The members of One Direction are showing up for each other after the tragic death of Liam Payne.
On Wednesday, Zayn Malik performed at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles as part of the United States leg of his Stairway to the Sky tour and had a friend in the audience — Louis Tomlinson. He even gave a shout-out to his former bandmate at one point in the night, saying:
“Tonight’s something special. An old friend of mine is here for me tonight. I don’t want to give his location away, but Louis is here tonight.”
How meaningful for the audience, too!
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A video on X (Twitter) showed Louis seated in a box inside the theater, tapping his chest in reaction to the speech. Meanwhile, Zayn went on to say:
“Let’s make these last couple of songs special for Louis, yeah?”
He dedicated the tracks What I Am and Alienated to his bandmate and brother. Check out the shout-out (below):
Louis Tomlinson attended Zayn Malik’s show tonight in LA. pic.twitter.com/XnHcFm1IWP
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 30, 2025
zayn malik looking up towards louis and louis tomlinson tapping over his heart watching him proudly ???? my heart can’t handle this ????????❤️ pic.twitter.com/WuQPAtA3pa
— Shan 卌♡ ❯❯❯❯❯ (@ShanLFTV) January 30, 2025
There’s more! The pals reportedly reunited following the show, too! According to The Mirror, Zayn and Louis left the venue and entered a car together. Wow!
We previously heard Liam’s passing brought the guys “back together” — and they promised to work on their relationship with each other moving forward. So it’s great to see Louis following through and stepping out to support Zayn on his tour. Reactions to the mini reunion, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments!
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