‘A Warm Welcome Home’: 6 Best Moments From The Weeknd’s Night 1 Concert at Toronto’s Rogers Centre

The Weeknd came home to Toronto for the first of four shows at Rogers Centre on Sunday (July 27).

It was an emotional night for the Ethiopian-Canadian star born Abel Tesfaye, who has lived in the U.S. for many years but still maintains strong connections to Toronto and Scarborough, the suburb where he grew up.

The Weeknd began his career in the city with a legendary debut performance at the Mod Club in 2011, but he’s since gone on to become one of the most successful artists of the streaming era. He’s now a major stadium draw, which was clearly evident on the hometown leg of his After Hours Til Dawn Tour, which includes visually ambitious (and expensive) costumes, lighting and production.

As he’s aimed to transition into TV and movies, with so far very mixed results in The Idol and the movie version of Hurry Up Tomorrow, he continues his cinematic approach onstage. Tesfaye has loudly hinted that 2025’s Hurry Up Tomorrow — the third in a trilogy of albums following 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Dawn FM — could be the end of his Weeknd persona. He still carries it on the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, but playing in front of his hometown fans offered many glimpses at the man behind the mask.

Here are the 6 best moments from The Weeknd’s first Rogers Centre stop of his After Hours Til Dawn Tour.

This article was originally published by Billboard Canada.