Zayn Malik postpones U.S. tour dates after Liam Payne’s death

Zayn Malik has pushed backmost the U.S. limb of his performance tour to aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth pursuing the “heartbreaking” decease of his erstwhile bandmate Liam Payne.

The “Love Like This” singer, 31, announced the quality connected Instagram, 3 days aft the One Direction alum fatally fell from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires.

“Given the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment experienced this week, I’ve made the determination to postpone the U.S. limb of the Stairway to the Sky Tour,” Malik said Saturday.

“The dates are being rescheduled for January and I’ll station them arsenic soon arsenic it’s each acceptable successful the adjacent fewer days,” helium added. “Your tickets volition stay valid for the caller dates. Love you each and convey you for your understanding.”

The news comes 1 period aft Malik announced the tour, which was scheduled to footwear disconnected adjacent Wednesday successful San Francisco, with dates successful Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. He was primitively acceptable to execute Nov. 2 astatine the Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom earlier playing six dates successful his autochthonal U.K.

Malik connected Thursday credited Payne with “supporting maine done immoderate of the astir hard times successful my life” and said helium “lost a brother” successful the aftermath of his tragic death.

On Wednesday, Payne fell from the balcony of his third-floor country astatine the CasaSur Hotel, conscionable minutes aft a receptionist asked exigency services to nonstop assistance for a impermanent who was “high connected drugs” and “trashing” his edifice room. The receptionist said helium feared for the guest’s beingness fixed the room’s balcony, from which authorities judge Payne jumped.

A preliminary autopsy study concluded helium suffered aggregate traumatic injuries resulting successful contiguous death.

Police sources told TMZ Payne is believed to person ingested a substance known arsenic “cristal” anterior to his death. The cause tin reportedly origin psychotic attacks, hallucinations and aggression behavior.

The circumstances surrounding Payne’s death are inactive nether investigation. Local authorities said an indictment could soon travel arsenic it’s believed a hotel staffer supplied Payne with the drugs.