The Weeknd announces Glendale stadium show for May

The R&B maestro will visit Glendale's State Farm Stadium on May 9 as part of a North American tour.

January 31, 2025

The Weekend is set to launch a new stadium tour on May 9 in Glendale. Republic Records

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Earlier today, The Weekend released "Hurry Up Tomorrow," which we assume you've already been streaming all morning. Now, this summer, you'll have a chance to see Abel Tesfaye live and in person as he embarks on a stadium tour of North America. (Let's hope it just lives up to another stadium show of his from 2021.)

The latest leg of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour kicks off May 9 at Glendale's own State Farm Stadium, and includes support from rapper Playboi Carti and guest spots from producer Mike Dean. The tour runs through much of June, July and August at stadiums across the U.S. and Canada.

And you may want to take this opportunity to see The Weekend while you can. Not only because After Hours has been delayed before (it was slated for 2020 and didn't actually begin till 2022), but The Weekend may be retiring after 2025. More specifically, after 15 years as The Weeknd, Tesfaye wants to drop that stage name and perhaps do something fresh.

“It’s a headspace I’ve gotta get into that I just don’t have any more desire for," Tesfaye tells Variety (via iHeartRadio). "I feel like it comes with so much...You have a persona, but then you have the competition of it all."
Tickets are on sale Friday Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

The full list of North American tour dates is below. And for more local concert information, visit the Phoenix New Times concert calendar.

May 9, Phoenix, State Farm Stadium
May 24, Detroit, Mich., Ford Field
May 30, Chicago, Ill. Soldier Field Stadium
June 10, East Rutherford, N.J., MetLife Stadium
June 10, Foxborough, Mass., Gillette Stadium
June 14, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. Bank Stadium
June 21, Denver, Colo., Empower Field at Mile High
June 25, Inglewood, Calif., SoFi Stadium
June 26, Inglewood, Calif., SoFi Stadium
July 5, Las Vegas, Nev., Allegiant Stadium
July 8, Santa Clara, Calif., Levi’s Stadium
July 12, Seattle, Lumen Field
July 15, Vancouver, BC Place
July 19, Edmonton, Alberta, Commonwealth Stadium
July 24, Montreal, Parc Jean Drapeau
July 27, Toronto, Rogers Centre
July 28, Toronto, Rogers Centre
July 30, Philadelphia, Lincoln Financial Field
Aug. 02, Landover, Md., Northwest Stadium
Aug. 12, Nashville, Tenn., Nissan Stadium
Aug. 15, Miami Gardens, Fla., Hard Rock Stadium
Aug. 21, Atlanta, Ga., Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Aug. 24, Orlando, Fla., Camping World Stadium
Aug. 27, Arlington, Texas, AT&T Stadium
Aug. 30, Houston, Texas, NRG Stadium
Sept. 3, San Antonio, Texas, Alamodome

Chris Coplan spent time as the Phoenix New Times music editor in early 2025. He has been a professional writer since the 2010s, having started his professional career at Consequence. Since then, he's also been published with TIME, Complex, and other outlets. Chris started freelance writing with New Times in 2018 about all things music. He lives in Central Phoenix with his wife, stepdaughter, a dumb but lovable dog, and two bossy cats.

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