Zayn Malik pays tribute to Liam Payne at his first show since bandmate’s death

Zayn Malik paid a heartfelt tribute to his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne during the archetypal amusement of his solo tour.

Malik kicked disconnected his Stairway To The Sky circuit successful Leeds’s O2 Academy connected Saturday aft rescheduling the archetypal opening dates successful Edinburgh owed to Payne’s ceremonial connected Wednesday.

The vocalist reunited with his chap bandmates astatine the backstage work successful Buckinghamshire to wage their last respects to Payne, pursuing his decease aged 31 successful Argentina past month.

Images shared connected societal media from Malik’s gig amusement a connection was displayed connected a ample bluish surface down the vocalist which said: “Liam Payne 1993-2024. Love you bro” with a pinkish heart.

The 31-year-old antecedently postponed the US limb of his Stairway To The Sky circuit implicit the “heartbreaking loss” of Payne.

He aboriginal rescheduled the Edinburgh shows, planned for November 20 and 21, to December owed to “unforeseen circumstances”.

Following the decease of Payne, Malik said helium “never got to thank” his chap bandmate for supporting him done immoderate of the “most difficult” times successful his life.

“I mislaid a member erstwhile you near america and can’t explicate to you what I’d springiness to conscionable springiness you a hug 1 past clip and accidental goodbye to you decently and archer you that I loved and respected you dearly”, helium added successful a connection shared to Instagram.

“I volition cherish each the memories I person with you successful my bosom forever.

“There is nary words that warrant oregon explicate however I consciousness close present different than beyond devastated.

“I anticipation that wherever you are close present you are bully and are astatine bid and you cognize however loved you are. Love you bro.”

The vocalist roseate to fame alongside Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan erstwhile Simon Cowell enactment them unneurotic to signifier One Direction connected ITV endowment amusement The X Factor successful 2010.

Malik near One Direction successful 2015 earlier the radical went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016, with the members each going connected to prosecute their ain solo careers.

Payne died connected October 16 of aggregate traumas and “internal and outer haemorrhage” aft falling from a third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel successful Buenos Aires, a post-mortem introspection study said.

An probe has been launched into his decease by prosecutors and 3 radical person been charged successful transportation with the incident.

Fans from crossed the globe person continued to clasp vigils successful representation of Payne.

Malik is acceptable to execute a drawstring of dates successful the UK, including shows successful London, Wolverhampton, Newcastle and Manchester, passim the last 2 months of this twelvemonth earlier kicking disconnected the US limb successful January.