The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour has sold 3M tickets and grossed $440M in 2026 alone, becoming the highest-grossing male solo tour ever
The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour has now sold more than 3 million tickets and grossed over $440 million in 2026 alone, according to figures released by promoter Live Nation as the Canadian superstar opened the European and UK leg of the tour with a sold-out performance at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on June 11.
Those numbers, staggering in isolation, sit inside a larger figure that formally reclassifies what is possible for a male solo touring artist: since launching in July 2022 in Philadelphia, the tour has now sold more than 7.5 million tickets across 153 shows and surpassed $1 billion in global gross, making it the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist, surpassing records previously held by Beyoncé and Bruno Mars in the R&B genre category and now transcending genre classification entirely.
The Etihad Stadium show drew close to 43,000 fans, with The Weeknd emerging to “Baptized in Fear” accompanied by 30 dancers cloaked in red. The production featured a new gold statue designed by Hajime Sorayama, sprawling golden ruins, rings suspended across the stage, lasers, and flames, alongside setlist additions from Hurry Up Tomorrow including “Cry For Me” and “São Paulo.” Catalog staples “Starboy,” “Can’t Feel My Face,” and “Blinding Lights” anchored the show’s final stretch. The 2026 European and UK leg marks the second time the tour has crossed the region, following its 2023 leg which included sold-out stops in Dublin, Stockholm, Madrid, and Prague.
The Numbers in Context: What $1 Billion in Gross Actually Means
The scale of this tour requires context to land properly. According to Billboard Boxscore, the tour had already grossed $735.8 million and sold 5.8 million tickets through its May 1 performance date before the 2026 European and UK leg even began. The 2026 figures now push those totals to over $1 billion and 7.5 million tickets. For comparison, the highest-grossing tour of any kind remains Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at over $2 billion across 149 shows. The After Hours Til Dawn Tour has now appeared in the top 10 of Billboard’s annual Top Tours chart for three of the last four years.
Live Nation president of global touring Omar Al-Joulani said in a statement: “The Weeknd continues to redefine what it means to be a global touring artist. 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.” Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino described the company as heading into a “record-breaking 2026” earlier this year. Live Nation reported annual revenues of $25.2 billion in 2025, up 9 percent year-over-year, with 159 million people attending its shows. The tour’s success is both a product of and a driver of that growth.
Asia Dates, Humanitarian Partnerships, and What Comes Next
The After Hours Til Dawn Tour has one final leg remaining. Originally announced as 11 stadium dates in Asia, the run has since expanded to 17 shows due to overwhelming demand, with stops in Tokyo, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur. That final Asian leg, set for this fall, will push every cumulative figure higher before the tour formally concludes.
The 2026 European and UK leg also carries a humanitarian component. The Weeknd partnered with Global Citizen and the United Nations World Food Programme for the run, with one euro from each European ticket and one pound from each UK ticket donated to the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund and the XO Humanitarian Fund respectively. For an artist who began his career uploading anonymous tracks to YouTube in 2010, the scale of what After Hours Til Dawn has become is difficult to overstate. Three million tickets in six months is not a number that invites easy comparison. It simply stands.
