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"Liam Payne has admitted he almost quit singing after a festival performance three years ago. The One Direction singer told The Sun that he had been booked to fill in for Blue&amp;#039;s Lee Ryan at The Sunshine Festival in Rhyl when he was just 16.  However, the gig was a disaster and, after being kicked off The X Factor at his first attempt in 2008, the boyband star felt he didn&amp;#039;t want to continue any more. Payne said: &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s one awful gig that always sticks in my mind. I filled in for Lee Ryan doing The Sunshine Festival in Rhyl. It was raining. &amp;quot;Me and my dad travelled from Wolverhampton. I played for ten people for \u00C2\u00A350. That had to be my worst gig - that was the last straw. I was like, &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m not doing this any more, dad, I don&amp;#039;t want to.&amp;#039; &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d have been turning 16. It was the day after my birthday. It was just terrible.&amp;quot; Last week it was reported Payne had started dating former X Factor star Leona Lewis, days after splitting from his long-term girlfriend. &amp;gt; One Direction&amp;#039;s Liam Payne: &amp;#039;The Wanted were trashy about us&amp;#039; &amp;gt; One Direction Radio 1 Teen Awards takeover confirmed Watch One Direction&amp;#039;s music video for &amp;#039;Live While We&amp;#039;re Young&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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