Zayn Malik paid tribute to his late One Route bandmate Liam Payne on the primary night time of his UK tour.
The artist kicked off the tour in Leeds final night time (November 23) and on the finish of the present projected a tribute to Payne on the display screen behind him. It contained his 12 months of delivery and demise and the message ‘Love you bro’.
The picture has been broadly shared on social media.
The tribute was particularly poignant provided that the gig was going down simply three days after Payne’s funeral. Cheryl, the opposite members of One Route and Simon Cowell had been amongst these in attendance on the funeral in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on Wednesday, simply over a month after the singer died, aged 31.
Payne died on October 16 after falling from the third ground of a lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with an post-mortem confirming that the singer had suffered inside and exterior bleeding and a number of traumatic accidents.
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
Malik’s tour was supposed to start with two reveals in Edinburgh earlier this week however they had been rescheduled because of “unexpected circumstances”. These would have doubtless been associated to the funeral, which passed off on the day the primary Edinburgh present was initially scheduled for. Each reveals will now happen on December 8 and 9.
Malik is additionally because of carry out in London, Manchester, Wolverhampton and Newcastle till December 3.
The singer beforehand postponed the US leg of his tour over Payne’s demise. He confirmed later that the reveals could be rescheduled for January 2025.
In Might, Malik performed his first-ever solo present in London. After launching his solo profession in 2016, he cancelled what was because of be his debut look in June that 12 months, citing “the worst nervousness of my profession”.