Over the weekend, Canadian hitmaker The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) performed the first two shows on his After Hours Til Dawn tour of Australia.
Performing at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, the singer played the hits you’d expect – Starboy, Blinding Lights, Save Your Tears, Take My Breath, I Feel It Coming, Can’t Feel My Face – and then some, also premiering new songs for his devoted Melbourne audience. If you don’t like setlist spoilers, look away now, as we have a HUGE setlist to dig into.
For The Weeknd’s first night at Marvel Stadium (Saturday, 5 October), fans were treated to tour debuts of songs from the singer’s forthcoming album, Hurry Up Tomorrow.
Tour debuts included The Crowd, Wake Me Up, Too Late (used as an interlude into Take My Breath), São Paulo, Timeless, Repeat After Me (Interlude), Regular, Take Me Back To LA, and Dancing In The Flames. The following night, The Weeknd shared the tour debut of Run Away, also from Hurry Up Tomorrow.
Aside from the hits and new songs, The Weeknd also performed three covers throughout the 32-song setlist, and they were Creepin’ (Metro Boomin cover), In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) by Peter Ivers and David Lynch, and Moth To A Flame (Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd cover). You can check out the setlist from Melbourne night one here, and Melbourne night two below.
Live Review: The Weeknd @ Marvel Stadium, Melbourne 05/10/2024
The Weeknd @ Marvel Stadium, Melbourne on Sunday, 6 October 2024 – Setlist
The Crowd
Wake Me Up
After Hours
Too Late (Interlude)
Take My Breath
Sacrifice
How Do I Make You Love Me?
Can’t Feel My Face
House Of Balloons
Starboy
Party Monster
Run Away (Tour debut)
Faith
Often
São Paulo
Heartless
The Hills
Creepin’ (Metro Boomin cover)
Take Me Back To LA
Out Of Time
I Feel It Coming
Die For You
Is There Someone Else?
I Was Never There
Wicked Games (Shortened)
Call Out My Name
Save Your Tears
Less Than Zero
Blinding Lights
In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) (Peter Ivers & David Lynch cover)
Encore:
Dancing In The Flames
Moth To A Flame (Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd cover)
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No release date for The Weeknd’s forthcoming album has been announced at the time of publication.
According to a press release, Hurry Up Tomorrow “represents the creative apex of the project, serving as the third and final chapter [following 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM] crafted with existential and self-referential themes as seen with the latest visionary teasers that have set fans ablaze with anticipation for this concluding instalment.”
You can pre-order the album on vinyl and CD here.
Following the weekend’s Melbourne dates, The Weeknd’s Australian shows continue in Sydney on Tuesday, 22 October, and Wednesday, 23 October. He’ll be performing at Accor Stadium – everything you need to know about purchasing tickets is here.
