Abel Tesfaye Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

The Weeknd has announced a new ‘Dawn FM’ TV special, airing this weekend on Amazon Prime Video.The special, titled The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience and based on Abel Tesfaye’s recent studio album, will arrive on the streaming service on Saturday (February 26).Described as an immersive special, the TV show will also be released as an eight-track live EP on the Amazon Music platform.Speaking about the project, which was created by The Weeknd alongside La Mar C. Taylor, and is directed by Micah Bickham, Tesfaye said: “I’m ecstatic to partner with Amazon to premiere the most elaborate live TV special I’ve ever done.“Welcome to the next phase of ‘Dawn FM’ — a purgatory otherworld where live performance, theater, and performance art collide for a night out at the club.”Watch a trailer for the new special below.‘Dawn FM’, The Weeknd’s fifth studio album, was released last month (January 7), serving as the sequel to his 2020 full-length ‘After Hours’.

The Weeknd has shared the heartfelt message he received from his mother to mark his 32nd birthday. The “Blinding Lights” artist, real name Abel Tesfaye, tweeted a screenshot of the text exchange with his mother, Samra. “February 16 @2:45 pm the Star is born Happy Birthday Abel,” his mother told him.

Ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd… is still playing the field we guess??

The Weeknd is hitting the town with a new lady love Simi Khadra — and she just happens to be a friend of his ex, Bella Hadid. In photos you can see here, the musician, 31, and the DJ, 29, were spotted out in West Hollywood leaving Sunset Tower hotel after an intimate dinner date. According to the Daily Mail, the pair were first linked last April as an item and Bella reportedly unfollowed both of them on social media, causing a lot of stir about what exactly was going down behind-the-scenes.

Love in the sky! Throughout his tenure in the spotlight, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) is no stranger to high-profile relationships, romancing the likes of Bella Hadid, Selena Gomez and more.

The Weeknd has broken a new Spotify record, dethroning Justin Bieber as the artist with the most monthly listeners on the platform.After releasing new album ‘Dawn FM’ earlier this month, which missed out on the Number One spot on the Billboard 200 album chart by just 2,300 copies, Abel Tesfaye has now risen to have 85,667,564 monthly listeners on Spotify, the highest of any artist right now.The title had previously been held by Bieber for nearly a year, and The Weeknd’s fellow Canadian contemporary still holds the title for being the first artist ever to cross the 90 million monthly listener mark, which he gained just last month.The Weeknd’s fifth studio album ‘Dawn FM’ was released earlier this month (January 7), serving as the sequel to his 2020 full-length ‘After Hours’. Tesfaye has hinted that the new album might be part of a “trilogy” of albums.

Angelina Jolie, 46, looked like a doting mother with great taste during her latest family shopping trip! The actress rocked a long black coat and heeled black boots when she stopped by Bed, Bath & Beyond in the Big Apple with her daughter Zahara, 17, and son Maddox, 20, on Jan. 17. The trio was photographed walking outside the store’s building and looked relaxed and happy together.

EXCLUSIVE: A24 has brought in former HBO and Amazon Studios TV executive Nick Hall to oversee creative for the company’s growing television slate.

We may finally have some deets on the elusive relationship between The Weeknd and Angelina Jolie…

Secret messages? Listeners were quick to decode The Weeknd’s lyrics when he dropped his new album Dawn FM — and some fans think they caught clues about his rumored relationship with Angelina Jolie.

Ten years ago today, The Weeknd shared his mixtape Echoes of Silence, the third full-length project in the now-legendary hat trick from the then-underground Toronto R&B artist. Today, Abel Tesfaye is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, so he can afford the very fancy-looking video for the Echoes of Silence title track, streaming above.

Over the past few months The Weeknd has become a staple of the feature slot. He's collaborated with everyone from Rosalia to Swedish House Mafia and Post Malone, covering all bases.

Aaliyah and The Weeknd are set to appear together on a new collaborative single, ‘Poison’.The team-up is set for release tomorrow (December 17) via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire ahead of a posthumous studio album by Aaliyah, which is due at a later date.The Weeknd sampled the late R&B star’s 2001 track ‘Rock The Boat’ on his 2011 ‘Trilogy’ song ‘What You Need’.

The Weeknd‘s 2020 mega hit ‘Blinding Lights’ has officially been crowned the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.The song, which appeared on Abel Tesfaye’s ‘After Hours’ album and was released at the end of 2019, has now spent 90 weeks in the charts.In that time, it set a new record for most weeks in the Top Five of the chart (43), Top 10 (57 weeks) and Top 40 (86 weeks).

The Weeknd’s drama series The Idol has been given the green light from HBO, with Troye Sivan and seven others joining the cast.According to Variety, the US network has formally ordered the six-episode series, which The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – stars in and has co-written and executive produced.Originally announced in June as being in development, The Idol follows a female pop singer who enters into a relationship with a cult leader and self-help guru.

The Weeknd's series, .The network also confirmed that Troye Sivan, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Suzanna Son, Steve Zissis, Anne Heche, Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe and Nico Hiraga have all been added to the cast.

The Weeknd‘s upcoming HBO drama series The Idol has officially been ordered to series and there are eight new cast members that were just announced!

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared the official video for their recent collaborative single, ‘One Right Now’ – tune in below.Arriving earlier this month, the synth-driven team-up serves as the first taste of Post’s upcoming fourth album.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared a collaborative new track, ‘One Right Now’ – listen below.Teased earlier this week, the synthy team-up begins with Abel Tesfaye addressing a lover who’s been “fuckin’ with my feelings“.

She’s a pro. Angelina Jolie knew exactly how to dodge a question about The Weeknd while keeping her cool.

Angelina Jolie is remaining mum about her friendship with The Weeknd. The Academy Award winner, 46, and her Eternals co-star Salma Hayek appeared on E! News’ Daily Pop on Tuesday, Oct. 25 to promote their upcoming Marvel film. When the interviewer alluded to her recent dinner outings with the singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, Angelina smiled and avoided discussions about her pal, as seen in the clip below.

Kelly Clarkson has covered The Weeknd‘s ‘Call Out My Name’ for her TV show.Her powerful take on the track, from Abel Tesfaye’s 2018 EP ‘My Dear Melancholy’, is just one of a number of covers she has performed on The Kelly Clarkson Show recently.

Later this year, progressive house supergroup Swedish House Mafia will share their debut album Paradise Again. This week, they'll drop "Moth To A Flame," a new collaboration with The Weeknd, and on Tuesday, a snippet of the track emerged on Abel Tesfaye's social media pages.

Is Angelina Jolie rekindling her romance with ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller despite dating rumors with The Weeknd?! Based on a recent outing between the two, it could be a possibility…

The Ninth Circuit appeals court in the US has declined to overturn a judgement in a lower court that dismissed a song-theft claim against The Weeknd by British songwriters Brian Clover, Scott McCulloch and Billy Smith.

Angelina Jolie "lights up" at the mention of The Weeknd. The 'Maleficent' star and the 'Blinding Lights' singer - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - were recently seen having dinner together and although they insist they're "just friends", it's been suggested that their dynamic could evolve into a romance.

Angelina Jolie and The Weeknd continue to fuel dating rumors after the two were spotted out in Los Angeles together. The "Maleficent" actress, 46, and the "After Hours" singer, 31, were snapped leaving Giorgio Baldi restaurant in matching all-black outfits and masks.

Are they or aren’t they, already?!

Could love be in the air? Angelina Jolie has been spotted out in Los Angeles once again with singer The Weeknd.

The Weeknd has been hit with a plagiarism lawsuit over his track ‘Call Out My Name’.The singer – real name Abel Tesfaye – and his collaborators Nicolas Jaar and Frank Duke on the song, from 2018 mini-album ‘My Dear Melancholy’, are also implicated in the court case filed by producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, as are Universal Music Group.Fox and Strange claim that ‘Call Out My Name’, which has over 700million views on YouTube, lifted elements from their 2015 track ‘Vibeking’, writing in

The Weeknd has teased what appears to be new music with Swedish House Mafia.Abel Tesfaye took to his Instagram account to post two snippets of audio and tagged the dance band.The short clips feature the lyrics: “Like a moth to a flame,” before a message flashes up saying “to be continued”.

The Weeknd has shared a new alternate video for ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ to celebrate six years of his second album – watch it below.Abel Tesfaye’s record ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ came out this week in 2015, and the singer has taken the opportunity to celebrate the milestone.The official video for ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ in 2015 saw The Weeknd perform the song to a sparse and apathetic audience in a hotel lounge, before they perk up after the singer is set alight.The new video, however, is a

The Weeknd has spent a whopping $70 million on a Bel-Air Mansion. The 'Take My Breath' hitmaker - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - paid mega-bucks for the luxurious pad which overlooks Bel-Air Country Club and wasn't even up for sale.

The Weeknd has spent a whopping $70 million on a Bel-Air mansion, complete with a outdoor infinity pool and music studio, in one of the largest real estate deals closed in Los Angeles this year. The Take My Breath hitmaker - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - paid mega-bucks for the luxurious pad, which overlooks Bel-Air Country Club and wasn't even up for sale.

The Weeknd‘s second mixtape, ‘Thursday’, has landed on streaming services for the first time for its 10th anniversary.The Canadian pop star announced the news yesterday (August 18) – a decade on from the mixtape’s release – with an Instagram Story of multi-coloured balloons floating by a door.It follows The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, releasing the original ‘House Of Balloons’ mixtape for its 10th anniversary on March 25 this year.

The Weeknd‘s huge 2019 single ‘Blinding Lights’ has broken the record for the most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.The track, which appeared on Abel Tesfaye’s ‘After Hours’ album, has now spent 88 weeks on the chart, breaking the previous record set by Imagine Dragons with ‘Radioactive’.The new record comes after ‘Blinding Lights’ previously the first song ever to spend an entire year in the top 10 of the US Hot 100 singles chart.Originally released as a single in November 2019, the