Music news: The Weeknd debuts new song 'Tokyo' with Yoko Takahashi in Japan
The Weeknd kicked off the final stretch of his record-breaking stadium tour with a tribute to one of Japan's most iconic anime series, debuting a brand new song built around a 30-year-old theme song, writes Music News Blitz’s Likhanye Lolo.
The Canadian singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, played the first of two shows at Belluna Dome in Saitama on September 19, opening the Japan and wider tour dates of his After Hours Til Dawn tour.
Music analysis: A look at The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Dawn Tour’
The Weeknd is bringing his ‘After Hour Til Dawn’ tour back to the UK this summer for his final European leg of the worldwide tour that initially started in 2022 in Philadelphia.
The tour became the highest-grossing tour by a male solo artist in history, shattering the $1 billion revenue mark, writes Music News Blitz’s Spencer Oza.