A Starboy On The Road: The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ Trek Claims No. 6 On Top Tours Chart

‘AFTER HOURS TIL DAWN 2025 TOUR’
Gross: $306,255, 590
Tickets Sold: 2,005,301
Avg. Ticket Price: $152.72
No. of Dates: 42

The Weeknd has ascended to heights very few artists have reached. The global megastar officially joined the billion-dollar tour club, an exclusive group that includes only two other acts: Taylor Swift, whose “Eras Tour” smashed nearly every touring record imaginable, and Coldplay.

The Canadian singer-songwriter achieved the insane milestone by extending his “After Hours Til Dawn Tour” with another North American leg in 2025, and that run propelled him to No. 5 on Pollstar’s 2025 Year End Top 200 Tours Worldwide chart with a gross of $306,255,590 off 2,005,301 tickets sold.

That total, along with upcoming 2026 sold-out shows in Mexico, South America, Europe and the United Kingdom, helped The Weeknd’s stadium trek surpass $1 billion in ticket sales, making it the top-earning tour by a solo male artist, according to Live Nation.

“The Weeknd continues to redefine what it means to be a global touring artist,” Omar Al-joulani, Live Nation’s president of touring, said in a statement. “Crossing the billion-dollar mark is a testament to his staying power and the incredible demand for his live show. Year after year, he sells out stadiums around the world, and the ‘After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour’ now stands as one of the biggest of all time — a true reflection of his artistry and impact.”

It was a bumpy road to get there, but The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesafaye, overcame ongoing production delays, including switching from arenas to stadiums, to make history.

“After Hours Til Dawn” began with a North American leg in the summer of 2022, and the singer then embarked for Europe and the U.K. in the following year before visiting Latin America. He performed only four last year in Australia but resumed the tour in 2025 with concerts in the U.S. and Canada. In total, The Weeknd has performed 153 concerts over three years.

The Weeknd made a triumphant return to Los Angeles and played four sold-out nights at SoFi Stadium, grossing a whopping $34 million from 199,290 tickets. Those four shows across five nights set a record at the venue. With six concerts at SoFi Stadium throughout his run, The Weeknd has performed more shows at Southern California’s NFL stadium than any other male solo artist.

It’s one of many records the influential pop star set this year. Tesafaye is also the top-grossing Black male artist in the history of venues in New York, Denver, Santa Clara, Seattle, Edmonton, Montreal, Orlando, Arlington and Houston, according to Live Nation.

The superstar scored a major haul last summer at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where he performed three nights and grossed a total of $29,796,461 off 162,832 tickets.

“Very few artists reach this level of global touring success,” Creative Artists Agency Head of Global Touring Darryl Eaton told the Associated Press. “It’s truly rarefied air, and being part of the team supporting Abel’s ascent to this milestone is one of the proudest moments of my career.”

The stadium run that began three years ago is a far cry from the venues he performed at during his first headline tour in 2012. One of the shows from that first trek was at The Showbox in Seattle, and the sold-out concert grossed $38,420. Thirteen years later, The Weeknd sells out Lumen Field, home of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, and hauls in $9,969,625.

That is quite the journey for the multihyphenate star—who has also starred in a television series and film in the past three years—and The Weeknd’s party will go well past dawn in 2026 with 48 shows in Latin America, Europe and the U.K., setting him up to shatter even more touring records across the globe.