The Weeknd has closed his After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour with a place in music history. Across four years, the global production generated more than US$1.3 billion in ticket sales, becoming the highest-grossing tour by a male solo artist.
The Canadian singer finished the run in Kuala Lumpur after 176 shows across 67 cities, 30 countries and five continents. More than nine million tickets were sold during a journey that began in 2022 and continued to attract stadium-sized audiences through its final Asian dates.
The closing chapter also brought new music, with a tribute to Hong Kong connecting the tour to one of the cities on its itinerary.
Four years of stadium nights
The tour travelled through North America, Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia, returning to several territories as demand continued.
Among its milestones were seven performances at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, six at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and six sold-out nights at Paris’ Stade de France in 2026.
Australia joined the itinerary in 2024, marking The Weeknd’s first visit to the country in seven years and his first stadium concerts there. He performed twice at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium before two shows at Sydney’s Accor Stadium, supported by Anna Lunoe, Mike Dean and Chxrry22.
Those performances followed a postponed tour and a revised schedule. For Australian audiences, the eventual shows brought an elaborate production and a setlist reaching from earlier mixtapes to hits including Blinding Lights.
A final year with remarkable momentum
The tour continued to grow in its fourth year, generating more than US$500 million and selling over three million tickets in 2026 alone.
July was particularly strong: the tour led Billboard’s monthly Boxscore chart with more than US$120 million in grosses and nearly 900,000 tickets sold.
The final Asian leg expanded from 11 to 17 stadium shows, including three nights in Bangkok and four in Hong Kong. Nearly 200,000 tickets were sold for the Hong Kong performances, establishing a local touring record for an international male solo artist.
A musical love letter to Hong Kong
During the opening night of his Kai Tak Stadium residency on October 24, The Weeknd introduced Hong Kong, a song built around the music and Cantonese vocals of Faye Wong’s 1993 classic Monsoon. It was released on October 31.
The track draws on his longstanding interest in Cantopop and the cinema of Wong Kar-wai, including the films in which Wong appeared.
That connection also shaped the artwork, which features a Hong Kong photograph from cinematographer Christopher Doyle’s personal collection. Doyle worked on Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express, starring Faye Wong and Tony Leung.
The release brought renewed attention to Monsoon, sending the original song up music charts in China and Hong Kong as listeners revisited the recording behind the sample.
The impact beyond ticket sales
Alongside its commercial achievements, the tour raised US$8.5 million for humanitarian initiatives through the XO Humanitarian Fund and Global Citizen. Contributions supported hunger relief, education and opportunities for women and girls.
The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, became a World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador in 2021 and launched the XO Humanitarian Fund in 2022.
Fundraising was incorporated into the tour from its early stages, including a US$1 contribution from each ticket sold on the original North American run. His work with the fund has supported emergency food assistance in Gaza and Ethiopia, extending the concerts’ reach to communities far beyond their stadium audiences.
