In February 2020, the Weeknd announced he would embark on The After Hours Tour in support of the album of the same name. The tour was due to kick-off in June of that year and was to be his first tour outside of Asia since 2017's Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour.[2] However, due to the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was originally postponed to 2021 and later, January 2022.[3][4] On August 6, 2021, the Weeknd released "Take My Breath", the lead single from Dawn FM.[5] To reflect the release of a new album while still incorporating its predecessor, he announced in October that the tour would be renamed and postponed for a third time to summer 2022. The tour was also moved from arenas to stadiums.[6] The new tour, titled the After Hours til Dawn Tour, was finally announced on March 3, 2022, and kicked off on July 14 in Philadelphia.[7]
On February 2, 2023, the Weeknd announced that a concert film recorded at two sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on November 26 and 27, 2022 would be released on HBO/HBO Max on February 25.[8][9] The concert film, titled Live at SoFi Stadium, became the highest debut for a music special in the history of HBO Max.[10] On March 1, 2023, The Weeknd announced the release of his first live album, titled after the concert film.[11] It was released on March 3 on streaming services and as a digital download.[1] The album, which runs for exactly 95 minutes, consists of 31 tracks, encompassing every song performed during the show in addition to the introduction and concluding segments of the concert.[12]
