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The Weeknd reached another milestone after three consecutive sold-out nights at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. As part of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, the singer performed at MetLife from June 5 through June 7, drawing in a crowd of more than 163, 000 fans.
This number was significantly bigger than the 40,000 people who attended New York's Governors Ball Festival, which returned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the same weekend. With the latest milestone, the Canadian singer is now the highest-grossing Black male artist to ever perform at MetLife.
On Monday, June 9, 2025, The Weeknd shared an Instagram post, rounding up his sold-out performances at MetLife. The post featured a view of the stadium from above as immersive lights and pyrotechnics colored the stadium, while his 2022 single, Less Than Zero, played out.
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For his After Hours Til Dawn Tour, the Canadian singer invited Playboi Carti for most of his concert dates, including his 3-night shows at MetLife Stadium. He also had Mike Dean as a special guest.
The Canadian rapper has also partnered with Global Citizen for his tour. For every ticket sold, $1 is donated to help support the children in vulnerable communities around the world.
The Weeknd recently unveiled his Baptized in Fear music video
While in the middle of his 3-night run at MetLife Stadium last week, The Weeknd released his music video for Baptized in Fear from his Hurry Up Tomorrow album on Friday, June 6, 2025.
The Canadian R&B crooner sings about being paralyzed, his past indiscretions, and all his regrets in the cinematic clip, featuring him sitting alone in a darkened, desolate church.
At the time of writing, the music video has garnered over 2.9 million views on YouTube.
While Baptized in Fear isn't an official single from the album, it has become a fan-favorite, per Billboard, to come out of what the Canadian singer said would be his final album as his famous The Weeknd moniker.
Billboard ranked Baptized in Fear as the second best, tied with Until We're Skin & Bones, from the 22-track project, which was released earlier in the year.
The outlet described the track as something "dark and morbid" that lures listeners into the "dark underworld of inescapable struggles." Meanwhile, Pitchfork rated the album 7.8, calling it an "opulent finale" to The Weeknd's pop-star persona.
As for his Hurry Up Tomorrow psychological movie with Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, it became available on Premium VOD on June 6, 2025, via Lionsgate.
The film serves as an extension of the singer's latest album, where he plays a musician plagued by insomnia. While the album received high ratings from critics, the movie didn't fare as well, with only a 15% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie, which came out in movie theaters in mid-May, is directed by Trey Edward Shults from a screenplay that The Weeknd co-wrote with Reza Fahim.
Following his record-breaking shows at MetLife Stadium, The Weeknd continues his After Hours Til Dawn Tour at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on June 10 and 11, with a longer 4-day stop at SoFi Stadium later in the month. The tour is expected to wrap up in Texas early in September.
