Zayn Malik is coming to India
Zayn Malik will be here for a multi-city tour in August. This will be his first solo tour after leaving one direction.
Zayn found fame on the 2010 series of The X Factor. After delivering hits like “What makes you beautiful”, “Little things” and “Live while we’re young” as part of One Direction. He announced in 2015 that he was quitting the band to lead a “normal” life out of the spotlight.
“I was trying to get One Direction (to perform in India) but they did not have dates,” said Sunil Hamal, Director, JPR events, which is organising the tour along with Apar Mathur, owner of Blot Canvas PR.
News agency IANS reports that for the tour, he will travel to about four different cities across India and it begins on August 3. “He will kick-start the tour from Mumbai on August 3 and then head to cities like Kolkata, Hyderabad and Delhi. We are planning to organise his concert in Nepal too,” Vishal Pandey, Chief Operating Officer, JPR Events, told IANS. Zayn Malik is a global star and 2010’s reality show The X Factor gave him instant success. He is a former member of British band One Direction.
Months ago, Zayn Malik featured in headlines when an excerpt from his interview, in which he had said that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan ‘came across as arrogant in movies,’ went viral. “He always came across as slightly arrogant in the movies to me but when I met him in real life, he was so nice. He just completely changed my opinion of him,” he had told Elle India.
In 2015, the duo had taken this selfie at the Asian Awards.
This kid is so cool. May Allah bless him. Dinner time at the Asian Awards. pic.twitter.com/l0gV12n0kv
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) April 17, 2015
“Zayn has a very good fan following here so, I thought why not Zayn. I am also in touch with (his former bandmate) Liam Payne. I was little confused between Liam Payne and Zayn,” he added.
After leaving One Direction, Zayn dropped his first solo single, “Pillowtalk“, in 2016. Zayn also made cover versions of Indian singer Kailash Kher’s hit numbers “Teri deewani” and “Allah ke bande“.
Earlier this year, the “Dusk till dawn” hitmaker shared that he worked with music maestro A.R. Rahman on one song.
His latest song “Entertainer”, released in May via RCA Records, is also being lauded.
Recently, Zayn Malik was in news for his break-up with supermodel Gigi Hadid. The two took to Twitter to posted heartfelt notes on the end of their two-year relationship in March this year.
— zayn (@zaynmalik) March 13, 2018
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) March 13, 2018
The reason behind the split is unclear. The two first sparked romance rumours in November 2015 when they stepped out together at an American Music Awards after party. Soon, the two became the most sought-after couple in the industry.
