Zayn Malik 's tribute to Liam Payne left the crowd at his concert a mess ...
sharing a powerful message to his deceased One Direction bandmate -- and, the sobs were audible. The singer-songwriter took the stage in Leeds, England Saturday ..
. his first show since Liam passed away after falling from his balcony at a hotel in Argentina in mid-October. Zayn Malik's tribute to Liam Payne at the end of his first concert of the tour while playing Stardust I'm shaking and crying pic.
twitter.com/ZojybxjGXa While most of the show seems to have been a pretty standard Zayn concert, it ended with a huge blue screen adorned with Liam's name, year of birth and death, followed by "Love You Bro" and a red heart emoji. Zayne and his bandmates left the stage as Malik's song "Stardust" played .
.. a song with lyrics like "Feel like stardust/Floating all around us/Shooting right across a big black sky.
" Clearly, fans saw a double meaning to the words ...
'cause they quickly started breaking down -- choking out the words through sobs. It's a cathartic moment for many fans who grew up on One Direction ..
. crying as a collective about a month after Liam's death -- while authorities in Argentina are still working to uncover all the facts about the pop star's fall. As we've told you .
.. Liam died after tumbling from his balcony in Argentina -- with the austopsy revealing he had several drugs including pink cocaine in his system.
Three people -- including one employee at the hotel where he died -- have .