Chris Martin delivered an emotional performance as a tribute to Liam Payne aired at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday, 2 February. The One Direction singer was honoured in the In Memoriam annual tribute which remembers music stars who died in the last year.

As the 2025 Grammys began to draw to a close on Feb. 2 in Los Angeles, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin teamed with guitarist Grace Bowers to honor the lives and careers of the musicians, artists and executives who passed away over the past year.

Chris Martin, the lead singer of British band Coldplay, will be performing at the upcoming Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday (February 2). The news comes just a week after Coldplay wrapped up their five-concert Music of the Spheres tour in India. The Recording Academy announced Martin's participation via a social media post on Wednesday.

During the Grammy Awards 2025 ceremony, Chris Martin, the leader of Coldplay, moved the audience by paying tribute to the late Liam Payne. He wasn't the only deceased artist mentioned throughout the event.

To kick off the 2025 Grammy Awards annual In Memoriam segment, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin took the stage to perform the band's "All My Love" with a four-string orchestra. After Martin, 47, began singing at the piano,