The Weeknd at Etihad Stadium - support acts, stage times, setlist, parking and how to get there

He's one of the world's biggest music stars right now, and The Weeknd is about to bring his spectacular new stadium tour to Manchester. Heading here, fittingly, at the weekend, he will undoubtedly bring the party on what is set to be a scorching Saturday at the Etihad Stadium.

Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd - real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye - heads to the UK on his ongoing After Hours Til Dawn global stadium tour. The American leg of the tour broke records for the numbers of tickets sold.

But then The Weeknd is accustomed to being a record-breaker - according to the Guinness Book of World Records, he is officially the most popular music act on the planet right now. They crunched the stats to proclaim that "no one comes close" to the star in terms of the number of monthly listens on Spotify that rank in the tens of millions.

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The tour celebrates The Weeknd’s 2020 album After Hours (its hit single Blinding Lights was named the new No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 song of all time, surpassing Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit The Twist), as well as his critically-acclaimed album Dawn FM, which was released January 2022.

So what can fans expect from the show? Well images seen from earlier tour dates promise something nothing short of spectacular - including incredible staging with huge robots and even the world making an appearance.

Here's more info on what to expect if you're one of the 60,000 fans heading along to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

The Weeknd will be supported in Manchester by Kaytranada and Mike Dean.

Haitian-Canadian DJ and producer Kaytranda is known for his electronic dance music that draws from a wide variety of musical styles.

Meanwhile long-term collaborator,