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The Weeknd is finally ready to bring his After Hours Til Dawn Tour to UK shores, having wowed crowds across the US with the show last year.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to 398 artists and executives to join the organization.Notable names among this year's invitees include Taylor Swift — nominated for her musical contributions to films like and — 2023 Best Actor nominees Austin Butler and Paul Mescal, Keke Palmer, Bill Hader, and The Weeknd, professionally known as Abel Makkonen Tesfaye.Other notable invitees include several members of the team, including Best Supporting Actor winner Ke Huy Quan and his co-star and fellow 2023 nominee Stephanie Hsu, as well the writing-directing team The Daniels, who won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at this year's ceremony without being able to vote for themselves.Eight of this year's invitees — including The Daniels — were invited by multiple branches, and must select one branch to join upon accepting membership. «The Academy is proud to welcome these artists and professionals into our membership.

It’s that time of year again. The time when Academy membership dreams are met or (in some cases) crushed.

The Weeknd is finally ready to bring his After Hours Til Dawn Tour to UK shores, having wowed crowds across the US with the show last year.

The Weeknd is finally ready to bring his After Hours Til Dawn Tour to UK shores, having wowed crowds across the US with the show last year.

The Weeknd secures the Official biggest album of 2023 to date with The Highlights, the Official Charts Company can reveal. 

The Weeknd abruptly cut short a sold-out show after telling 70,000 booing fans he had lost his voice. The ‘Earned It’ singer, 32, said he couldn’t carry on during his second sold-out concert at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Saturday night. (03.

The Weeknd abruptly canceled his Los Angeles concert moments after he began singing Saturday night at SoFi Stadium amid vocal concerns. Fans packed the newly-built, 70,000-seat arena in Inglewood, California, for the second, sold-out night of his "After Hours Til Dawn" global stadium tour, only to be left disappointed a few songs into the show when he pulled the plug on the entire production. He later tweeted, "My voice went out during the first song and I'm devastated.

It wasn’t a long weekend for The Weeknd Saturday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The performer stopped his sold-out show during the third song of his set, abruptly walking off the stage.

pic.twitter.com/42ZgKZIkmu"I mean, not the best timing," a user said while attaching a screenshot of a Twitter feed that shows The Weeknd's nondescript tweet sandwiched in between news stories of the invasion.After the tweet marinated for more than two hours, the rapper, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, essentially resigned himself to ignorance and decided to delay the announcement of his mysterious project.unfortunately i'm just now seeing what's happening with the conflict and will pause on tomorrow's announcement.

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The Weeknd has really earned it. The Dawn FM singer has overtaken Justin Bieber as the artist with the most listeners on Spotify.

The Weeknd has really earned it. The singer has overtaken Justin Bieber as the artist with the most listeners on Spotify.The Weeknd, who also goes by Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, broke the record Saturday after amassing 85.66 million monthly listeners.

Grammy bosses are not "affected" or "offended" by Weeknd boycotting the awards. The 31-year-old star - real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye - decided to stop submitting his music for consideration after his album 'After Hours' was not nominated for a single award at the 2021 ceremony.

Michelle Obama shocked fans with a surprise appearance at the Brit Awards on Tuesday night in a chic V-neck gown.  The 57-year-old attended the ceremony via video call to present The Weeknd, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, with the award for International Male Solo Artist.

Selena Gomez, 28, and The Weeknd, 31, may have had a short-lived relationship, but it was definitely memorable for their fans, and clearly important to the two stars. Over the years since their fall 2017 split, the former flames have vaguely referenced their relationship in their music.

Creative Artists Agency has signed The Weeknd in all areas worldwide. The Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, is eyeing new partnerships and ventures via his tie-up with the Hollywood agency.

The mystery of the missing “e” at last explained.

The Weeknd is clearing up some rumors about his anticipated Super Bowl LV halftime performance. The "Blinding Lights" singer -- born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye in Toronto -- revealed the format of his show on Feb.

the pop powerhouse told Billboard, noting that his collection of gilded gramophone trophies are totally insignificant to him now.“Look, I personally don’t care anymore. I have three Grammys, which mean nothing to me now, obviously,” The Weeknd, real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, insisted. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, I want the Grammy!’ It’s just that this happened, and I’m down to get in front of the fire, as long as it never happens again.

The Weeknd takes performance art to another level.

The Weeknd is sporting a drastically different look. On Tuesday, the 30-year-old musician dropped a music video to accompany the song "Save Your Tears," from his acclaimed album "After Hours." In the video, the singer -- born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye -- can be seen with drastic facial alterations making him nearly unrecognizable.

The Weeknd is calling out the Grammys after receiving zero nominations.  On Tuesday, the artist, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, tweeted: "The Grammys remain corrupt." He added that the Recording Academy "owes" him, his fans as well as the music industry "transparency." According to Vulture, The Weeknd's album, "After Hours," which was released in March, spent four weeks on the Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum four times.

The Weeknd has called out the Grammys after he failed to receive any nominations for the 2021 awards for his latest album, ‘After Hours’.In a tweet posted today (November 25), The Weeknd – aka Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – said the Grammys “remain corrupt” and that the organisation “owe me, my fans and the industry transparency”.The Grammys remain corrupt.

 The Weeknd  is following in  Jennifer Lopez  and  Shakira ’s footsteps. Pepsi, the NFL and Roc Nation announced on Thursday that the Starboy singer will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show next year.

If you’re looking up The Weeknd’s “Snowchild” lyrics about Selena Gomez, chances are it’s because you’re also shook at the fact that Sel’s former flame—real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye—just so happened to drop his music video for the song on her literal birthday. Coincidence? I think not.

Yeasayer voluntarily dismissed the copyright lawsuit against The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar over their Black Panther: The Album highlight "Pray For Me."In this dismissal obtained by Billboard today (July 10), the indie rock band and its record label We Are Free "confirmed to their satisfaction that no copyright infringement occurred" by the defendants The Weeknd (real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye), Lamar (Kendrick Lamar Duckworth), Canadian producers Doc McKinney (Martin "Doc" McKinney) and Frank

"Like all good things, it happened in Las Vegas," says The Weeknd about how a random meeting between his manager and American Dad! writer Joel Hurwitz led to the singer co-writing both an episode and a song for the show, in which the Smith family kidnaps him. Here, The Weeknd, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, explains why he's been a fervent fan of the animated series for years.

Is Selena Gomez singing about The Weeknd?

With their idol’s deluxe version of her latest album Rare out now, Selenators can’t stop replaying the three new tracks that this release brought along with it. Among those are Selena Gomez’s “Souvenir,” with lyrics about The Weeknd. Fans realized that the vibey track may have included a subtle reference to the songstress’s ex, The Weeknd—whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye—during the chorus.

Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd​’s Black Panther soundtrack collaboration “Pray for Me” gave both artists another chart success in February 2018, when the hard-charging track peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.