The Weeknd announce first ever World Tour!

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Grammy Award®-winning and multi-platinum selling music artist The Weeknd unveiled details behind his first-ever world tour – Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour.  Phase one of the North American and European spanning tour will kick off on Friday, Feb. 17 in Stockholm, Sweden at The Globe and visit 14 additional cities across Europe including Paris, London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Oslo, Copenhagen and more before heading to North America on Tuesday, April 25 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The North American leg of the tour will bring the genre-spanning artist to an additional 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada including stops in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Washington DC, Seattle and more.  Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the Starboy: Legend of the Fall World Tour 2017 will support the The Weeknd’s highly-anticipated new album, Starboy, due out Friday, Nov. 28 on XO/Republic Records.

Starting off his career anonymously, The Weeknd first broke into the music scene with the 2011 mixtape House of Balloons followed by studio album Kiss Land in 2013 and the widely recognized Beauty Behind the Madness that earned him two Grammy Awards in 2015, an RIAA triple-platinum certification for cumulative sales in excess of 3 million, 16 RIAA certifications from tracks alone with “The Hills” [7x-platinum], “Can’t Feel My Face” [5x-platinum], “Often” [2x-platinum], “In The Night” [platinum], and “Acquainted” [platinum]. “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” even garnered The Weeknd his first ever Academy Award® nomination in the category of “Best Original Song.” The Weeknd’s fourth full-length album “Starboy” is set for release November 25, 2016. The title track featuring Daft Punk broke the record for “Most Release Weekend Streams Ever” upon its release. In less than a week, the single amassed over 17 million streams globally and 6.5 million streams in the United States, becoming #1 Most Added at Top 40, Rhythm, Urban, and Hot AC.

THE WEEKND – LEGEND OF THE FALL 2017 WORLD TOUR
*All dates, cities and venues below subject to change.

Friday, February 17, 2017 Stockholm, Sweden The Globe
Sunday, February 19, 2017 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
Monday, February 20, 2017 Copenhagen, Denmark Royal Arena
Friday, February 24, 2017 Amsterdam, Holland Ziggo Dome
Sunday, February 26, 2017 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Paris, France AccorHotels Arena
Thursday, March 2, 2017 Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena
Friday, March 3, 2017 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis
Sunday, March 5, 2017 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 London, UK O2 Arena
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 London, UK O2 Arena
Friday, March 10, 2017 Glasgow, UK SSE Hydro
Saturday, March 11, 2017 Newcastle, UK Newcastle Arena
Monday, March 13, 2017 Birmingham, UK Barclaycard Arena
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Leeds, UK First Direct Arena
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Friday, April 28, 2017 San Jose, CA SAP Center
Saturday, April 29, 2017 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Phoenix, AZ Talking Stick Resort Arena
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Saturday, May 6, 2017 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Monday, May 9, 2016 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center
Friday, May 12, 2017 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena
Saturday, May 13, 2017 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
Thursday, May 18, 2017 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Friday, May 19, 2017 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburns Hills
Friday, May 26, 2017 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Sunday, May 28, 2017 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Quebec City, QC Videotron Centre
Friday, June 2, 2017 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Saturday, June 3, 2017 Nassau, NY Nassau Memorial Coliseum
Sunday, June 4, 2017 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
Friday, June 9, 2017 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
Tickets are on-sale from 10am on Friday 4th November priced at Regional £40/£35/£30 adv. London £45/£40/£35 adv. (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
Danny Peart
Danny Pearthttps://www.dannypeartphotography.co.uk
Editor / Live Music Photographer / Journalist at Soundcheck-Live

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