TheWeekndhas completed a five-night sold-out run at Wembley Stadium, with his UK stint raising more than $350,000 (£260,000) for charity.
The Canadian pop superstar playedthe final of his Wembley showson Wednesday night (August 19),and the UK leg of the ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour also included two shows at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium in June.
Between the seven concerts, The Weeknd attracted more than 450,000 fans, with tickets purchased by people from nearly 150 countries.
The shows also generated more than $350,000 for the United Nations World Food Programme and Global Citizen, after £1 from each UK ticket sold was donated to the charities, as well as €1 from every ticket sold in Europe.
The money will support the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, which aims to increase access to education for children around the world, as well as TheWeeknd’sXO Humanitarian Fund, which supports the World FoodProgramme’sresponse to the global hunger crisis.
The Weeknd’s setlist at all five Wembley shows was:
‘Baptized In Fear’
‘Open Hearts’
‘Wake Me Up’
‘After Hours’
‘Starboy’
‘Heartless’
‘Faith’
‘Cry For Me’
‘Sao Paulo’
‘Until We’re Skin & Bones’
‘Take My Breath’
‘Sacrifice’
‘How Do I Make You Love Me?’
‘Can’t Feel My Face’
‘Lost In The Fire’
‘Often’
‘Given Up On Me’
‘I Was Never There’
‘The Hills’
‘Timeless’
‘Rather Lie’
‘Creepin’
‘Niagara Falls’
‘One Of The Girls’
‘Stargirl Interlude’
‘Out Of Time’
‘I Feel It Coming’
‘Die For You’
‘Is There Someone Else?’
‘Wicked Games’
‘Call Out My Name’
‘The Abyss’
‘Save Your Tears’
‘Less Than Zero’
‘Blinding Lights’
‘Without A Warning’
‘House Of Balloons’
‘Moth To A Flame’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said: “London has been hugely proud to welcome The Weeknd for more shows than any other city in the world this year. His five performances have brought hundreds of thousands of fans to Wembley Stadium, providing a huge boost to our tourism and hospitality industries, and showing why London is the music capital of the world.”
The ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ stadium tour draws together TheWeeknd’srecent albums ‘After Hours’ (2020), ‘Dawn FM’ (2022) and ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ (2025), and last yearit was named the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist. It has surpassed$1billionin global revenue and sold more than 7.5million tickets.
It continues with two shows at Dublin’s Croke Park this weekend, followed by dates in Madrid,Barcelonaand Lisbon, before an Asian leg later this year. See the remaining dates and further informationhere.
Wembley Stadium was criticised after one of The Weeknd’s shows when fireworks were used during the finale, just hours after a government emergency alert warned people across England and Wales not to use fireworks due to the risk of wildfires.
In other news,Abel Tesfaye confirmed earlier this month that he was no longer planning to retire TheWeekndmoniker. “I’ll never disappear,” he told fans in Stockholm. “I love this too much to ever disappear. I tested retirement a little bit, and I don’t like the way it feels. Imma be here forever with you.”