The Weeknd’s Australian tour: How to get the best tickets

After postponing his tour earlier this year due to “unforeseen circumstances”, the Canadian superstar will finally make his long-awaited return to Australia. Here’s how you can get tickets.

Canadian pop superstar The Weeknd’s on-again, off-again After Hours Til Dawn stadium concerts in Australia are back on again.

In a shock announcement, the Blinding Lights stream king has rescheduled the November 2023 concerts he announced last August, postponed less than three weeks before kick-off last November and officially cancelled in April.

The Weeknd will finally bring his After Hours Til Dawn tour to Australia. Picture: Supplied

The Weeknd teased the new shows with a cryptic post of a photo of him with a kangaroo on Instagram a week ago.

“I feel a strong pull to perform in Australia before moving on to the next chapter and want to make sure you all know I hadn’t forgotten about you,” he said.

“When I return now, it will be the right time, and I promise it will be such a special

experience. I can’t wait to see you all!” he said in the tour announcement.

But that pull doesn’t extend to Brisbane where he had originally booked to open the Australian leg of his After Hours Til Dawn futuristic concert extravaganza last year.

The Weeknd teased the Australian tour with a post to Instagram stories featuring him and a kangaroo. Picture: Instagram

“Due to schedule and logistical constraints, the After Hours ‘Til Dawn tour will not be making its way to New Zealand or Brisbane in 2024 and there will be no further cities added,” the promoter stated in the tour announcement.

About 600,000 tickets to nine stadium concerts in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne were sold last September, generating more than $100 million in gross box office takings.

Those shows were mysteriously pulled in early November “due to unforeseen circumstances”.

They were officially cancelled in April, with Live Nation issuing refunds to all ticketholders as they continued to “work through the rescheduling process”.

The Canadian star postponed then cancelled an April Australian tour. Picture: Supplied.

His new 2024 tour run, an “extension of his record-breaking 2022/2023 world stadium tour” will open in Melbourne at Marvel Stadium on October 5 and 6 and then continue to Sydney’s Accor Stadium on October 22 and 23.

But with a big gap in the middle of the Melbourne and Sydney dates, The Weeknd and his Australian promoter Live Nation may have extra shows on hold.

HOW TO GET TICKETS

The good news for fans who won bought tickets to the 2023 shows last year is there will be a

Past Purchaser Presale for the new dates on August 21, from 12pm (AEST) in Sydney, and 1pm in Melbourne.

To gain access to the presale, previous ticket holders are to register via https://www.livenation.com.au/weeknd-waitlist. If you previously signed up for the waitlist, you do not need to re-register. The registration window closes on August 20 at 1pm.

Previous ticket holders will then receive an email from Live Nation with access ahead of the presale. Presale access does not guarantee tickets.

The Wekknd is one of the biggest pop stars in the world. Picture: Getty Images

Your next shot will be the artist presale on August 22.

Vodafone customers can try for tickets during a presale on August 22 from 1pm in Sydney and 2pm in Melbourne. Visit Vodafone.com.au/ticket to find out more.

MasterCard and eligible CommBank Yello customers have access to pre-sale tickets on August 22 at 1pm until Sunday, August 25. Preferred ticket access is available on August 26 from 12pm Sydney local time. Tickets are available exclusively to eligible CommBank Yello customers using a CommBank MasterCard at checkout. Visit commbank.com.au/mastercardpresales to find out more.

Westfield members get access to exclusive reserved tickets from August 26, from 12pm in Sydney and 1pm in Melbourne. 

And finally the general onsale begins August 26 at TheWeeknd.com/Tour