, who worked with the band on their music videos for songs like You & I, Midnight Memories and Night Changes, also spoke about how Payne's death hit him particularly hard as he had just seen him weeks before his tragic death.

'Actually that [Payne's passing] is a very sad thing for me — when you are going through rehearsals and seeing the clips and a guy that was sat in this office four weeks before that tragedy happened,' Winston said.

He went on to say that seeing Payne featured among the In Memoriam names this year was 'not something' he 'would ever have imagined.'

'It is extra sad for people — not just me who loved Liam, but for many,' he concluded.

Payne will also be honored at the BRIT Awards next month.