Zayn Malik’s tribute to Liam Payne at first UK tour show

Malik kicked off his Stairway To The Sky tour in Leeds’s O2 Academy on Saturday (November 23) after rescheduling the unique opening dates in Edinburgh because of Payne’s funeral on Wednesday (November 20).

The Pillow Speak singer reunited along with his fellow bandmates on the non-public service in Buckinghamshire to pay their closing respects to Payne, following his demise aged 31 in Argentina final month.

Zayn Malik’s heartfelt tribute to One Route bandmate Liam Payne at first UK tour present

Zayn Malik’s tribute to Liam Payne at his live performance in Leeds tonight. 🤍🕊️ pic.twitter.com/6M2ft26rsx

— Remembering Liam Payne (@updatingljp) November 23, 2024

Photographs shared on social media from Malik’s gig present a message was displayed on a big blue display screen behind the singer which mentioned: “Liam Payne 1993-2024. Love you bro” with a pink coronary heart.

The 31-year-old beforehand postponed the US leg of his Stairway To The Sky tour over the “heartbreaking loss” of Payne.

He later rescheduled the Edinburgh reveals, deliberate for November 20 and 21, to December because of “unexpected circumstances”.

Following the demise of Payne, Malik mentioned he “by no means obtained to thank” his fellow bandmate for supporting him by way of among the “most tough” instances in his life.

“I misplaced a brother once you left us and may’t clarify to you what I’d give to only provide you with a hug one final time and say goodbye to you correctly and let you know that I liked and revered you dearly”, he added in a press release shared to Instagram.

“I’ll cherish all of the recollections I’ve with you in my coronary heart endlessly.

“There isn’t a phrases that justify or clarify how I really feel proper now aside from past devastated.

“I hope that wherever you might be proper now you might be good and are at peace and you know the way liked you might be. Love you bro.”

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The singer rose to fame alongside Payne, Harry Kinds, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan when Simon Cowell put them collectively to kind One Route on ITV expertise present The X Think about 2010.

Malik left One Route in 2015 earlier than the group went on indefinite hiatus in 2016, with the members all happening to pursue their very own solo careers.

Malik is ready to carry out a string of dates within the UK, together with reveals in London, Wolverhampton, Newcastle and Manchester, all through the ultimate two months of this 12 months earlier than kicking off the US leg in January.