Zayn Malik has cancelled all of his US tour dates and several concerts in the UK after being hospitalized for an unspecified illness, trimming his planned Konnakol run from 31 dates to nine. The 33-year-old said in an Instagram story that he had been at home recovering and was doing well.
Malik said he had to take another look at his schedule for the months ahead and reduce the number of shows on the KONNAKOL Tour. He added that he wanted to make sure he still got out and saw as many fans as he possibly could, even as the route was pared back.
The announcement came two weeks after Malik was admitted to a hospital on the day of his album release for an unspecified condition. He had previously set the tour to begin in Manchester on 12 May, but the reduced schedule now opens at London’s O2 arena on 23 May and runs through stops including Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago and Lima, Peru.
The change leaves his first US appearance off the map. Malik had been due to play Philadelphia on 19 July, with the American leg set to continue through Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego and San Francisco. Dates for a handful of shows in the UK and Mexico beginning later this month are still listed on his website.
Malik’s cancellation lands after a rough stretch that has kept fans focused on his health as much as his music. He most recently performed a seven-night residency in Las Vegas, then followed the album release with the hospital stay that now forced the tour reset.
He tried to calm that concern in his message to fans, thanking them for their support, love, prayers and well wishes and saying the response had meant the world. He told them he was looking forward to playing the remaining shows and hoped to see the rest of them around the world very soon.
The unanswered part now is no longer whether the US leg is happening. It is not. Malik has removed it, cut the tour to nine dates and put the focus on getting back onstage for the shows he says he can still play.
