The Weeknd’s postponed tour of Australia is now canceled and ticket homeowners will likely be refunded.
The Canadian R&B celebrity had initially scheduled an 11-date stadium tour of Australia and New Zealand, winding its approach throughout each international locations final November and December.
Then, two weeks earlier than the After Hours Til Daybreak Tour was because of kick off, the trek was shelved “because of unexpected circumstances.”
An announcement issued on the time confirmed that new dates could be introduced for 2024 and present tickets will likely be legitimate for these new exhibits.
That’s now not the case. Although alternative dates have been by no means introduced, an announcement confirms the present 2023 tour will likely be cancelled, whereas Stay Nation, which was producing the tour, continues to research a rescheduled trek.
“The Weeknd ‘After Hours Til Daybreak Tour’ for Australia & New Zealand continues to be in technique of being rescheduled,” reads an announcement from LN, seen by Billboard. “While we proceed to work by the rescheduling course of with the artist, tickets for the present 2023 tour will likely be cancelled with all ticket holders receiving a full refund accordingly.”
Ticket holders of the The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Daybreak Tour’ exhibits who beforehand held on to their tickets will be capable of entry a precedence buy window for the brand new tour in Australia and New Zealand when introduced, the message reads, linking to a precedence waitlist. All present ticket holders will obtain an computerized refund.
The tour was initially introduced final August with simply 4 exhibits, visiting every of Australia’s massive three east coast cities — Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane — and together with a single date in Auckland, NZ.
Further dates have been added final September, boosting the itinerary to 11 throughout each markets.
The Weeknd’s tour is scrapped as Australia’s festivals market navigates turbulent waters. In latest weeks, the 2024 editions of Splendour within the Grass, Mona Foma, and Groovin The Moo, with mushy ticket gross sales taking part in a component in every story.
The inaugural Soundcheck report, printed by Inventive Australia, discovered the local weather for working a competition was a “extremely advanced” one, with occasion organizers challenged with myriad points, from quickly growing prices, altering ticket shopping for habits and extra.
Regardless of the scenario Down Beneath, The Weeknd continues to pump out the hits. In latest days, Abel Tesfaye turned simply the 18th artist to chart at the least 100 profession hits on the Sizzling 100, due to a pair of visitor appearances on Future and Metro Boomin’s new Billboard 200 No. 1 album We Nonetheless Don’t Belief You: the set’s title monitor, which debuts at No. 22, and “All to Myself,” which begins at No. 67.
Within the U.S., he has landed seven No. 1s on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and 4 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200.
On Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart, printed final Friday, April 19, the Weeknd’s hits assortment The Highlights lifts 8-4 in its 167th week on the tally. It’s triple-platinum licensed in Australia.
