![]() But I wanted to come out and personally apologize." Fans were stunned following his announcement, reluctant to leave their seats, in confusion. I’m gonna make sure everybody’s good you’ll get your money back, I’ll do a show real soon for you guys. "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 don’t know what just happened, but I just lost my voice," he said to the stadium of fans. A second night in Toronto for September 23 was announced on August 29.ĭuring his second show in Inglewood at SoFi Stadium on September 3, 2022, the Weeknd ended the show in the middle of " Can't Feel My Face". It was later rescheduled to September 22. 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. Kaytranada, Snoh Aalegra and Mike Dean were announced as the new openers on June 30. On May 20, 2022, Doja Cat announced she would no longer be opening for the North American leg due to tonsil surgery. He will donate US$1 from every ticket sold, in addition to a US$500,000 donation, to the WFP. As a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the World Food Programme (WFP), the Weeknd launched the XO Humanitarian Fund in partnership with the organization. An additional date was added to Inglewood on March 11. Tickets went on sale for the general public on March 10. Pre-sales for those who purchased a ticket for the Weeknd's previously postponed tours began on March 4. After a small delay due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Weeknd announced the North American leg of the tour on March 3 with Doja Cat as the opening act. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. ![]() ĭue 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. ![]() Additional dates were added in Vancouver, Miami, Los Angeles and Toronto on March 3 due to high demand, while an additional date was added in London on the following day, and on March 12 for the Czech Republic. 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. 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. She was replaced by Canadian DJ Kaytranada, Swedish singer Snoh Aalegra and American record producer Mike Dean. Īmerican 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. 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. 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. The tour, which primarily visits stadiums, commenced its first leg on July 14, 2022, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The After Hours til Dawn Tour, previously titled The After Hours Tour, is the ongoing seventh concert tour by Canadian artist the Weeknd, in support of his fourth and fifth studio albums, After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022).
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