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Coachella 2018

five minutes. This initial junket was scheduled only for the U.S. and began on April 22, 2012, with a performance at Coachella 2012 in California. Later dates were added, expanding the tour into Vancouver, Spain, and Portugal, with the final show being performed in Chicago, Illinois, at the August 03 Lollapalooza show. The Madness Fall Tour In support of his B eauty behind the M adness album, The Madness Fall Tour included twenty- four shows across Canada and the United States, with over 300,000 people in attendance. The tour started in his birth city of Toronto on November 03, 2015, and ended in Miami, Florida, on December 19, 2015. The circuit made over $24 million. Travis Scott, Banks, and Halsey all joined The Weeknd on the tour. S tarboy : Legend of the Fall Tour The worldwide S tarboy : Legend of the Fall Tour—in support of his album S tarboy —lasted from February 17 to December 14, 2017. The ninety- five performances occurred across Europe, South America, North America, and Oceania. The opening acts differed across tour dates, but included Bryson Tiller, Lil Uzi Vert, Gucci Mane, NAV, Rae Sremmurd, Belly, 6lack, and French Montana. Several of the shows on this tour were part of festivals, exposing his work to even larger audiences.

The Weeknd, Eminem, and Beyoncé are the scheduled headliners for Coachella 2018. The Weeknd first performed at Coachella in 2012, and his work has come a long way since then, including several Billboard Top 100 singles, Grammy Awards, and other international accolades. That first performance at Coachella 2012 was also The Weeknd’s first stage appearance in the United States. He recalled feeling nervous and, immediately after watching a video of the performance, decided that it didn’t embody a star. He knew that he could do better. The full circle moment to come at Coachella 2018 is an exciting chance for The Weeknd to prove to himself, and his fans, what he already knew in 2012. Noteworthy Collaborations Crew Love by Drake, featuring TheWeeknd (Released July 30, 2012) Drake’s album T ake C are contained this collaboration, which entered the Billboard Top 100 Chart and reached number seven on UK’s R&B Chart. The Weeknd is credited with writing several of T ake C are ʼ s songs.

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