Zayn Malik Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Late Singer’s Hometown

Zayn Malik has as soon as once more honored his former One Route bandmate, Liam Payne, throughout a present within the late singer’s hometown.

The “Nightfall Until Daybreak” singer devoted a tune to Payne whereas rounding up his present, an act that delighted his followers.

Zayn Malik had beforehand made an look at Liam Payne’s burial on November 20 alongside different ex-members of the band.

On Friday, November 29, Malik held a live performance in Payne’s hometown of Wolverhampton, England, as a part of the collection of exhibits scheduled in his ongoing Stairway to the Sky tour.

Because the present slowed to an finish, Malik took out time to pay homage to the late singer by saying a number of phrases and dedicating his tune “It is You” to him.

“So I have been doing one thing on the finish of the present each night time, and it’s being devoted to my brother Liam Payne,” Malik mentioned in a viral video on X from the live performance, prompting attendees to reply with a loud cheer.

“Relaxation in peace. I hope you see this. We’re in your hometown tonight, Wolverhampton. That is for you, Liam. This is one other tune, ‘It is You.,'” Malik added, earlier than going forward to carry out the tune.

On-line customers and followers of the late singer warmly obtained Malik’s loving gesture in the direction of Payne, with many additionally expressing their ache over his dying.

An X netizen commented, “Zayn is pure soul… love him,” whereas one other commented, “The best way he spoke…you recognize he’s nonetheless speaking out loud to him.”

A 3rd consumer remarked, “Zayn saying ‘my brother Liam Payne’ adopted by ‘Relaxation in peace,’ is giving me every kind of feels.”

A fourth penned, “Zayn dedicating It is You to Liam in his personal hometown? It is gonna be an extended night time for me.”

Another person famous, “This will need to have been actually onerous for him. I am so proud. Zayn… I am positive your brother has been watching you.”

Malik’s tribute wasn’t the primary he has accomplished for the reason that demise of Payne. On the first present of the tour on the O2 Academy in Leeds, Malik shared a heartfelt message expressing his ache about Payne’s dying on the large display.

It learn, “Liam Payne 1993-2024. Love you, bro,” alongside a pink coronary heart emoji. The singer additionally penned an extended assertion on his web page, wherein he thanked Payne for being a pal to him.

“I by no means received to thanks for supporting me via among the most tough occasions in my life,” Payne wrote. “After I was lacking dwelling as a 17-year-old child, you’d at all times be there with a optimistic outlook and reassuring smile and let me know that you simply had been my pal and that I beloved.”

He added, “I misplaced a brother whenever you left us and might’t clarify to you what I would give to only provide you with a hug one final time and say goodbye to you correctly and inform you that I beloved and revered you dearly. I’ll cherish all of the reminiscences I’ve with you in my coronary heart endlessly.”

Final month, Malik knowledgeable followers that he was rescheduling the dates for the united statesleg of his tour following Payne’s premature dying.

“Given the heartbreaking loss skilled this week, I’ve made the choice to postpone the US leg of the Stairway to the Sky Tour,” Malik wrote on his Instagram Tales, per Rolling Stone. “Love you all, and thanks in your understanding.”

The U.S. leg is now scheduled to start on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. Subsequent, Malik will journey to New York Metropolis for 2 exhibits on the Hammerstein Ballroom.

He may even hit the stage for Los Angeles and Las Vegas exhibits earlier than rounding off in San Francisco on February 3, 2025.

Payne’s household is reportedly poised to take authorized motion in opposition to anyone who might need had a hand within the singer’s dying.

The late singer fell from the balcony of his third-floor room on the CasaSur Palermo Resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In response to Page Six, attorneys for the Payne household are already within the nation and attended a court docket session on Tuesday.

Court docket paperwork obtained confirmed that they’re being represented by music trade veteran lawyer Richard Bray, who is claimed to have handed over his authorized pursuits to a neighborhood regulation agency in Buenos Aires.

A supply who knew Payne’s household shared that they had been “100% positive” his dad and mom, Geoff and Karen, and his siblings would need to search justice for him if there was any foul play.