In the past, the musician has donated towards COVID-19 relief and other causes
Rapper The Weeknd has announced the dates for his "After Hours Till Dawn" stadium tour, which will launch in his hometown of Toronto on July 8 and wrap up in Los Angeles on September 2 and then move overseas to North America. will be the chief.
Dates for Mexico, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Africa and the Middle East will be announced in the coming weeks. Full dates for the North American leg of the tour produced by Live Nation will appear below; Doja Cat supports on all dates, reports Variety.
The world's largest humanitarian organization fighting global hunger, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), has partnered with its Goodwill Ambassador Weekend to launch the XO Humanitarian Fund, in which it will donate $1 (Dh3.7) from each ticket. Contributing. The tour sold out in North America. The Weeknd will also donate $500,000 and the fund will be contributed $1 million by World Food Program USA.
According to the announcement, The Weeknd established the fund to support the UN World Food Program's critical food aid to communities on the brink of starvation in countries such as Ukraine, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Yemen.
The fund is administered by the World Food Program USA.
“The goal with this fund is to provide immediate life-saving assistance to those who are on the verge of starvation. I am so grateful to have WFP as a partner and for expanding our reach to those who need it most,” said The Weeknd (real name: Abel Tesfaye).
In 2020 and 2021, The Weeknd donated more than $2.5 million to COVID-19 relief and relief efforts for the famine in Ethiopia and the August 2020 explosion in Lebanon that killed more than 200 people.
“As he begins his global tour, the weekend is not only lighting up the lives of millions of his fans – he is also shining a light on the suffering of millions at risk from famine. The XO Humanitarian Fund, run by the World Food Programme, It's a new dawn in the struggle to end global hunger and WFP is proud to partner with Abel to save lives.
David Beasley, executive director of WFP, said in a statement that he is truly an inspiration to the next generation of humanitarians.
Fans who previously had tickets to the "After Hours" arena tour in North America - which was scheduled for 2020 and then canceled due to the pandemic - will have access to a special presale starting March 4, And an email will be received before that date. More details directly.
The tour marks the first concerts played by The Weeknd in support of their 2020 album "After Hours" and their recently released 'Dawn FM'.
According to the announcement, "The tour will reflect the creative journey in their most ambitious production to date, which continues for these two albums, creating a world within a world as we all have in various television appearances, music videos and short films." Watching. Bringing these first two parts of our trilogy to life."
Earlier this week, Prime Video launched 'The Weekend x The Dawn FM Experience', a musical special.