Five-night Wembley stand: dates, tickets, and what to expect
Five straight nights at Wembley Stadium is rare territory. Now The Weeknd has claimed it for August 2026, expanding his London run to a five-date stand that anchors the European leg of his After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour. The new shows land on Sunday, August 16; Tuesday, August 18; and Wednesday, August 19, joining the previously announced Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15 dates.
Tickets for the additional dates went on sale Friday, September 12 at noon local time, following several rounds of presales earlier in the week. Demand has been brisk, as expected for one of the world’s most reliable stadium draws. Entry-level tickets are listed from about $139, with upper-tier seats often sitting in the $166–$186 range and the average price hovering around $512 based on early inventories. Pricing can move as allocations change, so fans should expect some fluctuation.
Playboi Carti is locked in as special guest across all UK and European dates, giving these shows a distinct hip-hop edge before the main set. The pairing fits the scale of this tour: it’s built for stadiums, it moves at stadium speed, and it draws stadium-sized crowds. Wembley’s concert capacity approaches 90,000, so a five-night run points to close to half a million potential tickets in one city alone.
This stretch celebrates the arc of The Weeknd’s album trilogy: After Hours (2020), Dawn FM (2022), and Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025). The tour began in 2022, grew across North America, and now returns to Europe with new momentum after the trilogy’s final piece arrived earlier this year. Expect a set that reaches deep across eras, folding in blockbuster singles like Blinding Lights and Save Your Tears with earlier breakouts and recent material.
The staging has been a talking point since night one of this cycle. The production leans cinematic—big screens, wide-open lighting looks, and a runway built for pace—designed to reach fans in the top rows as well as those on the pitch. While details for Wembley haven’t been teased yet, the format is designed to scale, so the key visual language should translate cleanly to the national stadium.
Here are the London dates at a glance:
- Friday, August 14, 2026 — Wembley Stadium
- Saturday, August 15, 2026 — Wembley Stadium
- Sunday, August 16, 2026 — Wembley Stadium
- Tuesday, August 18, 2026 — Wembley Stadium
- Wednesday, August 19, 2026 — Wembley Stadium
The London residency sits at the center of a wider European swing. Beyond Wembley, shows are scheduled in Frankfurt, Warsaw, Stockholm, Dublin, and Madrid through August 2026. London remains the heavyweight stop, but the routing gives fans across the continent a fair shot at seeing the tour without crossing multiple borders.
For buyers still hunting seats, a few practical notes: official ticket portals will often release small batches as production holds are finalized closer to the date. Keep alerts on for late drops, and be cautious of marked-up resale listings that can spike well above face value. If you’re flexible on view and budget, upper-level corners and late-release singles can be the sweet spot.
On show days, factor in the usual stadium routine: earlier arrival windows reduce stress, merch lines shrink if you go pre-doors, and moving to transport hubs takes time after encores. Wembley’s footprint is designed to handle big flows, but five nights of near-capacity crowds means patience helps—especially if you’re catching a late train home.
Record-setting tour meets London’s biggest stage
The After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour has been running since 2022 and is now widely recognized as the biggest R&B tour to date. The North American leg stacked more than 40 sold-out stadium shows and left a trail of venue records—attendance, grosses, or both—across the United States and Canada. Across markets including New York, Denver, Santa Clara, Seattle, Edmonton, Montreal, Orlando, Arlington, and Houston, he became the top-grossing Black male artist in those venues’ histories.
Attendance marks fell too: the tour set the highest attendance for an R&B male artist in Boston, Denver, Edmonton, and Orlando. In Toronto, The Weeknd logged six shows at Rogers Centre on a single tour—the most by a male solo artist there and the most by any Canadian artist. In Los Angeles, he established a new benchmark for a male solo act at SoFi Stadium. And in Texas, he sold more tickets than any other artist during 2025, pointing to an audience that scales across regions, not just coastal strongholds.
These aren’t just vanity stats. Stadiums have become the top tier of live music economics, and very few artists can build a schedule like this in multiple countries and still move at speed. Five consecutive nights in London is a statement: it signals deep demand, trusted operations, and a fan base that will plan international trips around the dates. For an act rooted in R&B and pop but with a cinematic approach to performance, it shows the genre’s reach at stadium scale.
London gets more than bragging rights out of a run like this. Extended residencies concentrate spending—hotels, bars, restaurants, rideshares, and late-night takeaways all see a lift. Production crews book longer blocks. Temporary jobs stretch over a week instead of a weekend. Even retailers near the stadium benefit from footfall waves before and after show times.
From a fan perspective, five nights offers flexibility. Traveling in from outside the city? You’ve got options to line up with train schedules or find more affordable hotel nights. Need accessible seating or grouped tickets? Multiple dates increase the odds. And if you miss the on-sale rush, extra nights open more chances for late-stage releases.
Musically, the trilogy framework gives the set its spine. After Hours pushed the neon-noir pop universe that made The Weeknd a global headliner. Dawn FM added the radio-transmission concept, smoothing the shift between bangers and ballads. Hurry Up Tomorrow closes the loop, so the new leg can weave that final chapter into a set already tuned for stadiums. Expect the show to play with tension and release—fast runs of hits, then a breather, then another surge.
Playboi Carti’s presence shapes the night’s energy curve as well. His sets hit hard and quick, which primes the crowd for the long arc of the headliner. It’s a smart balance: a high-voltage opener that clears the runway for a tightly structured main show.
Across Europe, the calendar builds around major hubs. Dates in Frankfurt, Warsaw, Stockholm, Dublin, and Madrid keep the tour within reach for fans across central, northern, and southern Europe without forcing long-haul flights. London still acts as the focal point—Wembley is symbolic and practical—but the routing makes the most of summer stadium availability across the continent.
If you’re budgeting for London specifically, the price ladder is wide enough to fit different plans. Entry-level seats have been seen from about $139, upper-level options cluster around the $166–$186 mark, and the market average sits around $512 at the moment. Those numbers can shift as new inventory drops or demand spikes. For the best shot at a fair price, watch for official alerts and avoid impulse buys on extreme markups.
The real test of a stadium tour is whether it feels intimate in a place built for 90,000. That’s where the visuals, pacing, and crowd work matter. On earlier legs, the show earned its reputation by making the upper deck feel plugged in. If London gets that same calibration—and there’s no reason to think it won’t—the five-night stand should play like a single, extended event rather than a run of copy-paste nights.
Bottom line for London: five Wembleys is a high bar, and it’s been cleared. The dates are set, tickets are out, and the European routing is locked around them. For fans planning the trip, the window between now and August 2026 is long enough to sort travel and budget smartly. For the tour, this is the centerpiece of a summer built on scale.