Liam James Payne, born 29 August1993 (age 20), is from Wolverhampton , West Midlands, England. Born three weeks early, to Karen and Geoff Payne, he has two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola. Until the age of four, Liam had regular tests done in hospital as doctors noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional. To help cope with the pain, he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child.As a student, Liamwas heavily involved in sports. Liam was bullied (ass holes!)in secondary school and took up boxing lessons at the age of 12. He was a music technology student at city of Wolverhampton college
Payne had once performed in front of a 26,000 crowd, present at a WolverhamptonWanderers' football Match. Liamfirst auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth series when he was fourteen.He made it to the judges' houses, but Cowell thought he was not ready for the competition and asked him to come back in two years. Liam say thatJustin Timberlake is one of his biggest influences. He also said that he draws inspiration from Take That member Gary Barlow when performing (also I'm going to marry him one day *maybe*)

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