The Weeknd Asia Tour

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The Weeknd Asia Tour
Tour by the Weeknd
The Weeknd - The Weeknd Asia Tour.jpg
Associated albums My Dear Melancholy
The Weeknd in Japan
Start dateNovember 23, 2018 (2018-11-23)
End dateDecember 18, 2018 (2018-12-18)
Legs1
No. of shows7
the Weeknd concert chronology

The Weeknd Asia Tour [1] was the sixth concert tour by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, in support of his first extended play My Dear Melancholy and his first greatest hits album The Weeknd in Japan . [2] The tour began on November 23, 2018, in Abu Dhabi and concluded on December 18, 2018, in Chiba. [3] It was the Weeknd's first tour in Asia and it featured a guest appearance from Kenshi Yonezu at the concert in Japan. [4] [5]

Contents

Set list

This set list is obtained from the Hong Kong concert. It is not intended to be representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. [6]

  1. "Pray for Me"
  2. "Starboy"
  3. "Party Monster"
  4. "Reminder"
  5. "Six Feet Under"
  6. "Low Life"
  7. "Might Not"
  8. "Sidewalks"
  9. "Crew Love"
  10. "House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls"
  11. "Belong to the World" / "Pretty"
  12. "Secrets"
  13. "Can't Feel My Face"
  14. "In the Night"
  15. "I Feel It Coming"
  16. "The Morning"
  17. "Wicked Games"
  18. "Earned It"
  19. "Or Nah"
  20. "Often"
  21. "Acquainted"
  22. "Wasted Times"
  23. "Call Out My Name"
  24. "The Hills"
Notes
  • The "Belong to the World" / "Pretty" medley and "In the Night" were part of the set list starting on November 30, 2018. They were excluded from the show in Bali, on December 9, 2018.

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, and attendance [7]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendance
November 23, 2018 [lower-alpha 1] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Du Arena
November 30, 2018 Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Arena 11,000
December 2, 2018 Bangkok Thailand IMPACT Arena 10,000
December 5, 2018 Kallang Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 7,000
December 9, 2018 [lower-alpha 2] Bali Indonesia Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park
December 15, 2018 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome 24,000
December 18, 2018 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe Kenshi Yonezu [9] [10] [11]

Cancelled shows

DateCityCountryVenueReason
December 7, 2018 Manila Philippines Mall of Asia Arena Stage production issue [12]
December 12, 2018 Taipei Taiwan Nangang C3 Field

Notes

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