Five years after launching his record-breaking After Hours til Dawn Tour, The Weeknd has announced a massive extension into 2026, spanning multiple continents and featuring some of music’s biggest stars as special guests. The tour, which began in Philadelphia on July 14, 2022, will now continue through September 5, 2026, when it concludes in Lisbon, making it one of the longest-running stadium tours in recent music history.
Initially conceived as an arena tour to support his 2020 album *After Hours*, the pandemic forced The Weeknd to reimagine the experience as a stadium spectacle that later incorporated material from *Dawn FM* and his newest album, *Hurry Up Tomorrow*.
When life gave The Weeknd a pandemic, he created a stadium-sized masterpiece spanning three groundbreaking albums.
The 2026 leg, produced by Live Nation and sponsored by Nespresso, includes multiple nights in Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguro (April 20-22), Rio de Janeiro’s Estádio Nilton Santos (April 26), and São Paulo’s Estádio MorumBIS (April 30-May 1), before moving to Europe for dates including Paris’s Stade de France (July 10-12) and Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Arena (July 16-18).
Adding to the anticipation, The Weeknd has secured Brazilian superstar Anitta as special guest for all Mexico and Brazil dates, while Playboi Carti will join the European and UK legs. These collaborations mark a fresh approach for the tour, as neither artist appeared during previous legs. The tour celebrates The Weeknd’s acclaimed album trilogy that includes After Hours, Dawn FM, and the recent Hurry Up Tomorrow.
The commercial performance of the tour has been nothing short of phenomenal, ranking as the eighth highest-grossing concert tour of all time with $635.5 million earned in its first 100 concerts. The tour has already set venue attendance records in multiple cities including the largest two-day attendance at London Stadium with 159,574 fans. European stadiums are reportedly approaching sell-out status within hours of tickets becoming available, demonstrating the Canadian artist’s enduring global appeal.
The artist continues to diversify his income streams through sync deals by licensing music from the tour’s setlist for various films and television commercials, further maximizing revenue beyond ticket sales. To build momentum for the extended tour dates, The Weeknd has launched comprehensive social media campaigns featuring eye-catching visualizers and behind-the-scenes content across all major platforms.
Continuing his commitment to philanthropy, The Weeknd has arranged for $1 from each ticket sale to support education and hunger relief through partnerships with Global Citizen and the United Nations World Food Programme, with funds distributed in local currencies to maximize impact in the communities where the tour performs.
