Zayn Malik has paid a heartfelt tribute to his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne during the first show of his solo tour.
Malik kicked off his Stairway To The Sky tour in Leeds’ O2 Academy on Saturday after rescheduling the original opening dates in Edinburgh due to Payne’s funeral on Wednesday.
The singer reunited with his fellow bandmates at the private service in Buckinghamshire to pay their final respects to Payne, following his death aged 31 in Argentina last month.
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Images shared on social media from Malik’s gig show a message was displayed on a large blue screen behind the singer which said: ‘Liam Payne 1993-2024. Love you bro’ with a pink heart.
The 31-year-old previously postponed the US leg of his Stairway To The Sky tour over the “heartbreaking loss” of Payne.