After Hours til Dawn Tour

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After Hours til Dawn Tour
Tour by the Weeknd
Weeknd After Hours in Dawn Stadium Tour poster.jpeg
2022 promotional art
Location
  • Australia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated albums
Start dateJuly 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)
End dateAugust 30, 2026 (2026-08-30)
No. of shows145
Supporting acts
Attendance5.1 million
Box office$635.5 million (102 shows)
Website theweeknd.com/tour/
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.

Contents

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.

Background

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]

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." [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]

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, [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.

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. The Weeknd - Live at Ippodromo SNAI La Maura, Milan (July 27, 2023).jpg
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. [45]

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. [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]

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". [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]

Commercial performance

Boxscore

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]

Venue records

Venue records of the After Hours til Dawn Tour
YearPeriodVenueRegionDescriptionRef.
2023July 7–8 London Stadium EnglandBiggest two-day attendance (159,574). [53]
July 8Biggest single-day attendance (80,000).
July 22–23 Allianz Riviera FranceBiggest attendance of all time (70,000). [54]
July 26–27Ippodromo Snai La MauraItalyFirst act to perform two sold-out shows on a single tour.
August 18 Wembley Stadium EnglandBiggest single-day attendance for a traditional stage set-up (89,179). [55]
October 7 Estádio Nilton Santos BrazilBiggest single-day attendance (71,363). [56] [57]
2025June 5–7 MetLife Stadium United StatesHighest-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 StatesMost 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 StatesHighest-grossing male artist to perform in the venue. [60]
July 12 Lumen Field United StatesHighest-grossing Black male solo artist to perform in the venue. [61]
July 19 Commonwealth Stadium CanadaMost tickets sold by a Black male artist at the venue. [62]
August 30–31 NRG Stadium United StatesHighest-grossing Black male artist to headline the venue. [b] [63]
September 22-23, 2022
July 27-28, and August 7-8, 2025
Rogers Centre CanadaMost sold-out shows by a male solo artist and also any Canadian artist at the venue (6 shows) [64]

Philanthropy

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]

Set list

July 2022 to June 2023

This set list is from the concert in Philadelphia on July 14, 2022. [71] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.

June 2023 to May 2025

This set list is from the concert in Dublin on June 28, 2023. [72] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.

  1. "Take My Breath"
  2. "Sacrifice" (Swedish House Mafia remix)
  3. "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
  4. "Can't Feel My Face"
  5. "Lost in the Fire"
  6. "Hurricane"
  7. "The Hills"
  8. "Often"
  9. "Crew Love"
  10. "Starboy"
  11. "House of Balloons"
  12. "Heartless"
  13. "Low Life"
  14. "Reminder"
  15. "Party Monster"
  16. "Faith"
  17. "After Hours"
  18. "Out of Time"
  19. "I Feel It Coming"
  20. "Die for You"
  21. "Is There Someone Else?"
  22. "I Was Never There"
  23. "Wicked Games"
  24. "Call Out My Name"
  25. "The Morning"
  26. "Save Your Tears"
  27. "Less than Zero"
  28. "Blinding Lights"

Encore

  1. "Double Fantasy"
  2. "Creepin'"
  3. "Popular"

Since May 2025

This set list is from the concert in Glendale [c] on May 9, 2025. [73] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.

  1. "The Abyss"
  2. "Wake Me Up"
  3. "After Hours"
  4. "Opening Night"
  5. "Starboy"
  6. "Heartless"
  7. "Faith"
  8. "Take My Breath"
  9. "Sacrifice"
  10. "How Do I Make You Love Me?"
  11. "Can't Feel My Face"
  12. "Lost in the Fire"
  13. "Often"
  14. "Given Up on Me"
  15. "I Was Never There"
  16. "The Hills"
  17. "Baptized in Fear"
  18. "Open Hearts"
  19. "Cry for Me"
  20. "São Paulo"
  21. "Timeless"
  22. "Rather Lie"
  23. "Creepin'"
  24. "Niagara Falls"
  25. "One of the Girls"
  26. "Out of Time"
  27. "I Feel It Coming"
  28. "Die for You"
  29. "Is There Someone Else?"
  30. "Wicked Games"
  31. "Call Out My Name"
  32. "Hurry Up Tomorrow"
  33. "Save Your Tears"
  34. "Less than Zero"
  35. "Blinding Lights"
  36. "In Heaven"
  37. "Moth to a Flame"

Shows

List of 2022 concerts [14] [74]
Date (2022)CityCountryVenueSupporting actsAttendance [75] [76] Revenue [75] [76]
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 Kaytranada49,941 / 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 StatesSoFi Stadium97,700 / 97,700$17,620,145
November 27
List of 2023 concerts [82] [83] [84]
Date (2023)CityCountryVenueSupporting actsAttendance [76] Revenue [76]
June 6 Algés PortugalPasseio Marítimo de AlgésMike 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 ItalyIppodromo Snai La Maura158,707 / 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 18LondonEngland 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
List of 2024 concerts
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueSupporting actsAttendanceRevenue
October 5 Melbourne Australia Marvel Stadium Mike Dean
Chxrry22
Anna Lunoe
October 6
October 22 Sydney Accor Stadium
October 23
List of 2025 concerts [86]
Date (2025)CityCountryVenueSupporting actsAttendanceRevenue
May 9Glendale [c] United StatesState Farm Stadium Playboi Carti
Mike Dean
May 24DetroitFord Field
May 25
May 30ChicagoSoldier Field
May 31
June 5East RutherfordMetLife Stadium
June 6
June 7
June 10Foxborough [f] Gillette Stadium
June 11
June 14 Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium
June 21DenverEmpower Field at Mile High
June 25Inglewood [k] SoFi Stadium
June 26
June 28
June 29
July 5Paradise [i] Allegiant Stadium
July 8Santa ClaraLevi's Stadium
July 9
July 12SeattleLumen Field
July 15VancouverCanadaBC PlaceMike Dean
July 16
July 19 Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium
July 24 Montreal Parc Jean-Drapeau Kaytranada
Mike Dean
July 25
July 27TorontoRogers Centre
July 28
July 30PhiladelphiaUnited StatesLincoln Financial FieldPlayboi Carti
Mike Dean
July 31Playboi Carti
August 2Landover [g] Northwest StadiumPlayboi Carti
Mike Dean
August 7TorontoCanadaRogers CentreKaytranada
Mike Dean
August 8
August 12 Nashville United States Nissan Stadium Playboi Carti
Mike Dean
August 15Miami GardensHard Rock Stadium
August 16
August 21AtlantaMercedes-Benz Stadium
August 24 Orlando Camping World Stadium
August 27ArlingtonAT&T Stadium
August 28
August 30 Houston NRG Stadium
August 31
September 3 San Antonio Alamodome
List of 2026 concerts [36] [38]
Date (2026)CityCountryVenueSupporting actsAttendanceRevenue
April 20Mexico CityMexico Estadio GNP Seguros Anitta
April 21
April 22
April 26Rio de JaneiroBrazilEstádio Nilton Santos
April 30São Paulo Estádio MorumBIS
May 1
July 10Saint-Denis [o] FranceStade de FrancePlayboi Carti
July 11
July 12
July 16AmsterdamNetherlandsJohan Cruyff Arena
July 17
July 18
July 21NiceFranceAllianz Riviera
July 22
July 24MilanItaly San Siro
July 25
July 26
July 30FrankfurtGermanyDeutsche Bank Park
July 31
August 1
August 4WarsawPolandPGE Narodowy
August 5
August 8StockholmSweden Strawberry Arena
August 9
August 10
August 14LondonEnglandWembley Stadium
August 15
August 16
August 18
August 19
August 22DublinIreland Croke Park
August 23
August 28MadridSpain Riyadh Air Metropolitano
August 29
August 30
Total2,086,026 / 2,126,521 (98.1%)$253,389,366

Cancelled concerts

List of cancelled concerts
DateCityCountryVenueReasonRef.
November 20, 2023 Brisbane Australia Suncorp Stadium Unforeseen circumstances [87]
November 21, 2023
November 24, 2023SydneyAccor Stadium
November 25, 2023
November 27, 2023
December 1, 2023MelbourneMarvel Stadium
December 2, 2023
December 4, 2023
December 5, 2023
December 8, 2023 Auckland New Zealand Eden Park
December 9, 2023
July 4, 2025Paradise [i] United StatesAllegiant StadiumProduction load-in issues [88]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Originally called the "After Hours Tour", it was renamed to the "After Hours til Dawn Tour" to accommodate the releases of both After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022). [13]
  2. This record excludes the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. [63]
  3. 1 2 3 Labelled as Phoenix in promotional material.
  4. 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. [77]
  5. Labelled as New York City in promotional material.
  6. 1 2 Labelled as Boston in promotional material.
  7. 1 2 Labelled as Washington, D.C., in promotional material.
  8. A second trailer for The Idol premiered at this concert before he took the stage. [78]
  9. 1 2 3 Labelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
  10. 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. [79]
  11. 1 2 3 Labelled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
  12. 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. [80]
  13. 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. [81]
  14. The stage and crowd from the show on November 26, 2022, were used in the final episode of The Idol, where Jocelyn speaks to the crowd before she "performs".
  15. 1 2 Labelled as Paris in promotional material.
  16. Labelled as Monterrey in promotional material.
  17. 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. [85]
  18. Labelled as Guadalajara in promotional material.

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