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.
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]
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$2million to the Fund,[66] and by November, it was reported US$5million 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.
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]
1 2 3 Labelled as Phoenix in promotional material.
↑ 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]
↑ Labelled as New York City in promotional material.
1 2 Labelled as Washington, D.C., in promotional material.
↑ A second trailer for The Idol premiered at this concert before he took the stage.[78]
1 2 3 Labelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
↑ 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]
1 2 3 Labelled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
↑ 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]
↑ 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]
↑ 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".
↑ 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]
↑ "Something for the Weeknd". Stageco. November 24, 2022. p.15. Retrieved August 22, 2025. 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.'
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