Bob Geldolf praises Liam Payne as he's left in tears sharing Band Aid 40 first listen

Bob Geldof praised Liam Payne portion sharing an affectional archetypal perceive of Band Aid 40 - Payne’s last opus earlier his death.

The erstwhile One Direction prima died aged 31 aft falling from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, connected October 16.

Payne was among the stars who lent their vocals to Geldof’s 2024 Ultimate Mix revamp of the foundation song, Do They Know It’s Christmas? to people 40 years of Band Aid.

The newest mentation of Do They Know It's Christmas? features a caller premix of the past recordings Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014).

Geldof, 73, became affectional and said Payne is “alive with us” arsenic helium gave BBC Radio 2 listeners a perceive to the opus connected Monday morning.

The vocalist broke down successful tears and called the opus a “work of art” arsenic helium shared it with big Zoe Ball connected her greeting show.

Ball said: "We both, we some had a outcry and, and, you cognize it, it is that thing.

“There's truthful galore radical progressive successful that who possibly aren't with america anymore. And this clip of year, we deliberation of those.”

Geldof replied: "Well, Liam, I was reasoning of it astatine the funeral, and I conscionable thought well, he's here. He's present with his mates. He's live with america - and he's doing it for others'

Ball added that Payne’s “voice lives connected successful his music”.

For the track’s 40th anniversary, shaper Trevor Horn took the past 3 recordings and blended the voices of abstracted generations into 1 track.

It features stars similar Ed Sheeran, Boy George, Harry Styles, Sinead O’Connor, Rita Ora, Paul McCartney, and Bono.

The father-of-one’s One Direction set mates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Zayn Malik were each astatine the service.

Girls Aloud vocalist Cheryl, who dated Payne betwixt 2016 and 2018 and shares lad Bear, seven, with him, besides paid her respects.