Simon Cowell shares ‘special’ unseen footage of One Direction as Liam Payne celebrates 30th birthday

Simon Cowell has shared previously unseen footage of boyband One Direction as singer Liam Payne celebrates his 30^th birthday.

Simon shared a clip of Liam and band members Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, during their appearance on The X Factor, back in 2010.

The clip shows the band at the judge’s house stage of the competition and also features an interview with Simon himself. He states: “I just have a feeling we have something special with this bunch.”

Simon captioned the post: “This feels like yesterday, thank you to each of you for being so amazing.”