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Zayn Malik Pays Tribute To Liam Payne During Tour’s Opening Night


Zayn Malik honored his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne during the opening night of his 'Stairway to the Sky' tour.

“Love you bro,” read the words projected onto a blue-toned stage amid light-adorned trees, alongside a heart emoji, Payne’s name and the dates of his birth and death. The opening night for “Stairway to the Sky” comes days after Payne’s funeral service, held at St Mary’s Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, which was attended by former One Direction members Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. Earlier this month, it was announced that Argentinian prosecutors had ruled out suicide as cause of death, charging three people in connection with the incident that led to Payne’s fatal fall from a Buenos Aires hotel room.

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