Tour by the Weeknd | |
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Associated albums | |
Start date | July 14, 2022 |
End date | August 30, 2026 |
No. of shows | 145 |
Supporting acts | |
Attendance | 5.1 million |
Box office | $635.5 million (102 shows) |
Website | theweeknd |
The Weeknd concert chronology |
The After Hours til Dawn Tour [a] is the seventh concert tour by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It commenced on July 14, 2022, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, United States, and is set to conclude on August 30, 2026, at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain. The tour achieved several venue records in Europe and the Americas, and as of 2025, it is one of the most-attended concert tours, as well as the eighth highest-grossing concert tour of all time, earning US$635.5 million within its first 100 concerts.
Designed to promote his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020), the tour was set to run in arena venues from June 11, 2020, in Vancouver, Canada, to November 16 in London, England. However, following the COVID-19 pandemic, they were postponed to 2021 and 2022, respectively, before being cancelled in favour of stadium venues due to the constraint of arenas. The show was continuously revamped to incorporate the release of his fifth and sixth studio albums, Dawn FM (2022) and Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025), respectively. An accompanying concert film and live album, documenting the November 27, 2022, show at SoFi Stadium, were released in 2023.
On February 20, 2020, the Weeknd announced through social media plans to tour North America and Europe later that year in support of his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). [1] [2] 88Glam, Sabrina Claudio, and Don Toliver were announced as supporting acts for the tour. [1] The following month, additional concerts were announced in select cities due to demand. [3] [4] [5] In May 2020, following raising concerns of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, Live Nation announced plans to postpone all concerts to the following year; rescheduled concerts to commence in June 2021 and conclude in November of the same year. [6] Claudio and Toliver were announced to return as supporting acts, with Toliver only performing for concerts in North America; Black Atlass was announced as co-support for Claudio for European concerts, replacing 88Glam. [7] That November, the National Football League announced the Weeknd would headline the Super Bowl LV halftime show on February 7, 2021. [8] On February 3, 2021, four days prior to the halftime show, the Weeknd and Live Nation announced the tour would be postponed a second time due to the continued concern of the pandemic, with 19 new dates added onto the itinerary for 2022. [9] That October, a third postponement was announced, again for 2022, with venue changes from arenas to stadiums. The Weeknd cited ongoing demand and "constraints of arenas" for the change of venue type. [10] [11]
In January 2022, the Weeknd released his fifth studio album, Dawn FM . [12] Two months later, the newly-retitled After Hours til Dawn Tour [a] was announced, with Doja Cat serving as supporting act. [14] That May, Doja Cat withdrew from the tour as supporting act, citing required surgery on her tonsils. [15] The following month, Snoh Aalegra, Mike Dean, and Kaytranada were announced as the new support acts. [16] During the September 3, 2022, concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the Weeknd abruptly ended the show only three songs in, claiming to have lost his voice; [17] he promised a full refund of the concert, and a "real show soon". He subsequently issued a formal apology on his social media accounts. [18] Twenty-four days later, the rescheduled concert was announced, in addition to a second concert at the venue. [19] That November, concerts in Europe and Latin America were announced. [20] Supplemental shows were subsequently announced due to demand. [21] [22] [23]
On February 2, 2023, the Weeknd announced that a concert film, titled The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium, would premiere on HBO Max on February 25. [24] Seven days later, HBO dropped the trailer for the film, and announced it would air the concert on the network, in addition to the streaming service. [25] A live album Live at SoFi Stadium followed on March 3 of the same year. [26] That August, concerts in Australia and New Zealand were announced to take place between November and December of the same year, with Chxrry22 and Dean serving as supporting acts. [27] Due to demand, additional concerts in Australia were announced; [28] two weeks prior to the November 20 kick off in Brisbane, the dates were postponed to 2024, citing "unforeseen circumstances". [29] In April 2024, it was announced the concerts in New Zealand were cancelled. [30] That August, select concerts in Melbourne and Sydney were announced with Anna Lunoe added as support act, and dates in Brisbane cancelled. [31] [32]
On January 31, 2025, the same day his sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow released, [33] concerts in North America were announced, with Dean and Playboi Carti as support acts. [34] [35] That September, additional concerts in Europe and Latin America territories were announced for 2026, [36] with Playboi Carti and Anitta announced as supporting acts, respectively. [37] Additional supplementary dates were subsequently announced. [38]
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." [39] 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." [40] Taylor described the production as a journey "through a cosmic cataclysm that has erupted and plagued the earth. The devastation is widespread and will most likely continue till dawn." [41]
The stage design had 3 stages: the main stage, showcasing a row of destroyed buildings modeled after the Weeknd's hometown of Toronto, [42] 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. [43] 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. [42] 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." [44] Several times during the show, LED wristbands provided to each attendant by PixMob lit up.
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. [45]
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. [46] 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, vocoded version, with the Weeknd originally wearing a black overcoat hoodie for the first two tracks, until October 7, 2023. [47]
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". [48] 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. [48] During the end of "Gasoline", the clear mask face is taken off, revealing the Weeknd's face, as he grins at the crowd. [44]
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. [49] 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". [50]
The tour surpassed over $148 million gross sales and sold more than one million tickets in its first leg across North America. According to Variety, the tour generated over $350 million in gross sales by July 2023. [51] In August 2025, Billboard reported the After Hours til Dawn Tour had grossed $635.5 million in revenue and sold 5.1 million tickets since its 2022 launch, becoming the biggest R&B tour in history, beating previous record holders Beyoncé (Renaissance World Tour, 2023) and Bruno Mars (24K Magic World Tour, 2017–2018). [52]
Year | Period | Venue | Region | Description | Ref. |
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2023 | July 7–8 | London Stadium | England | Biggest two-day attendance (159,574). | [53] |
July 8 | Biggest single-day attendance (80,000). | ||||
July 22–23 | Allianz Riviera | France | Biggest attendance of all time (70,000). | [54] | |
July 26–27 | 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). | [55] | |
October 7 | Estádio Nilton Santos | Brazil | Biggest single-day attendance (71,363). | [56] [57] | |
2025 | June 5–7 | MetLife Stadium | United States | Highest-grossing Black male artist to perform in the venue (163,000+ attendance over 3 days). | [58] |
September 2, November 26–27, 2022 July 25–26 and 28–29, 2025 | SoFi Stadium | United States | Most sold-out shows by a male artist in the venue & by an artist in a single tour (7 shows). | [59] | |
July 8 | Levi's Stadium | United States | Highest-grossing male artist to perform in the venue. | [60] | |
July 12 | Lumen Field | United States | Highest-grossing Black male solo artist to perform in the venue. | [61] | |
July 19 | Commonwealth Stadium | Canada | Most tickets sold by a Black male artist at the venue. | [62] | |
August 30–31 | NRG Stadium | United States | Highest-grossing Black male artist to headline the venue. [b] | [63] | |
September 22-23, 2022 July 27-28, and August 7-8, 2025 | Rogers Centre | Canada | Most sold-out shows by a male solo artist and also any Canadian artist at the venue (6 shows) | [64] |
In March 2022, the Weeknd launched the XO Humanitarian Fund in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) in an effort to bring 44 million "back from the brink of famine". As part of this effort, he donated US$500,000 into the fund, and pledged to donate US$1 per every ticket sold from the tour. [65] That June, Binance announced they were donating US$2 million to the Fund, [66] and by November, it was reported US$5 million had been raised and presented to the WFP. [67] In April 2024, via the foundation, he pledged US$2 million to the WFP in an effort to assist Gaza on the ongoing war within the country. [68] In January of the following year, the Weeknd donated US$1 million in relief funds to Los Angeles wildfire relief following the Southern California wildfires that same month; [69] he also teamed up with Global Citizen, and pledged US$1 from every ticket told in his recently announced concert dates to support vulnerable children in various communities. [70]
This set list is from the concert in Philadelphia on July 14, 2022. [71] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.
This set list is from the concert in Dublin on June 28, 2023. [72] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.
Encore
This set list is from the concert in Glendale [c] on May 9, 2025. [73] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.
Date (2022) | City | Country | Venue | Supporting acts | Attendance [75] [76] | Revenue [75] [76] |
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July 14 | Philadelphia | United States | Lincoln Financial Field | Mike Dean Kaytranada | 46,486 / 46,486 | $5,131,280 |
July 16 [d] | East Rutherford [e] | MetLife Stadium | 54,703 / 54,703 | $9,890,367 | ||
July 21 | Foxborough [f] | Gillette Stadium | 48,993 / 56,314 | $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 [g] | FedExField | 40,175 / 40,581 | $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 / 66,385 | $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 [h] | Paradise [i] | Allegiant Stadium | 44,321 / 44,321 | $8,267,750 | ||
August 23 | Vancouver | Canada | BC Place | 41,219 / 41,219 | $4,898,517 | |
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 [c] | State Farm Stadium | Mike Dean Kaytranada | 53,969 / 61,328 | $6,200,909 | |
September 2 [j] | Inglewood [k] | SoFi Stadium | 49,324 / 49,324 | $11,132,108 | ||
September 22 [l] | Toronto | Canada | Rogers Centre | 87,101 / 87,101 | $10,231,250 | |
September 23 | ||||||
November 26 [m] [n] | Inglewood [k] | United States | SoFi Stadium | 97,700 / 97,700 | $17,620,145 | |
November 27 |
Date (2023) | City | Country | Venue | Supporting acts | Attendance [76] | Revenue [76] |
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June 6 | Algés | Portugal | Passeio Marítimo de Algés | Mike Dean Kaytranada | — | — |
June 10 | Manchester | England | Etihad Stadium | — | — | |
June 14 | Horsens | Denmark | Nordstern Arena | — | — | |
June 17 | Stockholm | Sweden | Tele2 Arena | — | — | |
June 18 | ||||||
June 20 | Oslo | Norway | Telenor Arena | — | — | |
June 23 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Johan Cruyff Arena | 103,181 / 104,223 | $10,066,993 | |
June 24 | ||||||
June 28 | Dublin | Ireland | Marlay Park | — | — | |
July 2 | Hamburg | Germany | Volksparkstadion | — | — | |
July 4 | Düsseldorf | Merkur Spiel-Arena | — | — | ||
July 7 | London | England | London Stadium | 159,574 / 159,574 | $17,117,477 | |
July 8 | ||||||
July 11 | Brussels | Belgium | King Baudouin Stadium | — | — | |
July 12 | ||||||
July 14 | Frankfurt | Germany | Deutsche Bank Park | — | — | |
July 18 | Madrid | Spain | Estádio Cívitas Metropolitano | — | — | |
July 20 | Barcelona | Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys | — | — | ||
July 22 | Nice | France | Allianz Riviera | — | — | |
July 23 | ||||||
July 26 | Milan | Italy | Ippodromo Snai La Maura | 158,707 / 160,310 | $12,908,985 | |
July 27 | ||||||
July 29 | Saint-Denis [o] | France | Stade de France | 150,610 / 152,131 | $15,858,996 | |
July 30 | ||||||
August 1 | Bordeaux | Matmut Atlantique | — | — | ||
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 | — | — | |
August 18 | London | England | Wembley Stadium | 89,179 / 89,179 | $9,250,620 | |
September 26 | Guadalupe [p] | Mexico | Estadio BBVA | — | — | |
September 29 | Mexico City | Foro Sol | 129,707 / 129,707 | $11,097,399 | ||
September 30 | ||||||
October 4 | Bogotá | Colombia | Estadio El Campín | — | — | |
October 7 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Estádio Nilton Santos | — | — | |
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 | — | — |
October 16 | ||||||
October 18 [q] | 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 [r] | Mexico | Estadio Akron | — | — |
Date (2024) | City | Country | Venue | Supporting acts | Attendance | Revenue |
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October 5 | Melbourne | Australia | Marvel Stadium | Mike Dean Chxrry22 Anna Lunoe | — | — |
October 6 | ||||||
October 22 | Sydney | Accor Stadium | — | — | ||
October 23 |
Date (2025) | City | Country | Venue | Supporting acts | Attendance | Revenue |
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May 9 | Glendale [c] | United States | State Farm Stadium | Playboi Carti Mike Dean | — | — |
May 24 | Detroit | Ford Field | — | — | ||
May 25 | ||||||
May 30 | Chicago | Soldier Field | — | — | ||
May 31 | ||||||
June 5 | East Rutherford | MetLife Stadium | — | |||
June 6 | ||||||
June 7 | ||||||
June 10 | Foxborough [f] | Gillette Stadium | — | — | ||
June 11 | ||||||
June 14 | Minneapolis | U.S. Bank Stadium | — | — | ||
June 21 | Denver | Empower Field at Mile High | — | — | ||
June 25 | Inglewood [k] | SoFi Stadium | — | — | ||
June 26 | ||||||
June 28 | ||||||
June 29 | ||||||
July 5 | Paradise [i] | Allegiant Stadium | — | — | ||
July 8 | Santa Clara | Levi's Stadium | — | — | ||
July 9 | ||||||
July 12 | Seattle | Lumen Field | — | — | ||
July 15 | Vancouver | Canada | BC Place | Mike Dean | — | — |
July 16 | ||||||
July 19 | Edmonton | Commonwealth Stadium | — | — | ||
July 24 | Montreal | Parc Jean-Drapeau | Kaytranada Mike Dean | — | — | |
July 25 | ||||||
July 27 | Toronto | Rogers Centre | — | — | ||
July 28 | ||||||
July 30 | Philadelphia | United States | Lincoln Financial Field | Playboi Carti Mike Dean | — | — |
July 31 | Playboi Carti | |||||
August 2 | Landover [g] | Northwest Stadium | Playboi Carti Mike Dean | — | — | |
August 7 | Toronto | Canada | Rogers Centre | Kaytranada Mike Dean | — | — |
August 8 | ||||||
August 12 | Nashville | United States | Nissan Stadium | Playboi Carti Mike Dean | — | — |
August 15 | Miami Gardens | Hard Rock Stadium | — | — | ||
August 16 | ||||||
August 21 | Atlanta | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | — | — | ||
August 24 | Orlando | Camping World Stadium | — | — | ||
August 27 | Arlington | AT&T Stadium | — | — | ||
August 28 | ||||||
August 30 | Houston | NRG Stadium | — | — | ||
August 31 | ||||||
September 3 | San Antonio | Alamodome | — | — |
Date (2026) | City | Country | Venue | Supporting acts | Attendance | Revenue |
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April 20 | Mexico City | Mexico | Estadio GNP Seguros | Anitta | — | — |
April 21 | ||||||
April 22 | ||||||
April 26 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Estádio Nilton Santos | — | — | |
April 30 | São Paulo | Estádio MorumBIS | — | — | ||
May 1 | ||||||
July 10 | Saint-Denis [o] | France | Stade de France | Playboi Carti | — | — |
July 11 | ||||||
July 12 | ||||||
July 16 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Johan Cruyff Arena | — | — | |
July 17 | ||||||
July 18 | ||||||
July 21 | Nice | France | Allianz Riviera | — | — | |
July 22 | ||||||
July 24 | Milan | Italy | San Siro | — | — | |
July 25 | ||||||
July 26 | ||||||
July 30 | Frankfurt | Germany | Deutsche Bank Park | — | — | |
July 31 | ||||||
August 1 | ||||||
August 4 | Warsaw | Poland | PGE Narodowy | — | — | |
August 5 | ||||||
August 8 | Stockholm | Sweden | Strawberry Arena | — | — | |
August 9 | ||||||
August 10 | ||||||
August 14 | London | England | Wembley Stadium | — | — | |
August 15 | ||||||
August 16 | ||||||
August 18 | ||||||
August 19 | ||||||
August 22 | Dublin | Ireland | Croke Park | — | — | |
August 23 | ||||||
August 28 | Madrid | Spain | Riyadh Air Metropolitano | — | — | |
August 29 | ||||||
August 30 | ||||||
Total | 2,086,026 / 2,126,521 (98.1%) | $253,389,366 |
Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason | Ref. |
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November 20, 2023 | Brisbane | Australia | Suncorp Stadium | Unforeseen circumstances | [87] |
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 | |||||
July 4, 2025 | Paradise [i] | United States | Allegiant Stadium | Production load-in issues | [88] |
The Weekend's show according to his creative director La Mar Taylor is a journey 'through a cosmic cataclysm that has erupted and plagued the earth. The devastation is widespread and will most likely continue till dawn.'