- FURTHER SOLIDIFYING ITS STATUS AS THE BEST-SELLING TOUR BY A MALE SOLO ARTIST IN HISTORY
- PARTNERING WITH GLOBAL CITIZEN AND UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DONATING $1 IN LOCAL CURRENCY FROM EACH TICKET TO EDUCATION AND HUNGER RELIEF
Today, diamond-certified global superstar TheWeeknd announced the 2026Asia leg of his record-breaking, sold-out After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour. Produced by Live Nation and sponsored by Nespresso, the Asia tour will kick off on Sunday, September 20 at Tokyo’s Belluna Dome, with additional stops in Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, Bangkok, and Hong Kong before wrapping on Wednesday, November 4 in Kuala Lumpur at TM Stadium Nasional. This run marks the tour’s final leg and the last opportunity for fans to experience the show. Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts will support on the majority of dates, with Japanese DJ ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U joining on select shows.
The newly announced dates follow his upcoming European and UK run this summer, as well as recently completed shows across LatinAmerica,with multi-night plays in Mexico and Brazil.
Notably, the After Hours Til Dawn Tour surpassed $1 billion in global gross last year, following the addition of its 2026 dates across Europe, the UK, and Latin America, with more than 7.5 million tickets sold across 153 shows—making it the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist. Since launching in 2022, the tour has spanned North America (twice), Europe, the UK, Latin America, and Australia.
Beyond its commercial success, the tour has driven meaningful global impact. To date, The Weeknd and partners have contributed a combined total of over $8.5 million to the XO Humanitarian Fund and Global Citizen, with additional proceeds from the 2026 run continuing to support both organizations.
The After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour celebrates The Weeknd’s acclaimed album trilogy — After Hours (2020), Dawn FM (2022), andHurry Up Tomorrow (2025) — featuring a career-spanning setlist of chart-topping hits. Listen to Hurry Up Tomorrow wHERE.
The 2025 NorthAmerican leg included more than 40 sold-out stadium shows, pairing cutting-edge production with a high-impact setlist while breaking attendance and gross records across the U.S. and Canada. The Weeknd became the top-grossing Black male artist in history at venues including New York, Denver, Santa Clara, Seattle, Edmonton, Montreal, Orlando,Arlington, and Houston, and set newattendance records for anR&B male artistinBoston,Denver, Edmonton, and Orlando. In Toronto, he broke the all-time record for most shows by a male solo artist on a single tour with six at Rogers Centre—also setting the record for any Canadian artist. In Los Angeles, he set the record for most shows by a male solo artist at SoFi Stadium, and in Texas, he sold more tickets than any other artist this year.
Recently, he won Tour of the Year at the 2026 iHeartRadioAwards and Best R&B Tour at the Pollstar Awards.
Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale on Monday, May 18, 10am. Fans can register now through Fri, May 15 at 8AM MYT at theweeknd.com/tour for access. Maybank Visa cardholders can enjoy exclusive access to the Visa Presale on Tuesday, May 19 at 10am. For more information and timings, visit www.visa.com.my/promotions/the-weeknd.html.
Live Nation members’ presale starts on Wednesday, May 20, 12pm. Visit www.livenation.my for free membership sign-up and presale access. The general on sale begins Thursday, May 21, 11am via www.golive-asia.com. Visit livenation.my for full details.
THE WEEKND AFTER HOURS TIL DAWN STADIUM TOUR-ASIA DATES:
Sun Sep 20—Tokyo—BellunaDome *^
Sat Sep 26—Jakarta—Jakarta International Stadium ^
Sun Sep 27—Jakarta—Jakarta International Stadium ^
Fri Oct 2—Singapore—National Stadium *
Sat Oct 3—Singapore—National Stadium *
Wed Oct 7—Seoul—Goyang Stadium *
Thu Oct 8—Seoul—Goyang Stadium *
Sun Oct 11—Bangkok—Rajamangala Stadium *
Fri Oct 30—HongKong—Kai Tak Stadium
Sat Oct 31—HongKong—Kai Tak Stadium
Wed Nov 4—Kuala Lumpur—TM Stadium National *^
*withCreepy Nuts
^with ¥ØU$UK€¥UK1MAT$U
As part of the After Hours Til Dawn 2026 Tour, The Weeknd is partnering with Global Citizen to raise funds to provide access to quality education for children around the world through the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. He will also continue to partner with theUnited Nations World Food Programme (WFP)to provide funds to the XO Humanitarian Fund, which supports the organization’s response to the unprecedented global hunger crisis. $1 local equivalent from each ticket sold across Asia will be donated to these two organizations*. For more information, visit www.globalcitizen.org. *Not applicable in Jakarta.
ABOUT THE WEEKND:
The Weeknd is a multi-platinum, 7x Diamond-certified artist who reshaped R&B and pop, making him one of the most listened-to one of the most compelling and significant artists of the 21st century with over 115 million monthly Spotify listeners and the first artist to have 31 songs each with over a billion streams. In 2025 his After Hours Til Dawn tour became the most successful tour in history for a male solo artist and has surpassed $1 billion in ticket sales and is still ongoing in 2026. Named “The Most Popular Artist in the World” by Guinness World Records in 2023, his album After Hours is the most streamed R&B album of all time, while “Blinding Lights” is the Diamond-certified Billboard Hot 100 song of all time. In January 2025, he released Hurry Up Tomorrow, the final and most personal chapter in his acclaimed trilogy following After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022). An Emmy and Oscar nominee, he has performed on major television platforms alongside a record-breaking global tour amassing nearly half a billion dollars. As a humanitarian, he serves as the United Nations World Food Programme’s Global Goodwill Ambassador and has donated over $12 million to causes including efforts to fight hunger in Ethiopia and Gaza.
Alongside impressive music stats, he’s Emmy and Oscar nominated and has graced the covers of TIME, Vanity Fair, W, Forbes, Variety, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, and GQ. His television performances include SNL, the 2020 Super Bowl, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, the MTV VMAs, the Grammys, and the AMAs. In 2022, he launched his first of three menacing mazes at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights.
As a global ambassador for the UN World Food Programme and named Humanitarian of the Year by BMAC, he has donated over $12.6 million to various charities from 2020 to now, including $2 million to help with the crisis in Ethiopia and $4.5 million to feed millions in Gaza through his XO Humanitarian Fund via the UN WFP. His continuous record-breaking charts, sales, and streams, headlining the biggest festivals and selling out stadiums globally, including the 2020 Super Bowl, along with his mysterious public persona, solidify The Weeknd as one of the most compelling and significant artists of the 21st century.
ABOUT CREEPY NUTS
Creepy Nuts is a hip-hop duo formed by the three-time consecutive UMB champion rapper “R-Shitei” and the DMC World DJ Championships winner “DJ Matsunaga”.
Their 2024 release “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” dominated charts both in Japan and internationally, surpassing 900 million cumulative streams. Along with subsequent releases “Otonoke” and “Mirage,” they became the first act in history to occupy the entire Top 3 of the Billboard Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan chart.
In addition, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified both “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” and “Otonoke” as Gold, making them the first Japanese artist to achieve two Gold-certified songs with Japanese-language lyrics.
In February 2025, they held their first-ever Tokyo Dome concert, drawing approximately 50,000 attendees. They later completed their first Asia tour, and in 2026, they are set to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival while also embarking on their North America Tour 2026.
ABOUT ¥ØUŞUK€ ¥UK1MATSU
Versatility does not even come close to describing why the humble Japanese DJ ¥ØUŞUK€
¥UK1MATSU is considered by many of his peers to be one of the best in the world. Your favourite DJ’s favourite DJ, Yukimatsu is originally from Osaka – where he honed his craft for years alongside his day job as a construction worker. In 2014, he earned an invitation to play DJ Nobu’s Future Terror party – a turning point in his career. The year 2016 saw not only the start of his own Zone Unknown events; it was also when he was diagnosed with brain cancer, resulting in tumour-removal surgery. The diagnosis became the catalyst for him to quit his day job and focus on being a full-time DJ.
Based in Tokyo since 2020, Yukimatsu’s legendary mastery of the CDJs enables mind-bending yet seamless connections of every imaginable genre. Working his way up from consistent appearances across Japan to performing at Europe’s finest avant-garde festivals and regular appearances at clubs like Berghain, his sets have to be heard to be believed.
A former fixture in Asian Dope Boys’ celebrated durational TRANCE installation/performances, Yukimatsu is a selector worthy of his own mix compilation – the Midnight Shift-released Midnight is Comin’. His 2022 Hör Berlin set amassed over two million views in less than ten months, and his 2025 Boiler Room appearance surpassed the two million mark in just ten days.
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