“I hope you’re seeing this”
Zayn Malik paid tribute to his One Path bandmate Liam Payne within the late musician’s hometown.
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Through the present on Friday (November 29), Malik advised the group on the College of Wolverhampton at The Halls: “I’ve been doing one thing, on the finish of the present, each night time, and it’s been devoted to my brother Liam Payne.”
He had beforehand kicked off his UK tour in Leeds on November 23, and on the finish of the present projected a tribute to Payne on the display behind him displaying the 12 months of his start and demise alongside the message: ‘Love you bro’.
“We have been doing one thing on the finish of the present each night time, it has been devoted to my brother Liam Payne. Relaxation in peace. I hope you are seeing this in your hometown tonight, Wolverhampton, that is for you Liam.”
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— Remembering Liam Payne (@updatingljp) November 29, 2024
The preliminary tribute in Leeds was significantly poignant provided that the gig befell simply three days after Payne’s funeral. Cheryl, the opposite members of One Path and Simon Cowell have been amongst these in attendance on the funeral in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on Wednesday, simply over a month after the singer died, aged 31.
Payne handed away 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.
Movies of the Wolverhampton gig present Malik saying: “Relaxation in peace. I hope you’re seeing this in your hometown tonight, Wolverhampton. That is for you Liam,” earlier than dedicating a efficiency of ‘iT’s YoU’ to his late bandmate.
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— Remembering Liam Payne (@updatingljp) November 29, 2024
The singer beforehand postponed the US leg of his tour following Payne’s demise. He confirmed later that the exhibits can be rescheduled for January 2025.
Following the tragedy, Malik and Payne’s former One Path bandmates Harry Kinds, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson shared a press release following his sudden demise.
“We’re fully devastated by the information of Liam’s passing. In time, and when everybody is ready to, there can be extra to say. However for now, we’ll take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we beloved dearly,” started their assertion.
It continued: “The recollections we shared with him can be treasured without end. For now, our ideas are together with his household, his pals, and the followers who beloved him alongside us. We’ll miss him terribly. We love you Liam. – Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.”