Zayn Malik is pushing again his first-ever headlining tour following the dying of his former One Path bandmate Liam Payne.
On Saturday (Oct. 19), the “Pillowtalk” singer introduced on social media that he’s delaying the U.S. leg of his Stairway to the Sky Tour, which was scheduled to launch Oct. 23 at San Francisco’s Invoice Graham Civic Auditorium and wrap Nov. 3 at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
“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 X (previously Twitter). “The dates are being rescheduled for January and I’ll publish 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.”
The previous One Path singer introduced his Stairway to the Sky Tour throughout The Tonight Present in mid-September. The trek — which may also go to similar-sized venues in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — marks his first-ever solo outing. In response to his web site, Malik was nonetheless scheduled at press time to play U.Ok. reveals in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London, Wolverhampton and Newcastle, starting in late November by early December.
Zayn may have 4 solo albums of fabric to select from throughout the tour: his 2016 debut, Thoughts of Mine, 2018’s Icarus Falls, 2021’s No person Is Listening and this 12 months’s Room Below the Stairs.
Malik’s tour postponement arrives three days following the dying of his former 1D bandmate and “brother” Payne. Zayn honored Liam in a heartfelt publish on Instagram shortly after the tragic information.
“I can’t assist however suppose selfishly that there was so many extra conversations for us to have in our lives,” Malik wrote alongside a photograph of himself laying in Payne’s lap as the 2 then-teenagers take a nap. “I by no means obtained to thanks for supporting me by a number of the most tough instances in my life. Once I was lacking house as a 17 yr outdated child you’d at all times be there with a constructive outlook and reassuring smile and let me know you have been my buddy and I used to be liked.”
Malik’s assertion got here along with one from Louis Tomlinson and a joint message by the surviving members of One Path, wherein they famous that they’re “utterly devastated by the information of Liam’s passing.” The group assertion continued, “In time, and when everybody is ready to, there will likely be extra to say. However for now, we are going to take a while to grieve and course of the lack of our brother, who we liked dearly. The recollections we shared with him will likely be treasured ceaselessly.”
Payne died on Wednesday (Oct. 16) after sustaining a number of traumas and hemorrhages after falling from the third flooring of his lodge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a current preliminary post-mortem confirmed. Native authorities imagine he was not sober on the time and located substances that seemed to be narcotics and alcoholic drinks in his room after they arrived on the scene.
See Zayn’s tour postponement announcement on X beneath.
