The Weeknd has never been shy about his complicated past. Here's what we know about his history with substance use.

The Weeknd surprised attendees and viewers of the 2025 Grammy Awards with an unexpected performance during Sunday night's ceremony. The four-time Grammy winner has been publicly boycotting the ...

Including sales figures for his upcoming 2026 dates across Mexico, Brazil, Europe and the UK, the tour has now sold more than 7.5 million tickets and grossed over $1 billion across 153 dates. The tour ...

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One headline-making real estate deal in the South Florida market is illustrating just how celebrity capital is reshaping the landscape. Pop music icon The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – is ...

Global superstar The Weeknd has released the official music video for “Big Sleep” from his critically acclaimed album Hurry Up Tomorrow via XO and Republic Records. Directed by Gaspar Noé, the surreal ...

If you thought the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour was over, then you simply thought wrong. The musician has announced more dates on the years-long tour, with the new shows taking place ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, ...

FILE: The Weeknd performs during The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) (Prince Williams, 2025 Prince Williams) According to NRG officials, The Weeknd is said to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. 2025 is another huge year for The Weeknd, though it’s not as if he ...

Earlier this year, pop juggernaut The Weeknd publicly flirted with the idea of hanging up his stage name upon completion of his recent album trilogy. Now, the real-life Abel Tesfaye is putting a ...

No pop artist today has a more tangled relationship to a venue than the Weeknd has with SoFi Stadium. First, he chose SoCal’s flagship stadium as the site to film the denouement of his cult-campy HBO ...