The Weeknd now owns the biggest tour ever by a male artist. His “After Hours Til Dawn” tour wrapped with more than $1.3 billion in ticket revenue, according to Live Nation, passing Elton John‘s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” run, which grossed about $939.1 million.
The tour sold more than nine million tickets across 176 shows in 67 cities and 30 countries on five continents. It began in July 2022 and closed this week at TM National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
The final stretch ran hot. The Asian leg started with 11 announced dates and grew to 17 sold-out shows, including four nights at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium, three in Bangkok and an added Kuala Lumpur night.
Only a couple of tours sit above him. Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour topped $2 billion and Coldplay‘s Music of the Spheres Tour passed $1.5 billion. That puts The Weeknd third on the all-time list and first among men.
Along the way, he set stadium records in cities across North America, including six shows at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, a record for a male solo artist there. The tour also raised $8.5 million for the XO Humanitarian Fund and Global Citizen.
For an artist who rose from the underground R&B scene, the scale is hard to overstate. A tour built on a cinematic, nocturnal stage show has become the biggest male-led run the industry has seen.
