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The Weeknd Officially Has Highest-Grossing Tour by Male Soloist in History with 'After Hours Til Dawn': $1.B Sold

Live Nation said the four-year stadium run sold more than 9 million tickets and raised $8.5 million for charity.

  • On Wednesday, Nov. 4, global superstar The Weeknd concluded his historic After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour at TM Stadium National in Kuala Lumpur, bringing the four-year run's total gross to over $1.3 billion.
  • Spanning 176 shows across 67 cities, 30 countries, and five continents since July 2022, the massive production sold more than 9 million tickets across North America, Europe, the UK, Latin America, and Australia.
  • The tour donated $8.5 million to the XO Humanitarian Fund and Global Citizen, surpassing Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which earned $939 million from 330 shows between 2018 and 2023.
  • In Hong Kong, The Weeknd sold nearly 200,000 tickets across the tour's record-breaking 17-date Asia leg; he also recently released the song 'Hong Kong' featuring Cantopop icon Faye Wong.
  • Tour promoter Live Nation confirmed the tour ranks third-largest in history, surpassed only by Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour and Coldplay's Music of the Spheres .
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The Canadian world star is now the highest-grossing male touring artist in world history, according to a press release from Live Nation.

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It took him 176 shows in 67 cities across thirty countries on five continents: Canadian R&B and pop artist The Weeknd has earned a staggering 1.3 billion dollars with his After Hours til Dawn Tour. That is the highest amount ever earned for a male solo artist's world tour. His tour promoter Live Nation announced this last night, shortly after his final performance in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. With his tour, which began in July 2022 a…

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