Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is perhaps the sought-after artist in the world right now. But, if his real name doesn’t ring a bell, his stage name most certainly will; The Weeknd has been in the spotlight for over a decade but never more than he has been over the past year. Abel’s latest album, After Hours, shook the musical world when it was first released. However, the fact that The Weeknd still has yet to perform it live has only added to the anticipation of his world tour premiere on January 14th, 2021, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

If everything goes to plan, The Weeknd will have 104 shows on his world tour, with the first two coming in Vancouver. Able hasn’t performed any of the songs from After Hours in authentic concert fashion but has performed on a late-night talk show before the album was released and, of course, at the last Super Bowl in Tampa Bay between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs.

After Hours features several songs you have almost certainly heard on the radio or social media. Blinding Lights, the first song ever that has spent over a year inside the billboard top 10, Save Your Tears, After Hours, Heartless, and In Your Eyes are some of the best-charted songs from the album. As a fan of The Weeknd, I can definitely say that he has made the last year of a pandemic-filled lifestyle more endurable. I, just like millions of people all over the world, have surely sat back at the end of a difficult day and played some of The Weeknd’s album to help ease the mind. Faith and Hardest To Love have been my go-too.

Vancouver is quite fortunate to have The Weeknd kick off his world tour there. A world tour that is no ordinary world tour, it’s perhaps the most anticipated sting of concerts of the last decade, and it all kicks off at Rogers Arena

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