Liam Payne petition hits almost 24,000 signatures calling for new laws after singer’s death

A petition calling for changes successful the amusement manufacture aft the decease of Liam Payne has deed astir 24,000 signatures.

The One Direction star, who became a planetary superstar arsenic a teen successful the beloved lad band, died past week aged 31 after falling from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In the days aft his death, a airy has been shone connected the mental wellness pressures enactment connected those successful the amusement world.

A caller petition has called for authorities to ‘safeguard artists’ intelligence wellness successful the amusement industry’ with 23,916 radical signing implicit the weekend.

Day Kv, who acceptable up the campaign, wrote: ‘In caller quality of Liam Payne’s tragic decease arsenic galore others, the amusement manufacture needs to beryllium held accountable and beryllium liable to the payment of their artists.

‘We question to implore lawmakers to make authorities safeguarding the intelligence wellness of artists wrong the industry.’

They called for ‘regular intelligence wellness check-ups, capable remainder periods, and the beingness of intelligence wellness professionals on-set, including immoderate ongoing enactment during their career’.

It comes aft Sharon Osbourne, who was a justice connected The X Factor, insisted Liam was ‘let down’ by the euphony industry.

Sharing a representation of the vocalist connected Instagram, the 72-year-old euphony manager wrote: “Liam, my bosom aches. We each fto you down. Where was this manufacture erstwhile you needed them?

‘You were conscionable a kid erstwhile you entered 1 of the toughest industries successful the world. Who was successful your corner? Rest successful bid my person @‌liampayne (sic)’

Liam archetypal auditioned for X Factor successful 2008 erstwhile helium was 14 and returned 2 years later, wherever he secured a spot successful One Direction.

Following his death, Robbie Williams’ adjacent collaborator Guy Chambers – who co-wrote countless hits similar Angels and Rock DJ – has called for teenage boys to not beryllium enactment into lad bands.

After erstwhile Take That prima Robbie, 50, drew comparisons to his addiction conflict and that of Liam, the songwriter claimed the manufacture doesn’t person ‘proper protection’ successful spot to look aft the well-being of young stars.

‘I bash deliberation putting a 16-year-old successful an big satellite similar that is perchance truly damaging. Robbie experienced that, certainly,’ helium told the Observer.

“I person 4 children, truthful I deliberation astir this a lot. I cognize successful Robbie’s case, with Take That, determination wasn’t immoderate due extortion acceptable up to look aft what were teenage boys.

‘That was a agelong clip ago, but I don’t spot overmuch motion of change. There is not overmuch much existent attraction taken, that I person observed, from radical progressive successful the large tv endowment shows.’

Robbie was the aforesaid property arsenic Liam, 16, erstwhile they were thrust into the limelight successful their respective groups, and Guy believes lone those aged 18 and implicit should beryllium successful a lad band.

He said: ‘I would suggest that radical should not beryllium successful a lad set until they are 18, and the manufacture should instrumentality to that, too.’

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