'Love you bro' - Zayn Malik's tribute to Payne at gig

Zayn Malik has paid tribute to his erstwhile One Direction bandmate Liam Payne astatine his amusement successful Leeds connected Saturday night, with a motion which read: "Love you bro".

The message, which has been wide shared connected societal media, besides had Payne's sanction and the twelvemonth helium was calved and died.

Malik's circuit was meant to statesman successful Edinburgh earlier this week. However, helium rescheduled 2 of his shows successful the city, citing "unforeseen circumstances".

The vocalist besides antecedently postponed his US tour, aft what helium called the "heartbreaking loss" of Payne.

Payne died, aged 31, aft falling from the 3rd level of edifice balcony successful Argentina past month.

Family, friends and erstwhile bandmates remembered him astatine his ceremonial successful Amersham successful Buckinghamshire connected Wednesday.

Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Malik were among the mourners, alongside Payne's woman Kate Cassidy and his erstwhile spouse Cheryl, with whom helium shares a son.

At the O2 Academy Leeds, Malik played a drawstring of his hits including Pillowtalk and My Woman.

Many had expected helium mightiness wage tribute to Payne during the show. In the end, helium did truthful close astatine the end, with a connection that was accompanied by a pinkish heart.

It came aft Malik announced past week that helium was rescheduling 2 of his Edinburgh shows.

In an Instagram story, helium said that the amusement primitively scheduled for 20 November astatine the O2 Academy Edinburgh venue had been rescheduled for 8 December.

A further day connected 21 November astatine the aforesaid venue has been moved to 9 December.

"All tickets for the archetypal amusement dates volition beryllium honoured connected the rescheduled dates," the station added.

In October, helium made the determination to postpone his US shows, telling fans: "Given the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment experienced this week, I've made the determination to postpone the US limb of the Stairway to the Sky Tour."

The US portion of Malik's circuit was owed to commencement successful San Francisco, earlier visiting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York.

He has told fans connected X the dates would beryllium rescheduled for January and the tickets volition stay valid for the caller dates.

"Love you each and convey you for your understanding," helium added.

Payne and Malik roseate to planetary fame arsenic portion of the boyband One Direction - created connected The X Factor TV amusement successful 2010 - and sang unneurotic with bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan.

Malik near the radical successful 2015 to embark connected a solo singing career, and the set aboriginal divided successful 2016.

After Payne's death, his One Direction bandmates posted a bid of poignant and heartfelt tributes to their "brother", who they remembered arsenic "the astir captious part" of the group.

"I loved and respected you dearly. I volition cherish each the memories I person with you successful my bosom forever, determination is nary words that warrant oregon explicate however I consciousness close present different than beyond devastated," Malik wrote.

"I anticipation that wherever you are close present you are bully and are astatine bid and you cognize however loved you are."