Zayn Malik takes aim at Harry Styles on stage? “Hopefully the ticket prices weren’t too high”

    two side by side photographs of Zayn Malik (left) and Harry Styles (right)

    Zayn Malik has seemingly taken a swipe at Harry Styles by making a comment about ticket prices at a recent live show.

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    The singer is currently nearing the end of a seven-night residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he has debuted some unreleased material – including the song ‘Die For Me’.

    During last night’s show (Wednesday January 28), Malik appeared to subtly make a dig at his former One Direction bandmate Styles.

    “Who’s from Vegas? Who’s from elsewhere?” he asked the crowd. “I just want to say a big, big thank you to each and every single one of you for being here with me tonight. You could’ve been anywhere, [but] you decided to spend your night with me.”

    Malik then added a lighthearted remark about how much money fans had spent to attend the concert. “Hopefully the ticket prices weren’t too high – just saying!” he grinned, before shrugging. “Anyway!…”

    Many fans have interpreted the comment as a nod to the conversations around the ticket prices for Styles’ upcoming shows at Wembley Stadium. Pre-sales for this summer’s shows went live earlier this week, ahead of the general sale tomorrow (Friday January 30).

    Ticketmaster confirmed that tickets were priced by the organiser at between £44.10 to £466.25 (including fees), in addition to a per-order handling fee of £2.95. Ticket prices will not change during the pre-sale or on-sale, suggesting that Ticketmaster’s controversial ‘dynamic pricing’ function will not be used. Rear pitch standing tickets cost £144.65 each, while front section standing is priced at £198.95 per ticket. Pit standing tickets will set fans back £279.45 each.

    Some customers weren’t impressed, calling the prices “absolutely insane”. Another person wrote: “£466 in this economy are you SERIOUS???!!!!”

    In comparison, standard tickets for Malik’s Vegas shows cost between $92.98 (£67.30) and $223.39 (£162), per Ticketmaster. However, there are currently some ‘Premium’ tickets on the site for up to $479.81 (£347). The most expensive ‘Verified Resale’ ticket costs $609.28 (£441), at the time of writing.