The Weeknd adds Asia tour leg

The Weeknd has finally put dates on the Asia leg fans had been circling for days. The new run extends his After Hours Til Dawn stadium tour into fall 2026, and it’s not being framed as just another add-on. It’s being sold as the final leg. That matters because this tour has been one of the biggest live runs of his career, and Asia had been the obvious missing piece. ### What actually got announced? The official tour page now says The Weeknd is bringing the “final leg” of After Hours Til Dawn to Asia in 2026, with early ticket access beginning through an artist presale on Monday, May 18 in Asia. Live Nation event pages already show specific dates in Tokyo, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lumpur. ### Which cities are on the run? The broad route looks like this: Tokyo opens the leg on September 20, Jakarta follows on September 26 and 27, Singapore lands on October 2, Seoul on October 7, Bangkok on October 11, Hong Kong on October 30 and 31, and Kuala Lumpur closes the run on November 4. (theweeknd.com) That gives the tour a clean seven-city, multi-date finish across East and Southeast Asia. ### When do tickets go on sale? The key date is Monday, May 18, 2026. The Weeknd’s site points to that as the start of artist presales in Asia. Some local ticket pages get more specific — the Jakarta listing shows an artist presale beginning May 18, a fan club presale on May 19, and general onsale on May 21. The exact hour changes by market, so fans really do need to check the local page, not just the headline announcement. (livenation.asia) ### Why are fans treating this like a bigger deal? Because Asia wasn’t just another routine stop that got rolled out months ago. It had become the conspicuous gap in a tour that already had massive North American and European stadium dates on the books. Teasers from Live Nation accounts across the region had been hinting at an announcement, so once the official pages went live, it felt less like a surprise and more like the missing piece finally dropping into place. (theweeknd.com) ### Is this really the end of the tour? Everything public-facing right now says yes — or at least that this is the last planned chapter. The Weeknd’s own tour page calls it the “final leg,” and event descriptions repeat that language. In touring terms, that’s the clearest signal you get that no bigger regional expansion is waiting in the wings. Of course, one-off festival appearances are a different thing, but this stadium run is being packaged as the closer. (bandwagon.asia) ### Who’s joining him on these shows? Support acts appear to vary by market. Live Nation’s Jakarta page lists Japanese DJ ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, while regional event pages say Japanese hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts will support on most dates, with ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U on select shows. That suggests fans should expect the core Weeknd production to stay consistent, but the opener lineup may shift city by city. (theweeknd.com) ### So what’s the real takeaway? Basically — the Asia leg is no longer rumor, tease, or merch-back Easter egg. It’s live, dated, and ticketed. For fans in the region, May 18 is the first real checkpoint. For everyone else, this announcement closes the map on a tour that spent years growing into a global stadium event and now looks like it’s heading for its final curtain in Kuala Lumpur on November 4, 2026. (theweeknd.com) (livenation.asia)