This week, he introduced that he’s suspending his “Stairway to the Sky” tour in mild of this “heartbreaking loss.” In a short message on his Instagram story, the singer-songwriter knowledgeable followers that he must delay the U.S. leg of his tour, which he plans to reschedule for January.

The U.S. leg of Zayn Malik’s tour was initially set to start subsequent week in San Francisco, with extra stops deliberate in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and New York Metropolis.

After Payne’s former bandmates of One D launched a joint assertion, every member took to social media to pay particular person tributes to the late singer–Zayn Malik included.

In 2022, Payne attracted consideration for his remarks about his difficult relationship with Malik throughout an look on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast, the place he cited “many causes” for his dislike of Malik. He later took to X to apologize for his feedback.

Though it seems that the 2 by no means managed to reconcile, this loss is understandably weighing closely on Malik, main him to postpone his tour.

“Given the heartbreaking loss skilled this week, I’ve made the choice to postpone the US leg of the STAIRWAY TO THE SKY Tour,” he wrote on Instagram Tales. “The dates are being rescheduled for January and I am going to publish them as quickly because it’s all set within the subsequent few days.”

“Your tickets will stay legitimate for the brand new dates,” he added. “Love you and thanks for understanding.”

“Liam, I’ve discovered myself speaking out loud to you, hoping you may 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. I by no means acquired to thanks for supporting me by means of among the most troublesome occasions in my life,” Malik started by way of Instagram on Thursday, October 17. “After I was lacking residence as a 17-year-old child, you’ll at all times be there with a constructive outlook and reassuring smile and let me know that you simply have been my pal and that I cherished.”

Malik continued, “Though you have been youthful than me you have been at all times extra wise than me, you have been headstrong, opinionated, and gave no f-ck about telling folks once they have been fallacious. Though we butted heads due to this a couple of occasions, I at all times secretly revered you for it.”

Harry Types, whose solo profession soared after the band’s breakup, remembered Payne as somebody who “lived large open, together with his coronary heart on his sleeve,” describing him as “heat, supportive, and extremely loving.”

“His best pleasure was making different folks comfortable, and it was an honor to be alongside him as he did it,” Types stated of Payne. “Liam lived large open, together with his coronary heart on his sleeve, he had an power for all times that was infectious. He was heat, supportive, and extremely loving.”

“The years we spent collectively will without end stay among the many most cherished years of my life. I’ll miss him at all times, my pretty pal,” he continued.

The One Course alum tragically handed away earlier this week in Argentina after reportedly falling from a third-floor balcony. Because the investigation into his demise continues, experiences point out that Payne was beneath the affect of medication, exhibiting erratic habits on the resort and inflicting harm earlier than being escorted again to his room.

In a 911 name, a resort receptionist named Esteban described Payne as “off his head in medication” and requested that an ambulance be urgently dispatched. It was later reported that resort workers made two calls to emergency providers, emphasizing the necessity for “pressing” help for him.

Liam Payne’s household has since launched a press release revealing they’re “completely devastated” by his loss.