Tour of The Weeknd has arrived in Europe: what we’ll see in Milan

Approach maneuvers have officially begun for The Weeknd’s two concerts scheduled for next July 26 and 27 in Milan.

The “Eater Hours Till Dawn” tour, which kicked off in the United States last summer and has so far earned the Canadian artist and her promoter a handsome $148 million, has arrived in Europe and has dates in Portugal for days. After, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Sweden, where he will perform at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm tomorrow and the day after, he will be on the Old Continent throughout the summer, stopping on main concert stages. In Milan, The Sound of “Save Your Tears” will perform at La Moura Racecourse in front of a total audience of over 145,000 (the first of two dates sold out). Anticipation is skyrocketing, on the other hand it is The Weeknd’s first official concert since he became one of the most influential pop artists worldwide, able to collect and break records before: the Canadian singer-songwriter whose With over 75 million copies sold worldwide, she debuted in the Lombard capital early last November on the stage of the Asgo Forum, before being forced to put her hand back on the tour calendar and postpone concerts due to high demand. Should have performed.

The Weeknd’s two shows at La Moura Racecourse will be unknown to Italian fans of the singer-songwriter, either because surprises and twists are always around the corner when The Weeknd is involved, or because the facts represent two unreleased events. .

Among the special effects, an impressive and futuristic scenography (there’s a giant humanoid and a sphere that reproduces the moon) and a lineup that’s truly a greatest hits line-up of successes that have made The Weekend is allowed to be. The new king of international pop, the show – according to videos circulating the net that immortalize key moments from European concerts held by the singer-songwriter so far – promises to be huge and colossal.

Each show lasts at least a few hours: from opening with “Take My Breathe” to encores with “Creepin'”, “In Your Eyes”, “Double Fantasy” and “Moth to a Flame”, Hit Worth passing millions – if not billions – streaming on platforms such as “Can’t Feel My Face” (the single that catapulted Abel McKeonen Tesfaye, that’s the artist’s real name, to the top of the planetary charts in 2015), “Starboy , “I Feel It Coming”, “Save Your Tears” and “Blinding Lights”: The Weeknd brings his own sonic aesthetic to the stage, one that wanted Quincy Jones by his side on the album “Dawn FM”, producer Joe Making Michael Jackson a star producing “Off the Wall”, “Thriller” and “Bad”, the former Jackson 5 topped world charts in the late 70s and early 80s with a mix of pop, disco delivered to the top. funk, R&B and rock that Tesfaye reimagined in his own way, almost as if he wanted to make himself the heir apparent to the King of Pop.

Meanwhile – as testament to the fact that when The Weeknd is involved, twists and surprises are always around the corner – while “Idol” goes crazy, the first controversy related to the singer-songwriter-produced series arises. , which has been presented in previews at the Cannes Film Festival, and they have been holding court for hours on social networks and in international newspapers reviewing the project. The first two episodes of “The Idol”, broadcast by HBO in the US, were panned by critics, who railed against the series and its content. Presented as a condemnation of “how success destroys public figures”, “The Idol” ended up at the center of controversy for the excessive presence of sex and obscenity in the scenes: “the character’s nudity physically reflects the nudity that we see emotionally in her”, said Lily-Rose Depp, who plays the protagonist, Jocelyn, a young pop star who is a shady Los Angeles club owner and leader of a secret cult. begins an affair with Tedros, played – guess what – by The Weeknd himself. A justification that wasn’t enough to quell the wrath of critics.