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After Hours til Dawn Tour
Tour by The Weeknd
Associated albums After Hours
Dawn FM
Start dateJuly 14, 2022
End dateTBA
Legs2
No. of shows21 in North America
30 in Europe
13 in Latin America
64 in total
Supporting acts
Attendance3,113,474
Box office$352,041,787
Website theweeknd.com/tour/
The Weeknd concert chronology

The After Hours til Dawn Tour, [1] previously titled The After Hours Tour, is the ongoing seventh concert tour by the Canadian singer the Weeknd, in support of his fourth and fifth studio albums, After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022). [2] [3] [4] The tour, which primarily visits stadiums, commenced its first leg on July 14, 2022, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The tour visited North America, Europe and Latin America between 2022 and 2023 and is set to visit Oceania in 2024.

The tour was originally only in support of After Hours, set to take place in arenas, and set to begin on June 11, 2020, in Vancouver and to conclude on November 16 in London. However, due to concerns from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all of the original dates were postponed twice (first to 2021 and then to early 2022) before being cancelled in favor of an all-stadium tour due to arena constraints. [5] [6]

American rapper and singer Doja Cat was originally set to perform as the opening act for the North America leg of the tour, but pulled out due to tonsil surgery. She was replaced by Swedish singer Snoh Aalegra, Canadian DJ Kaytranada, who also played on the Europe leg, and American record producer Mike Dean, who played on all legs. [7] Ethiopian singer Chxrry22 was announced as an opening act for the Oceania leg. [8]

In early 2023, an accompanying HBO concert film showcasing the November 27, 2022 show at SoFi Stadium titled The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium was released. This was shortly followed by the release of the musician's first live album Live at SoFi Stadium which showcased the recorded audio of the aforementioned show.

Background

On February 20, 2020, the Weeknd announced through social media that he would be touring North America and Europe later that year in support of his fourth studio album After Hours. [9] [10] [11] He also revealed that Don Toliver would open for the North American leg, Black Atlass would open for the European leg, and Sabrina Claudio would open for both. [12] [13] [14] Additional dates were added in Vancouver, Miami, Los Angeles and Toronto on March 3 due to high demand, [15] while an additional date was added in London on the following day, [16] and on March 12 for the Czech Republic. [17]

Due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour's promoter, Live Nation Entertainment, announced that all arena tours scheduled to take place in 2020 would be postponed. [18] When asked about the status of his tour during a cover story with Variety in April, the Weeknd stated that the tour would not be cancelled and that he and his team were working on new itinerary. [19] He announced new dates for the tour on May 20, with it being scheduled to commence on June 12, 2021, in Vancouver, and to conclude on November 11 in Berlin. [9] [10]

On February 3, 2021, the Weeknd postponed the tour for a second time and revealed that it was now scheduled to begin in January 2022 in Vancouver. [20] He postponed the tour a third time on October 18, and announced that the tour would now begin in the summer of 2022 and would now be held in stadiums due to arena constraints. [5] He also revealed the tour's new name as a result of his decision to incorporate elements of Dawn FM, his fifth studio album and follow-up to After Hours. After a small delay due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Weeknd announced the North American leg of the tour on March 3 with Doja Cat as the opening act. Pre-sales for those who purchased a ticket for the Weeknd's previously postponed tours began on March 4. Tickets went on sale for the general public on March 10. An additional date was added to Inglewood on March 11. [6] As a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the World Food Programme (WFP), the Weeknd launched the XO Humanitarian Fund in partnership with the organization. He will donate US$1 from every ticket sold, in addition to a US$500,000 donation, to the WFP. [21]

On May 20, 2022, Doja Cat announced she would no longer be opening for the North American leg due to tonsil surgery. [22] Kaytranada, Snoh Aalegra and Mike Dean were announced as the new openers on June 30. [23] On August 22, 2023, The Weeknd announced tour dates for Australia and New Zealand, with a new opening act, XO-signed Ethiopian singer Chxrry22. [8] The first stop on the tour in the Weeknd's hometown of Toronto at Rogers Centre on July 8, 2022, was forced to be postponed at the last moment due to the 2022 Rogers network outage affecting the venue's operations. [24] It was later rescheduled to September 22, along with a second night in Toronto on September 23. During his second show in Inglewood at SoFi Stadium on September 3, 2022, the Weeknd abruptly ended the show in the middle of " Can't Feel My Face". After running offstage, he came out a few minutes later and said, "I don't know what just happened when I screamed, but I just lost my voice." He further added, "This is killing me, I don't want to stop the show but I can't give you the concert I want to give you right now. I'm gonna make sure everybody's good; you'll get your money back, I'll do a show real soon for you guys. But I wanted to come out and personally apologize." Fans were stunned following his announcement, reluctant to leave their seats, in confusion, some fans even booing the Weeknd. [25] [26] He later issued a statement on social media, "My voice went out during the first song and I'm devastated. Felt it go and my heart dropped. My deepest apologies to my fans here. I promise I'll make it up to you with a new date." [27] On September 6, 2022, the Weeknd announced that "[his] voice is safe and with rest, [he will] be solid and able to bring the show [for which his] TORONTO fans are waiting." He also said that the "LA date is being worked out soon." [28] As of September 7, 2022, the Ticketmaster website included the following message regarding the concert: "The Event Organizer has had to postpone your event. Please hold onto your tickets as they will be valid for the new date." Fans were also sent the same message via email, including the option for refunds if preferred over using the tickets on the rescheduled date. On September 27, the rescheduled show was announced for November 26, with an additional show added for November 27. On November 28, the day after the final show in SoFi Stadium, the Weeknd announced the European and Latin American legs of the tour, with the tour originally scheduled to start at Manchester on June 10, eventually adding extra shows in London, Paris, and Nice on December 2 due to high demand. [29] The Weeknd would go on to add two more shows, announcing a show in Lisbon on January 31, which would start off the European leg on June 6, and another date in London at Wembley Stadium to take place on August 18. [30] [31]

On February 2, 2023, the Weeknd announced an HBO concert film showcasing the November 27 show at SoFi Stadium titled The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium, which aired on HBO and streamed on HBO Max on February 25. On March 3, 2023, the Weeknd released Live at SoFi Stadium, his first live album.

The Weeknd announced the now postponed Australian leg of the tour on August 24, originally only having one show in the cities Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. [32] Due to overwhelming demand, more shows were added in the four cities over August and September, with Brisbane and Auckland having 2 shows, Sydney having 3 shows and Melbourne having 4 shows. [33] However, on November 3, 2023, the Weeknd announced that all shows in Australia and New Zealand were postponed to 2024 due to unforeseen circumstances. "Deeply disappointed but can't wait to be there with you!" [34]

Stage and aesthetic

In a press release to Variety, the After Hours til Dawn Tour "will see [the Weeknd's] most ambitious production to date reflecting the creative journey that continues to unfold for both [After Hours and Dawn FM], creating worlds within worlds as we have all been watching unfold in various television performances, music videos and short films bringing these first two pieces of his trilogy to life." [35] The Weeknd's creative director and childhood friend La Mar Taylor explained in an interview with Variety that the tour would be theatrical and conceptual, saying: "There is a linear story between After Hours and Dawn FM, and I think the audience will walk away with different interpretations of the show. To us, that’s the whole point." [7] Binance, the tour's sponsor, provided more details of the tour via their non-fungible token (NFT) inspired by the show, saying that the Weeknd "journeys through a cosmic cataclysm that has erupted and plagued the Earth. The devastation is widespread and will most likely continue till dawn." [36]

North American leg

The stage design had 3 stages: the main stage, showcasing a row of destroyed buildings modeled after the Weeknd's hometown of Toronto, [37] and a screen behind them showing visuals of a futuristic post-apocalyptic skyline; the main stage leads to a catwalk leading into a quadrangular stage, which features an inflatable moon over its edge and also unites the catwalk leading into a circular stage. [38] The show displays the Weeknd performing in all three of these stages, with dancers dressed in red robes which either perform synchronized dance routines or stand motionless. [37] At the start of the show, during " Alone Again" and " Gasoline", he wears a mask which the Los Angeles Times described as "creepy" and makes him resemble "a victim of some botched plastic-surgery procedure." [39] Several times during the show, including "Intro", "Alone Again", "The Hills", "Crew Love", "Starboy", "I Feel It Coming", and "Blinding Lights", LED wristbands provided by PixMob to each attendee light up.

European leg

Photo of the stage for the European leg of the tour, consisting of a large inflatable moon and a Hajime Sorayama statue in the middle of the stage.

During the European leg of the tour, the LED screen was removed in order to place more building statues, making the previous skyline fully physical. The ruined chrome city is described by The Guardian as "a vast metallic cityscape" which consists of ruined landmarks such as Toronto's CN Tower and the Empire State Building. The Weeknd's band members play on top of their own individual buildings, with the Weeknd performing half of the setlist wearing a white coat hoodie and his face concealed by an MF Doom-inspired mask, finally removing his mask before " Faith". The first leg's rusty orange destroyed buildings were changed to shiny chrome skyscrapers, with this leg intended to follow Dawn FM's overall theme. The walkway consists of a moon which was present in the first leg of the tour with a Hajime Sorayama statue of the robot present in the 10-year anniversary music video for the titular track of "Echoes of Silence" added in the middle of the stage. [40]

Latin American leg

The skyline behind the band members was removed with a 6-meter high LED screen returning from the North American leg to display visuals for specific songs similarly to the first leg of the tour. The buildings remain chrome colored with the Sorayama statue, and inflatable moon remain on the stage. [41] The Weeknd's outfit was changed to a sleeveless full body camo suit, with his left arm covered in a metallic arm sleeve along with a metallic helmet with a LED visor, which Complex described as " Robocop-like." The show opened with a dark purple skyline as " La Fama" played in a remixed autotuned version, with the Weeknd originally wearing a black overcoat hoodie for the first two tracks, until October 7, 2023. [42]

Concert synopsis

2022 set

As the show begins, dancers appear from below the set's centerpiece. Then, the Weeknd emerges from one of the buildings, with a clear face mask, alongside a car-length coat. The intro begins with what Variety describes as an electro version of the opener from After Hours, " Alone Again". [43] Following this, he comes down the stage with the dancers, where the pace of the tour speeds up, as a new-wave take on " Gasoline", from Dawn FM, plays. [43] During the end of "Gasoline", the clear mask face is taken off, revealing the Weeknd's face, as he grins at the crowd. [39]

The Weeknd continues performing songs from Dawn FM immediately after, as " Sacrifice" and " How Do I Make You Love Me?" come next, which Rolling Stone writes as if the songs were performed to give both After Hours and Dawn FM "their due", referring to the first songs in the set list only being songs from those two albums. [44] After "How Do I Make You Love Me?" the Weeknd's 2015 song, " Can't Feel My Face", begins playing, as the stage gets engulfed in smoke. Following "Can't Feel My Face", he performs his own verse from Kanye West's 2021 song " Hurricane". [45]

Commercial performance

The tour surpassed over $148 million gross sales and sold more than 1 million tickets in its first leg across North America. According to Variety, the tour generated over $350 million in gross sales by July 2023. [46] The concert in October 4, 2023 in Bogotá was able to cause a surge to the city's economy. [41] A table is shown below of the achievements the Weeknd has achieved in select shows of the After Hours til Dawn Tour.

Venue records

Achievements of the After Hours til Dawn Tour
Dates (2023) Venue Country Description Ref.
July 7 and 8 London Stadium England Biggest two-day attendance (159,574). [47]
July 8 Biggest single-day attendance (80,000).
July 22 and 23 Allianz Riviera France Biggest attendance of all time (70,000). [48]
July 26 and 27 Ippodromo Snai La Maura Italy First act to perform two sold-out shows on a single tour.
August 18 Wembley Stadium England Biggest single-day attendance for a traditional stage set-up (89,179). [49]
October 7 Estádio Nilton Santos Brazil Biggest single-day attendance (71,363). [50]

Set list

North American leg

This set list is representative of the first show in Philadelphia, performed on July 14, 2022. The set list shown here is the same consistent set list for the rest of this leg. [51]

European leg

This set list is representative of the final show performed at London, England on August 18, 2023. Unlike the first leg of the tour, in which the set list remained consistent throughout the leg, the set list saw changes to most shows. The set list changes are documented below.

  1. " Dawn FM" (Intro)
  2. "Take My Breath"
  3. "Sacrifice" ( Swedish House Mafia Remix)
  4. "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
  5. "Can't Feel My Face"
  6. " Lost in the Fire"
  7. "Hurricane"
  8. "The Hills"
  9. "Kiss Land" (First half only)
  10. "Often"
  11. "Crew Love"
  12. "Starboy"
  13. " House of Balloons"
  14. "Heartless"
  15. "Low Life"
  16. " Reminder"
  17. "Party Monster"
  18. "Faith"
  19. "After Hours"
  20. "Out of Time"
  21. "I Feel It Coming"
  22. "Die for You"
  23. "Is There Someone Else?"
  24. "I Was Never There"
  25. "Wicked Games"
  26. "Call Out My Name"
  27. "The Morning"
  28. "Save Your Tears" (with snippet of "Blinding Lights - Chromatics Remix")
  29. "Less than Zero"
  30. "Blinding Lights"
  31. " Tears in the Rain" (Shortened version, outro)
  32. " Creepin'"
  33. " Popular"
  34. " In Your Eyes"
  35. " Moth to a Flame"

Latin American leg

This set list is representative of the show in São Paulo, Brazil, performed on October 10, 2023. The set list changes are documented below.

  1. " La Fama" (Intro)
  2. " False Alarm"
  3. "Party Monster"
  4. "Take My Breath"
  5. "Sacrifice" (Swedish House Mafia Remix)
  6. "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
  7. "Can't Feel My Face"
  8. "Lost in the Fire"
  9. "Hurricane"
  10. "The Hills"
  11. "Kiss Land" (First half only)
  12. "Often"
  13. "Crew Love"
  14. "Starboy"
  15. " Pray for Me"
  16. "House of Balloons"
  17. "Heartless"
  18. "Low Life"
  19. "Reminder"
  20. " Circus Maximus" (with the "are you not entertained?" quote from " Gladiator")
  21. " Stargirl Interlude"
  22. "Faith"
  23. "After Hours"
  24. " Earned It"
  25. " In the Night" / " Wasted Times"
  26. " Love Me Harder"
  27. "Out of Time"
  28. "I Feel It Coming"
  29. "Die for You"
  30. "Is There Someone Else?"
  31. "I Was Never There"
  32. "Wicked Games"
  33. "Call Out My Name"
  34. "The Morning"
  35. "Save Your Tears" / "Alone Again" (with snippet of "Blinding Lights - Chromatics Remix")
  36. "Less than Zero"
  37. "Blinding Lights"
  38. "Tears in the Rain" (Shortened version, outro)
  39. "Creepin'"
  40. "Popular"
  41. In Your Eyes"
  42. "Moth to a Flame"

Notes and changes

  • The tracks "Alone Again", "Gasoline", "Or Nah" and "Kiss Land" were removed (the last song being readded) and replaced by "Dawn FM", "Lost in the Fire", "House of Balloons", and "Reminder" with three more additions to the set list, " Double Fantasy", "Creepin'" and "Popular".
  • The Latin American set list saw more additions to the list, the first three songs to be added being "La Fama", "Circus Maximus", and "Earned It". The first song replaced "Dawn FM" with "Party Monster" being moved up as the 2nd song in the set list.
  • The Weeknd's remix of " Hawái" was originally intended to be on the original Latin American set list, with "Circus Maximus" and "House of Balloons" not included in the set list.
  • In some shows, a "bonus" song is performed as a one-time performance, or is added to the set list, which are usually from The Weeknd's compilation album Trilogy, which had him performing songs that he hasn't performed in years, and during the first shows of the European tour, performing songs from his own TV show The Idol. [52]
  • The performance of " Tears in the Rain" was slowly expanded with its first couple of performances. " Stargirl Interlude" would be teased during the interlude between " Circus Maximus" and " Faith" (in which the Weeknd played synthesizers set on the stage), eventually becoming an official addition to the set list.
  • " Wasted Times" and " Alone Again" served as small medleys with "In the Night" and "Save Your Tears" for the Latin American leg.
Leg 2: Europe
Date City Bonus song(s) Permanent addition(s) Song(s) removed Extra
June 6, 2023 Lisbon " Dawn FM", " Lost in the Fire", " House of Balloons", " Reminder", " Double Fantasy", " Creepin'", and " Popular" " Alone Again", " Gasoline", " Or Nah", " Kiss Land" (from leg 1) " Take My Breath" was moved in the set list from 6th to 2nd song to serve as an intro with " Dawn FM".
June 10, 2023 Manchester " Kiss Land" (9th in set list, readded), " Moth to a Flame" "Popular" was moved from 32nd to 6th song in the set list.
June 14, 2023 Horsens " The Party & The After Party" " A Lesser Man", " In Your Eyes" "Popular" (temporary) " Pretty" had a line sung during the outro, but the actual song itself was not performed.
June 17, 2023 Stockholm " Family" (only performed on June 18, with Suzanna Son) " Take Me Back", (added June 17) Shortened version of " Tears in the Rain" " Loft Music" was teased on The Weeknd's social media and soundchecked but not performed, and " Tears in the Rain" is a live debut.
June 18, 2023 " Montreal"
June 20, 2023 Oslo " Coming Down", " Jealous Guy" "A Lesser Man", "Take Me Back" "Jealous Guy" is a cover from John Lennon
June 23, 2023 Amsterdam " The Knowing" "Popular" (readded) " Double Fantasy" " High for This" was teased and performed.
June 24, 2023 " High For This"
June 28, 2023 Dublin " Like A God"
July 2, 2023 Hamburg "Montreal", "High For This" (temporary)
July 4, 2023 Düsseldorf
July 7, 2023 London "The Knowing" "High For This" The Weeknd teased " The Zone" on his social media, and soundchecked " Tell Your Friends", but neither were performed.
July 8, 2023 "Montreal"
July 11, 2023 Brussels " Tell Your Friends", " D.D." "High For This" "D.D." is a cover from Michael Jackson, and " Adaptation" was teased on the Weeknd's social media, but not performed.
July 12, 2023
July 14, 2023 Frankfurt "Montreal" (temporary) " Love in the Sky" was teased on The Weeknd's social media, but not performed.
July 18, 2023 Madrid The Weeknd teased " Privilege" on his social media, but the song wasn't performed.
July 20, 2023 Barcelona " Professional" was teased on his social media, along with the second half of "Kiss Land" but neither songs were performed.
July 22, 2023 Nice The Weeknd teased " Prisoner" on his social media, but the song wasn't performed.
July 23, 2023
July 26, 2023 Milan
July 27, 2023
July 29, 2023 Paris "Montreal" The Weeknd teased " Echoes of Silence" on his social media, but the song wasn't performed.
July 30, 2023
August 1, 2023 Bordeaux "Take Me Back to LA" (unreleased 2020 song, medley with intro of "Creepin') The Weeknd teased " Try Me" on his social media, but the song wasn't performed.
August 4, 2023 Munich " Another One of Me" (unreleased 2012 song) "Montreal" The Weeknd teased " Six Feet Under" on his social media, but the song wasn't performed. Starting this show, a new interlude for the moment the Weeknd takes off his mask was played before " Faith".
August 6, 2023 Prague The Weeknd says "Another One Of Me" will be the last feature he will ever release in his career.
August 9, 2023 Warsaw The Weeknd teased " Twenty Eight" on his social media, but the song wasn't performed.
August 12, 2023 Tallinn "Tell Your Friends" " The Morning" (temporary), "Another One Of Me"
August 18, 2023 London "The Morning" The Weeknd teased " Rolling Stone" on his social media and sung snippets at the end of "The Hills".
Leg 3: Latin America
Date City Bonus song(s) Permanent addition(s) Song(s) removed Extra
September 26, 2023 Monterrey " La Fama" as intro, " Circus Maximus", " Earned It" " Dawn FM" (from leg 2 in Europe) " Party Monster" moved to 2nd in the setlist, Circus Maximus included an extended verse from The Weeknd, and " Reminder" was shortened, with the 2nd verse excluded.
September 29, 2023 Mexico City The Weeknd teased "Too Late" on social media.
September 30, 2023
October 4, 2023 Bogotá " Stargirl Interlude" The Weeknd teased the second part of " Faith" on social media.
October 7, 2023 Rio de Janeiro " False Alarm", " Pray for Me", " In the Night", " Love Me Harder" All four new songs performed were rehearsed and repeatedly teased by the dancers.
October 10, 2023 São Paulo " Wasted Times" (snippets only, medley with " In the Night"), " Alone Again" (snippets only, medley with " Save Your Tears") The Weeknd teased "False Alarm" again on social media.
October 11, 2023
October 15, 2023 Santiago The Weeknd teased "Stargirl Interlude" on social media.
October 16, 2023
October 18, 2023 Buenos Aires
October 19, 2023
October 22, 2023 Lima
October 25, 2023 Zapopan

Shows

List of 2022 concerts [53] [54] [55][ better source needed]
Date (2022) City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
July 14 Philadelphia United States Lincoln Financial Field Mike Dean
Kaytranada
46,486 / 46,486 $5,131,280
July 16 [a] East Rutherford [b] MetLife Stadium 54,703 / 54,703 $9,890,367
July 21 Foxborough [c] Gillette Stadium 48,993 / 48,993 $6,278,792
July 24 Chicago Soldier Field 48,887 / 48,887 $7,961,796
July 27 Detroit Ford Field 45,609 / 45,609 $4,985,501
July 30 Landover [d] FedExField 40,175 / 40,175 $5,929,460
August 4 Tampa Raymond James Stadium Kaytranada 49,941 / 49,941 $6,116,238
August 6 Miami Gardens Hard Rock Stadium Mike Dean
Kaytranada
45,142 / 45,142 $6,470,071
August 11 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium Mike Dean
Snoh Aalegra
46,836 / 46,836 $6,539,838
August 14 Arlington AT&T Stadium 49,783 / 49,783 $8,043,625
August 18 Denver Empower Field at Mile High Mike Dean
Kaytranada
51,472 / 51,472 $6,307,858
August 20 [e] Paradise [f] Allegiant Stadium 44,321 / 44,321 $8,267,750
August 23 Vancouver Canada BC Place 41,219 / 41,219 $4,898,562
August 25 Seattle United States Lumen Field Mike Dean
Snoh Aalegra
51,556 / 51,556 $7,071,186
August 27 Santa Clara Levi's Stadium 49,227 / 49,227 $9,599,671
August 30 Glendale [g] State Farm Stadium Mike Dean
Kaytranada
53,969 / 53,969 $6,200,909
September 2 [h] Inglewood [i] SoFi Stadium 49,324 / 49,324 $11,132,108
September 22 [j] Toronto Canada Rogers Centre 87,101 / 87,101 $10,231,250
September 23
November 26 [k] [l] Inglewood [i] United States SoFi Stadium 97,691 / 97,691 $17,620,155
November 27
List of 2023 concerts [m] [61] [62] [63]
Date (2023) City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
June 6 Lisbon Portugal Passeio Maritimo de Algés Mike Dean
Kaytranada
59,928 / 59,928 $5,308,581
June 10 Manchester England Etihad Stadium 52,972 / 52,972 $5,293,048
June 14 Horsens Denmark Nordstern Arena 26,354 / 26,354 $3,616,107
June 17 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena 70,130 / 70,130 $5,196,225
June 18
June 20 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 23,332 / 23,332 $1,919,784
June 23 Amsterdam Netherlands Johan Cruyff Arena 103,181 / 103,181 $10,066,993
June 24
June 28 Dublin Ireland Marlay Park 36,251 / 36,251 $3,468,512
July 2 Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion 46,771 / 46,771 $4,191,685
July 4 Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 46,932 / 46,932 $4,346,049
July 7 London England London Stadium 159,574 / 159,574 $17,117,476
July 8
July 11 Brussels Belgium King Baudouin Stadium 103,297 / 103,297 $8,983,571
July 12
July 14 Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Bank Park 47,169 / 47,169 $4,577,212
July 18 Madrid Spain Metropolitano Stadium 54,568 / 54,568 $4,934,255
July 20 Barcelona Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 54,017 / 54,017 $5,484,112
July 22 Nice France Allianz Riviera 69,200 / 69,200 $7,335,862
July 23
July 26 Milan Italy Ippodromo Snai La Maura 158,707 / 158,707 $12,908,985
July 27
July 29 Saint-Denis [n] France Stade de France 150,610 / 150,610 $15,858,996
July 30
August 1 Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 38,251 / 38,251 $3,952,106
August 4 Munich Germany Olympiastadion 72,011 / 72,011 $6,338,259
August 6 Prague Czech Republic Letňany 60,714 / 60,714 $6,388,155
August 9 Warsaw Poland PGE Narodowy 62,007 / 62,007 $6,477,909
August 12 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds 53,458 / 53,458 $5,086,827
August 18 London England Wembley Stadium 89,179 / 89,179 $9,250,620
September 26 Monterrey Mexico Estadio BBVA Mike Dean
Kaytranada
46,791 / 46,791 $5,689,051 
September 29 Mexico City Foro Sol 129,707 / 129,707 $11,097,399
September 30
October 4 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín 35,386 / 35,386 $3,117,966
October 7 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Estádio Nilton Santos 71,363 / 71,363 $5,153,492
October 10 São Paulo Allianz Parque 97,892 / 97,892 $9,208,211
October 11
October 15 Santiago Chile Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Mike Dean
Kaytranada
Aerobica
50,133 / 50,133 $5,062,149
October 16
October 18 [o] Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio River Plate Mike Dean
Kaytranada
Tayhana
October 19
October 22 Lima Peru Estadio Universidad San Marcos Mike Dean
Kaytranada
October 25 Zapopan [p] Mexico Estadio Akron 41,145 / 41,145 $5,935,783
Total 3,113,474 / 3,113,474 (100%) $352,041,787

Postponed shows

List of postponed concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason
Date City Country Venue Reason
November 20, 2023 Brisbane Australia Suncorp Stadium Unforeseen circumstances
November 21, 2023
November 24, 2023 Sydney Accor Stadium
November 25, 2023
November 27, 2023
December 1, 2023 Melbourne Marvel Stadium
December 2, 2023
December 4, 2023
December 5, 2023
December 8, 2023 Auckland New Zealand Eden Park
December 9, 2023

Notes

  1. ^ A trailer for the Weeknd's then-upcoming HBO series, The Idol, premiered at this concert right before he took the stage. The trailer would later be played before the concerts at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ford Field in Detroit, and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. [56]
  2. ^ Billed as New York City.
  3. ^ Billed as Boston.
  4. ^ Billed as Washington, D.C.
  5. ^ A second trailer for The Idol premiered at this concert before he took the stage. [57]
  6. ^ Billed as Las Vegas.
  7. ^ Billed as Phoenix.
  8. ^ A third trailer for The Idol premiered at this concert before he took the stage. In addition, some scenes for the series were filmed on stage at the stadium prior to the concert with both Lily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd. [58]
  9. ^ a b Billed as Los Angeles.
  10. ^ The concert of September 22, 2022 at Rogers Centre in Toronto was originally set to take place on July 8, 2022, as the first stop of the tour, but was rescheduled due to the 2022 Rogers Communications outage. [59]
  11. ^ The concert of November 26, 2022 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood originally took place on September 3; however, during that concert, The Weeknd lost his voice during "Alone Again" and continued the show until "Can't Feel My Face", after which he came onstage to say he lost his voice and that everyone in attendance would receive a refund or have their tickets honored for the rescheduled show. [60]
  12. ^ The stage and crowd from the show on November 26, 2022, were used in the final episode of The Idol, were Jocelyn speaks to the crowd before she "performs"
  13. ^ The Weeknd's touring bassist and keyboard player LJ Jones was not present during this leg. Instead, his guitarist Patrick Greenaway, drummer Ricky Lewis, and Mike Dean, who played synthesizers, keyboards, and saxophone performed onstage with him.
  14. ^ Billed as Paris.
  15. ^ The concert of October 18, 2023 at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires was originally set to take place on October 13, 2023 at the Hipódromo de San Isidro, but it was rescheduled due to the venue change. [64]
  16. ^ Billed as Guadalajara.

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