The funeral of One Direction star Liam Payne is set to feature "a series of song tributes" as a nod to his lifelong passion for music, according to an insider. The 31-year-old singer, who rose to stardom on The X Factor,

Payne’s funeral will reportedly be held in St Paul’s Cathedral in Wolverhampton, where he will be interred. No details about a possible public ceremony have yet been announced.

The former One Direction singer died aged 31 after falling from the third floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina last month

Liam Payne ’s body will be flown back to the UK in the next 36 hours, according to media in Argentina, where the former One Direction singer died last month. The Sun newspaper reports that Payne’s funeral will take place in the UK this week, at St Paul’s Cathedral in Wolverhampton, the city where he grew up.

A funeral for Liam Payne will be held in the coming days in the late star's hometown almost one month on from his tragic death in Argentina. The One Direction singer, 31, died following a fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on October 16.