New York, Aug 20 (IANS): Singer Perrie Edwards, who has been bravely holding it together ever since she split from fiance Zayn Malik, broke down in tears during a performance here on Wednesday.

The 22-year-old was performing live with her band Little Mix on stage during the band's fourth anniversary global live stream fan event when she burst into tears.

After singing their new track "The end", the singer started crying on the stage, reports dailymail.co.uk.

It were the song lyrics, 'no one can love you, the way I used to do', that upset her.

Perrie, who was dumped by the former One Direction star barely weeks earlier, was immediately comforted by her bandmates, who gave her a brief group hug before fellow band member Jesy Nelson told the concerned crowd: "It's been a long day."

The former couple have already put their north London home on the market for 4.2 million pounds, just two months after they moved into the property.