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On June 10 and 11, The Weeknd, or Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, was slated to perform in Boston for his "After Hours Til Dawn" tour.
Abel Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd, has hit a significant milestone in his music career. The 3-year-old pop icon was recently announced as the highest-grossing black male artist to ever ...
After three sold-out nights at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, made ...
Last November, a MIDiA Research report put indie labels' global market share at 46.7% - and that has come with plenty of ...
Popular American rapper Playboi Carti expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Blinding Lights hitmaker The Weeknd as he joined the latter on stage for a performance at New York's MetLife Stadium in t ...
The Weeknd, who is transitioning his stage name to his given name, Abel Tesfaye, is a proud Canadian of Ethiopian descent. Born in Toronto into an Ethiopian home, Tesfaye says both identities “keep me ...
Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye and writer/director Trey Edward Shults on the set of ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’Andrew Cooper/Lionsgate Shults described the long phone calls as a form of therapy session.
LAS VEGAS − Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is a certified smash. Tesfaye, the movie star, is more of an unknown commodity. Audiences get to see both at work in the ...
“Hurry Up Tomorrow” is likely as bleak a film as you’ll see this year. In it, multi-platinum and Grammy-winning musician The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) stars as a fictional version of himself, spinning a ...
As for what he’s planning next should he really retire the Weeknd brand, Tesfaye said: “We’re brainstorming it right now. I feel like we don’t have any definite answers, but I haven’t ...
Abel Tesfaye is continuing to solidify himself as an actor, and on Tuesday night debuted his starring role in Hurry Up Tomorrow. Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, plays a fictionalized version of ...