Zayn Malik Postpones Tour After Liam Payne’s “Heartbreaking Loss”

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Zayn Malik is taking time to grieve following this week’s death of his friend and fellow One Direction alum Liam Payne. On Saturday, the Room Under the Stairs artist announced that he’s postponing his Stairway to the Sky Tour for his fourth solo album after Payne died at age 31 on Wednesday. “Given the heartbreaking loss experienced this week, I’ve made the decision to postpone the US leg of the Stairway to the Sky Tour,” wrote Zayn on his Instagram Story. “The dates are being rescheduled for January and I’ll post them as soon as it’s all set in the next few days.

Your tickets will remain valid for the new dates. Love you all and thank you for understanding.” Zayn previously paid tribute to his former bandmate in a heartfelt statement after Payne fell from the third-floor balcony of his Buenos Aires, Argentina hotel room on Wednesday. “Liam, I have found myself talking out loud to you, hoping you can hear me, I can’t help but think selfishly that there was so many more conversations for us to have in our lives,” he started. “I never got to thank you for supporting me through some of the most difficult times in my life.

When I was missing home as a 17 yr old kid you would always be there with a positive outlook and reassuring smile and let me know you were my friend and that I was loved.” A post shared by Zayn Malik (@zayn) He continued, “Even though you were younger than me you were always more sensible than me, you were headstrong, opinionated, and gave no f—s about telling people when they were wrong.

Even though we butted heads because of this a few times, I always secretly respected you for it. When it came to the music Liam, you were the most qualified in every sense.