(Reuters) – British singer Zayn Malik mentioned on Saturday he’ll postpone the U.S. leg of his “Stairway to the Sky” tour after his former One Route bandmate Liam Payne died earlier this week.
Payne, 31, died on Wednesday after falling from a third-floor lodge room balcony in Buenos Aires, stunning followers of the boy band, one of the crucial widespread of all time.
Investigators in Argentina at the moment are working to reconstruct Payne’s remaining hours, after saying the singer’s loss of life seemingly occurred after “some form of episode because of substance abuse.”
Payne’s room was discovered destroyed, with damaged objects and furnishings, together with alcohol and substances considered narcotics.
Payne shot to fame as a part of One Route on Britain’s X Think about 2010, alongside Malik and Harry Types, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan.
“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 social media.
Malik had introduced the uncommon tour final month, with 5 dates in america and 6 in the UK.
The U.S. dates – to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New York – will probably be rescheduled for January, Malik mentioned, from their earlier dates in October and November.
“Love you all and thanks in your understanding,” Malik mentioned.
The crooner has been reclusive in recent times, after his high-profile departure from boy band One Route in 2015 whereas the group was on tour in Asia. The group broke up a yr later.
Malik devoted a publish to Payne on Thursday, writing, “When it got here to the music Liam, you have been probably the most certified in each sense.”
In One Route’s early years, Payne was an anchor for the band as certainly one of its most-frequent singers.
“I used to be at all times completely happy to know, it doesn’t matter what occurred on stage we might at all times depend on you to know which technique to steer the ship subsequent,” Malik mentioned.
