Liam Payne's death sparks leading songwriter to urge under-18 band rule change

A starring songwriter has urged the manufacture to halt letting nether 18s articulation bands pursuing the tragic decease of One Direction prima Liam Payne successful Argentina astatine the property of 31

The tragic decease of Liam Payne has led a starring songwriter to accidental under-18s should not beryllium allowed to articulation popular bands.

The One Direction prima fell to his death from a edifice balcony successful Argentina connected Wednesday. He was aged conscionable 31.

Now, Guy Chambers has joined forces with different manufacture figures to telephone for alteration successful the aftermath of the tragedy. The songwriter and adjacent pal of Robbie Williams says those nether 18 years of property shouldn't beryllium pushed into popular stardom.

He explained however putting young teens into an adult-filled manufacture could beryllium "potentially damaging" for them. He went connected to admit helium feels his person Robbie experienced this during his emergence to fame with Take That successful the 1990s.

Speaking to the Observer, helium said "I bash deliberation putting a 16-year-old successful an big world similar that is perchance truly damaging. Robbie experienced that, certainly."

He added: "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."

Guy's words travel arsenic over 17,000 radical person truthful acold signed a petition to safeguard artists successful the aftermath of Liam's death. The run is calling for authorities involution to guarantee the intelligence wellbeing of performers. This includes regular intelligence wellness check-ups, designated remainder periods and ongoing enactment passim their careers. The tragic decease of Liam Payne, who fell from a edifice balcony successful Argentina, sparked the petition.

The petition states: "The amusement industry, acclaimed for its glamour and stardom, is arsenic infamous for the tremendous unit it exerts connected the intelligence wellness of artists. Resultant issues specified arsenic stress, anxiety, depression, substance misuse and adjacent termination are alarmingly high."

It adds: "According to research, performers are 2-3 times much apt to endure from these issues compared to the wide population." The petition besides urges lawmakers to make authorities that protects the intelligence wellness of artists wrong the industry.

Liam had antecedently been unfastened astir his struggles with intelligence health. He erstwhile revealed helium had experienced "severe suicidal thoughts" and was heavy into drugs during his One Direction days. Speaking connected the Diary of a CEO podcast successful 2021 helium said: "There is immoderate worldly that I person decidedly never, ne'er spoken about. It was really, really, truly severe. It was a problem. And it was lone until I saw myself aft that I was like, ‘Right, I request to hole myself.'”

He described however helium saw pictures of him connected a vessel erstwhile helium was “all bloated out.” He labelled this his “pills-and-booze face. "My look was just, like, 10 times much than it is now. I conscionable didn’t similar myself precise much, and past I made a change.”

In 2019 helium had besides spoke of turning to alcohol, telling Men's Health Australia helium had recovered fame hard and had sometimes turned to intoxicant arsenic a coping mechanism.

*If you are struggling with intelligence health, you tin talk to a trained advisor from Mind intelligence wellness foundation connected 0300 123 3393 oregon email [email protected]

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