The Weeknd announces eighth stadium show for Australia on After Hours Til Dawn Global Stadium Tour, due to unprecedented demand for tickets!
EUROPEAN LEG TRIUMPHANTLY WRAPS WITH RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS IN LONDON, PARIS & MILAN WITH 1,600,000 ATTENDING THE REGIONS CONCERTS THIS SUMMER
ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION RAISED TO BE DONATED TO XO HUMANITARIAN FUN
THE GLOBAL TOUR IS POWERED BY BINANCE
MELBOURNE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: Diamond certified and award-winning artist The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour has added a third Sydney stadium show to meet the extraordinary demand for tickets, as Australia mirrors the global trend!
This new date is: Monday, November 27 at Accor Stadium, Sydney. General public tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am.
There are now 3 stadiums confirmed for Sydney and Melbourne, with 2 for Brisbane; special guests on all dates are Mike Dean andChxrry22.
Foxtel Rewards members can access exclusive reserved tickets, on sale tomorrow from 9am. Foxtel customers, head to foxtel.com.au/music
For complete tour, ticket and VIP Experience information, go to www.livenation.com.au
The completely sold out global stadium run has been an incredible success, breaking attendance records. The tour recently broke London Stadium's attendance record with 160,000 concert goers across two nights. The Weeknd also just wrapped with his largest headline show to date, breaking Wembley Stadium’s record for sales with a traditional concert set up with the stage at one end with 87,000 tickets sold.
In Milan, The Weeknd sold over 159,000 tickets, making him the first artist to sell out two nights at Ippodromo La Maura and his shows in Paris marked the biggest sales for Stade de France this year, totaling to 151,000 across the two dates. In addition, The Weeknd’s shows in Nice, France sold 70,000 tickets across two shows - the highest in the city’s history.
United Nations World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye will again contribute funds from this next leg of the tour to the XO Humanitarian Fund, which supports the organization’s response to the unprecedented global food crisis. Over $1 million was raised for the fund via ticket sales during the recently wrapped European leg of the tour.
The fund also raised money during the North American leg of the tour through ticket sales, proceeds from an exclusive tour t-shirt, and a $500,000 donation directly from The Weeknd. The Weeknd’s corporate partners, tour venues, World Food Program USA board of directors and supporters also stepped up to contribute, as well as tour sponsor Binance, which contributed US$2 million to the fund. The first grant of $2 million will help provide emergency food and nutrition assistance to the most food-insecure regions of Ethiopia.
The tour celebrates The Weeknd’s 2020 album After Hours (it’s hit single “Blinding Lights” was named the new No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 song of all time, surpassing Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit “The Twist”), as well as his critically-acclaimed album Dawn FM, which was released January 2022.
The After Hours Til Dawn Tour is brought to you by Binance, revolutionizing the live entertainment industry with cutting-edge Web 3.0 technology. Binance users in Australia and New Zealand will have access to a special ticket presale for select shows, while supplies last. As a token of appreciation, eligible ticket holders in these countries will also receive limited-edition souvenir NFTs. Furthermore, The Weeknd and Binance are creating a specially designed NFT collection which will be made available for sale later this year to fans and collectors alike (residency restrictions apply). Five percent of the sales will be donated to the XO Humanitarian Fund. You can find out more about what Binance has prepared for its users and others on the Binance Blog.
THE WEEKND
AFTER HOURS TIL DAWN TOUR 2023
BRISBANE, SUNCORP STADIUM MONDAY NOVEMBER 20
BRISBANE, SUNCORP STADIUM TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21
SYDNEY, ACCOR STADIUM FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24 – SOLD OUT
SYDNEY, ACCOR STADIUM SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25 – SOLD OUT
SYDNEY, ACCOR STADIUM MONDAY NOVEMBER 27 – NEW SHOW**
MELBOURNE, MARVEL STADIUM FRIDAY DECEMBER 1
MELBOURNE, MARVEL STADIUM SATURDAY DECEMBER 2
MELBOURNE, MARVEL STADIUM MONDAY DECEMBER 4
**General public tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9am
For complete tour, ticket and VIP Experience information, go to www.livenation.com.au
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