The Weeknd will perform an exclusive one-night-only concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil this September, it was announced on Wednesday (July 17).
The show will take place on Sunday, September 7, at the Estádio MorumBIS and will feature a “never-before-seen production,” according to a press release. Produced by Live Nation, the Brazil show comes nine months after the superstar appeared in Sao Paulo for two nights during his After Hours Til Dawn tour. The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) performed at Allianz Parque on October 10 and 11, 2023 and performed at Estádio Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro on October 7.
The second leg of The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn tour grossed $192.5 million and ranked eighth on Billboard Boxscore's Top Tours of 2023.
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tickets will be available with an artist presale on Monday, July 22nd at 10am. BRT. Additional pre-sales will be held throughout the week leading up to the general sale, which begins on Thursday, July 25 at 10am. BRT on TheWeeknd.com/SaoPaulo.
The Weeknd, who is a United Nations World Food Program Goodwill Ambassador, will partner with the UN World Food Program to contribute $1 from every ticket sold for the Sao Paulo special show to the XO Humanitarian Fund, which supports the agency's response to the unprecedented global hunger crisis.
The “Popular” hitmaker recently became the first Canadian artist to achieve seven diamond-certified singles, following the RIAA's certification of Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Save Your Tears” and “Die for You”. He is also the fourth artist overall to score seven or more diamond tracks, which mark at least 10 million equivalent sales units.
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