Zayn Malik postpones US tour over “heartbreaking loss” of Liam Payne

Zayn Malik has postponed his US tour following the demise of former One Course bandmate Liam Payne this week.

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Payne handed away earlier this week on the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Per The Guardian, the Argentinian prosecutor’s workplace revealed that Payne’s reason behind demise was as a result of a number of traumas and inner and exterior bleeding.

Malik was meant to go out to the States later this month in assist of his fourth solo album ‘Room Underneath The Stairs’, which arrived in Could. Nonetheless, following the occasions of this week, he has now confirmed that the dates will probably be rescheduled.

“Given the heartbreaking loss I’ve skilled this week, I’ve made the choice to postpone the US leg of the STAIRWAY TO THE SKY tour. The dates are being rescheduled for January and I’ll submit them as quickly because it’s all set within the subsequent few days. Your tickets will stay legitimate for the brand new dates. Love you all and thanks to your understanding.”

Given the heartbreaking loss skilled this week, I’ve made the choice to postpone the US leg of the STAIRWAY TO THE SKY Tour. The dates are being rescheduled for January and I’ll submit them as quickly because it’s all set within the subsequent few days. Your tickets will stay legitimate for the…

— zayn (@zaynmalik) October 19, 2024

Malik can be set to carry out throughout the UK subsequent month, taking part in six exhibits at Edinburgh’s O2 Academy, Leeds’ O2 Academy, Manchester’s O2 Apollo and London’s Eventim Apollo on November 20, 23, 24 and 26 respectively.

The dates wrap up with a penultimate cease in Wolverhampton on November 29, adopted by a closing present in Newcastle Upon Tyne on December 3.

At present second, these dates stay unaffected.

The run of exhibits was purported to be Malik’s first solo tour. He performed his first-ever solo reside present in London earlier this yr.

Earlier than then, he had but to carry out reside since launching his solo profession again in 2016. Initially he was meant to hit the highway that very same yr, however finally cancelled what was to be his debut look as a result of “the worst anxiousness of my profession”.

“I’ve been working during the last three months to beat my excessive anxiousness round main reside solo performances,” Zayn wrote in a press release on the time.

Paying tribute to Payne earlier this week, Malik shared a joint assertion alongside surviving One Course members Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Kinds, the place they expressed their devastation, and that they would want time “to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we cherished dearly.”

A portion of Malik particular person’s tribute reads:  “Liam, I’ve discovered myself speaking out loud to you, hoping you possibly can hear me, I can’t assist however suppose selfishly that there are such a lot of extra conversations for us to have in our lives.”

In different information, Payne was discovered to have donated hundreds of kilos to varied GoFundMe pages within the month earlier than his demise.