UPDATE — 5/1/26, 12:21 p.m. ET: Zayn Malik is adjusting his tour schedule after facing a health scare.
“To my fans: Thank you so much for all the support and love you’ve shown me on the album release and more importantly, your love, prayers and well wishes for my health,” Malik, 33, wrote via his Instagram Story on Friday, May 1. “I’ve felt it, and it means the world. I’ve been at home recovering, and I’m doing well and will be better and stronger than before.”
As part of his recovery, the singer confirmed that he will be canceling some upcoming tour dates. At the same time, he still hopes to perform for many fans in the coming months.
“I’ve had to take another look at my schedule for the months ahead and have to reduce the number of shows on the KONNAKOL Tour,” he revealed. “I want to make sure I still get out and see as many of you as I possibly can. I’m really looking forward to playing these shows for you, and I hope to see the rest of you around the world very soon.”
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Malik proceeded to share an updated tour schedule on his website.
Original Story:
Zayn Malik has been hospitalized after an undisclosed health scare.
“To my fans — thank you to all of you for your love and support now and always,” Malik, 33, wrote via his Instagram Stories on Friday, April 17. “[It’s] been a long week and [I] am still unexpectedly recovering.”
Malik, who uploaded a selfie of himself wearing a hospital gown in a hospital bed, further revealed that he felt “heartbroken” to miss fan events.
“Heartbroken that I can’t see you all this week. I wouldn’t be in the place I am today without you guys,” he said. “[I] am so thankful for your understanding.”
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Malik, who did not disclose the nature of his health scare, went on to offer his gratitude to the hospital staff.
“Thank you to the incredible hospital staff of [doctors], nurses, cardiologist, management, admin and everyone who has helped along the way and continue to,” he concluded. “You are all legends! Big big love.”
Malik dropped his fifth studio album, Konnakol, on Friday ahead of his planned New York City concert on Monday, April 20. The NYC gig, held at Rough Trade Below, was set to kick off Malik’s The Konnakol Tour the next month.
It’s not known whether Malik will cancel or postpone his upcoming concerts. He was previously excited to share Konnakol with fans.
“I got into the studio, booked in for 14 days… the process was trying to create this vision I had in my mind that didn’t exist anywhere else,” he told Elle India in a profile published earlier this month. “There was no point of reference I could pull from or say, ‘I want it to be like this.’ Even though I was drawing from Konnakol in terms of the technique and bringing in South Asian influences, it was still something I’m proposing to a Western market, and I wanted it to still be R&B but have that flavor.”
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He continued, “I just had to freestyle a bit on the mic and see what came out naturally and build from there. We started with a click, didn’t even have a drum, which gave us the starting point, and built the track around the ad-libs and Konnakol influences, and then wrote over the track in English.”
For Malik, it was important to weave his heritage into the record.
“It’s always important for me to bring my culture into things because I feel that’s what makes me, me,” he said. “There are not many Indian-Pakistani artists here in the West that the world knows, so it makes it unique and individual.”
Konnakol is out now.
