Should there be a ban on teenage popstars?

After the death of Liam Payne at 31, music industry figures are debating the duty of care for artists who find fame at a young age – some have suggested an all-out ban might be the solution.

As tributes poured in following the death of the death of One Directon singer Liam Payne on 16 October, the machinations of the music industry stopped for a beat. Here was yet another musician who had experienced stratospheric levels of fame from a young age – Payne was 16 when his boyband was formed on the UK reality TV competition The X Factor in 2010 – which had a devastating impact on his mental health, and who used drink and drugs in…