Zayn Malik has paid tribute to his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne at his show in Leeds on Saturday night, with a sign which read: “Love you bro”.
The message, which has been widely shared on social media, also had Payne’s name and the year he was born and died.
Malik’s tour was meant to begin in Edinburgh earlier this week. However, he rescheduled two of his shows in the city, citing “unforeseen circumstances”.
The singer also previously postponed his US tour, after what he called the “heartbreaking loss” of Payne.Payne died, aged 31, after falling from the third floor of hotel balcony in Argentina last month.
Family, friends and former bandmates remembered him at his funeral in Amersham in Buckinghamshire on Wednesday.
Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Malik were among the mourners, alongside Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy and his former partner Cheryl, with whom he shares a son.
Zayn Malik pictured wearing black at Liam Payne’s funeral – he is pictured from a side profile and has a visible tattoo on his neck, and is wearing sunglasses
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Image caption,Zayn Malik joined his former One Direction bandmates at the private service earlier this week
At the O2 Academy Leeds, Malik played a string of his hits including Pillowtalk and My Woman.
Many had expected he might pay tribute to Payne during the show. In the end, he did so right at the end, with a message that was accompanied by a pink heart.
It came after Malik announced last week that he was rescheduling two of his Edinburgh shows.
In an Instagram story, he said that the show originally scheduled for 20 November at the O2 Academy Edinburgh venue had been rescheduled for 8 December.
A further date on 21 November at the same venue has been moved to 9 December.
“All tickets for the original show dates will be honoured on the rescheduled dateOctober, he made the decision to postpone his US shows, telling fans: “Given the heartbreaking loss experienced this week, I’ve made the decision to postpone the US leg of the Stairway to the Sky Tour.”
The US part of Malik’s tour was due to start in San Francisco, before visiting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York.
He has told fans on X the dates would be rescheduled for January and the tickets will remain valid for the new dates.
“Love you all and thank you for your understanding,” he added.s,” the post added.
