Zayn Malik pays heartfelt tribute to Liam Payne throughout ‘Stairway to the Sky’ Tour
Zayn Malik kicked off his first ever solo tour with an emotional tribute to his late One Course bandmate, Liam Payne.
Because the background display turned blue, it projected the message, “Liam Payne, 1993-2024, Love you bro,” alongside a coronary heart emoji, as Stardust performed within the background.
The Nightfall until Daybreak singer’s heartfelt gesture left Directioners in tears, as few took to X (previously, Twitter) to specific their sentiments.
“Zayns tribute to Liam tonight, broke everyones hearts [heartbreak emoji] #ZaynSTTSTour #STTSTourLeeds #ZaynLeeds #STTSTour,” wrote one.
One other echoed, “This is one of the tributes that has hurt me the most, when I saw the screen and heard Stardust in the background, my heart broke into thousand little pieces, this shouldn’t be happening, not like this, not now (heartbreak and dove emoji).”
“Stardust playing and the fans crying in the background. I’m a mess,” penned one other.
The 31-year-old singer’s tribute comes three days after he attended Payne’s funeral alongside his former bandmates, Louis Tomlinson , Niall Horan and Harry Types.
The looks additionally marked One Course’s public reunion after it was disbanded in 2016.
Earlier than Payne’s premature dying, Malik had introduced tour dates for Stairway to the Sky Tour initially set for October twenty third. Nonetheless, he rescheduled the dates following Payne’s tragic passing.
After Leads, Malik will head to Manchester on November twenty fourth, following quite a few performances in numerous cities of UK earlier than heading to United States in January 2025.
Payne died on October sixteenth after falling balcony and receiving a number of deadly inner and exterior accidents falling balcony at CasaSur Palermo Resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina.