The Weeknd is bringing his ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour to Australia in late November and early December 2023. The Canadian musician will perform at stadium venues in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne on his first visit to Australia in six years.
The tour gets its name from The Weeknd’s two most recent albums, 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM. The former included the single ‘Blinding Lights’, which US publication Billboard deemed the “top Billboard Hot 100 song of all time”.
The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’
Earlier this year, The Weeknd’s Abel Tesfaye suggested he’s ready to abandon his professional alias. “The album I’m working on now is probably my last hurrah as The Weeknd,” he told W Magazine. “This is something that I have to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve said everything I can say.”
“I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd,” he added. “But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”
Tesfaye recently starred as Tedros in the HBO series The Idol, alongside Lily-Rose Depp and Troye Sivan. He also co-created the show with Euphoria‘s Sam Levinson and producer Reza Fahim. According to Forbes, the five-episode series was “by far” the “worst reviewed show” in HBO history.
The Weeknd 2023 Australian Tour
- Monday, 20th November – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane QLD
- Tuesday, 21st November – Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane QLD – NEW SHOW
- Friday, 24th November – Accor Stadium, Sydney NSW
- Saturday, 25th November – Accor Stadium, Sydney NSW – NEW SHOW
- Monday, 27th November – Accord Stadium, Sydney NSW – NEW SHOW
- Friday, 1st December – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne VIC
- Saturday, 2nd December – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne VIC – NEW SHOW
- Monday, 4th December – Marvel Stadium, Melbourne VIC – NEW SHOW
Tickets on sale Friday, 1st September at staggered timings – Melbourne: 10am, Brisbane: 11am, Sydney: 12pm – via Live Nation.
Vodafone pre-sale commences Friday, 25th August – Melbourne: 10am, Brisbane: 11am, Sydney: 12pm – via vodafone.com.au/ticket
Foxtel Rewards members can purchase exclusive reserved tickets from Friday, 1st September at 10am via foxtel.com.au/music
Further Reading
The Weeknd Suggests He’ll Put Music On Hold After One More Album
Hear Troye Sivan Cover George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’
The Weeknd Breaks All-Time Record for Spotify Monthly Listeners
