The Weeknd has done it again! In an Instagram post, Live Nation U.K. announced that the Toronto-born star broke the Wembley Stadium record by selling 87,000 tickets for his London concert on Aug.
18. READ MORE: The Weeknd Announces He’ll No Longer Be Doing Any Music Features ‘Unless Daft Punk Get Back Together’ “The Weeknd broke Wembley Stadium’s record for sales with their traditional concert set up with the stage at one end of the stadium with 87,000 tickets sold,” the post read, citing the sold-out final show of his After Hours ‘Til Dawn tour.
As the post points out, this comes after he’d previously broken attendance records at London Stadium back in July, with 160,000 concertgoers attending two concerts at the venue. READ MORE: The Weeknd Breaks Michael Jackson’s Record For Highest Grossing Tour By A Black Artist Those aren’t the only records he’s broken.
As Hot New Hip Hop reported, the tour — which began last year — has so far generated more $350 million in revenue, to become the highest-grossing tour ever by a Black artist, beating previous record-holder Michael Jacskon (whose 1996-’97 HIStory tour grossed $175 million, or $311 million when adjusted for inflation).
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