At the O2 Academy Leeds, Malik played a string of his hits including Pillowtalk and My Woman.
Many had expected he might pay tribute to Payne during the show. In the end, he did so right at the end, with a message that was accompanied by a pink heart.
It came after Malik announced last week that he was rescheduling two of his Edinburgh shows.
In an Instagram story, he said that the show originally scheduled for 20 November at the O2 Academy Edinburgh venue had been rescheduled for 8 December.
A further date on 21 November at the same venue has been moved to 9 December.
“All tickets for the original show dates will be honoured on the rescheduled dates,” the post added.
In October, he made the decision to postpone his US shows, telling fans: “Given the heartbreaking loss experienced this week, I’ve made the decision to postpone the US leg of the Stairway to the Sky Tour.”
The US part of Malik’s tour was due to start in San Francisco, before visiting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York.
He has told fans on X the dates would be rescheduled for January and the tickets will remain valid for the new dates.
“Love you all and thank you for your understanding,” he added.