Today we're not only excited to learn that former One Direction band member Zayn Malik has announced his first tour as a solo artist, but that it's going to be in DUBAI!
The 23-year-old star will mark his Middle Eastern debut at Dubai’s Autism Rocks Arena on October 7, 2016.
Zayn, whose music career is doing better than expected after leaving the megaband in 2015, is currently enjoying the success of his No. 1 debut album (in the UK and USA) "Mind of Mine."
Zayn's chart-topping singles "Pillowtalk," "She Don't Love Me" and "BeFoUr" and others from the same album have been received extremely well by his loyal fans from his glorious days as a Directioner.
Ironically, One Direction performed in Dubai less than 18 months ago to 32,000 adoring fans at The Sevens Stadium, which marked one of their first performances as a quartet.
Event managers 117Live, who are organizing Zayn's upcoming concert, were the first to break the thrilling news.
“This is basically the first announced public show for Zayn,” said Thomas Ovesen, CEO of 117Live. “Of course there’s an awful lot to come after that, but I think we’ll allow him to announce his plans. We’re just excited that we get to break the news of this first show and the only show in the region with Zayn.”
For fans overseas, Ovesen added that “of course there’s going to be a tour following.”
And looks like Zayn is set to put on a spectacular show for his UAE fans.
“I haven’t attended the rehearsals. I just know, based on the budget that we are putting aside for the production, that it will be a fantastic show. I myself will probably not get a full idea of the visuals and the set-up until a few months before the show,” he said.
“We’ve been talking to his people solidly, I would say, for at least the last six months about when he would be able to do any live shows. It’s been in the making for quite some time.”
Tickets will go on sale next week, but "fans are invited to pre-register online www.117live.com for a first bite of the pie," reported The National.
But Zayn's hardcore fans (as are we) must be wondering whether his girlfriend, Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Gigi Hadid, will be really taking time off from her career to join him on tour, or if she'll Facetime him while he performs live from the other side of the world, just like she did with her sister Bella, who walked her first fashion show at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia this week.
By Arwad Khalifeh
