Shawn Mendes Stops Live performance To Honor Liam Payne

Shawn Mendes was so overcome with emotion over the dying of Liam Payne … the singer paused his NYC live performance Friday evening to pay tribute to his pal.

Shawn was performing on the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre when he took a second to inform the group that the One Route star was a “beautiful soul” … and the surprising information of his dying was “devastating.”

SM emotionally lamented … “Liam, we love you. The world is crying for you, brother. And we’re all praying for your son and your family, and I miss you, man. So this one’s for you tonight, Liam, from all of us.”

Shawn then carried out his new music “Heart Of Gold” … which incorporates the refrain, “You had a coronary heart of gold / You left too quickly/It was out of your management / Beneath your pores and skin and bone / You had a coronary heart of gold.”

As TMZ reported … Liam’s sister on Sunday additionally talked of her love and admiration for the star when shared a heartbreaking word on Instagram … which included the brutal line, “I’m sorry I couldn’t save you.”