The Weeknd

The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker is celebrating as he scores the most streamed album of all time on Spotify while gearing up for his Super Bowl halftime show.

Feb 7, 2021
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd has kicked off his Super Bowl weekend with a record-shattering greatest hits release.
The Canadian pop star, who will headline the Super Bowl half-time show in Tampa, Florida on Sunday (07Feb20), dropped “The Highlights” on Friday – and it has already become the most streamed album of all time on Spotify.
The release comes a day after The Weeknd announced dates for his rescheduled “After Hours World Tour”, which will keep him on the road for much of 2022, with 104 dates in North America and Europe planned, beginning in his native Canada on 14 January (22).
The Weeknd has also dropped a video, entitled “The Last Meal Before the Super Bowl”, in which the “Blinding Lights” singer enjoys a final feast on the field before the big game.

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The Weeknd has also announced a collaboration with food delivery service Postmates and their black-owned national merchant collection – Postmates users will be offered a collection of local options at the top of their feed when using the app. To kick the collaboration off, The Weeknd chose a local Tampa black-owned restaurant, Mama’s Southern Soul Food, to feed the frontline healthcare workers at AdventHealth Carrollwood, which is near Raymond James Stadium, where the Super Bowl will take place.
The Weekend’s Super Bowl halftime gig will be set in the stands at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Performers traditionally take over the centre of the field after the first half of the big game, but health and safety restrictions have driven the “Blinding Lights” singer to the terraces.
There won’t be any special guests either during his performance.

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The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker teases what to expect from his upcoming performance at the highly-anticipated football game, confirming that there won’t be any special guests.

Feb 6, 2021
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd “wouldn’t bet” on there being any special guests when he headlines the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
The “Blinding Lights” hitmaker has confirmed he won’t be joined on stage by any other stars as he performs when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday (07Feb21).
Speaking to the NFL network, he insisted there wouldn’t be any surprise guests popping up, sharing, “I’ve been reading a lot of rumours. I wouldn’t bet on it. There wasn’t any room to fit it into the narrative and the story I was telling in the performance. So yeah, there’s no special guests.”

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And the 30-year-old singer has teased a few details about Sunday’s performance.
He told reporters, “Due to the Covid and for the safety of the players and the workers, we built a stage within the stadium. We’re also using the field as well, but we wanted to do something that we’ve done before. I’m not going to tell you anything else because you’ll have to watch on Sunday.”
The Weeknd – who is following in the footsteps of stars like Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez by playing the gig- previously admitted he was “humbled” to get the coveted performance slot.
“We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position. I’m humbled, honoured and ecstatic to be the centre of that infamous stage this year,” he smiled.

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The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker won’t take over the center of the field during his Super Bowl Half-Time show because of health and safety restrictions amid pandemic.

Feb 5, 2021
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd will not take to the field for his half-time show performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday (07Feb21) – his gig will be set in the stands at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Performers traditionally take over the centre of the field after the first half of the big game, but health and safety restrictions have driven the “Blinding Lights” singer to the terraces.
A source tells Page Six the show will be “phenomenal, different and historic,” put together by a fraction of the people usually employed to set up and take down a stage in record time.

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“It’s a total of 1,000 people, and they can’t touch the field,” an insider says. “How do you pull off a show that’s not on the field and is as impactful as it’s ever been with same level of entertainment? Wait till you see it, it’s beautifully done.”
Another source tells the outlet that staging a virtual show from another stadium was ruled out almost as soon as The Weeknd signed on to perform. “The whole idea of Super Bowl half-time is that you’re able to experience that,” the insider adds, “The NFL (National Football League) didn’t want the fans in attendance not to have that experience. The easy way out is to have it somewhere else, but it is part of the overall Super Bowl.”
Super Bowl executive producer Jesse Collins previously told Entertainment Tonight, “We’re gonna use the stadium to present the half-time show in a way that it’s never been presented before… Instead of focusing on what we can’t do (due to the pandemic), it’s like, ‘Look at what the opportunities are because of the cards we’ve been dealt’.”

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Revealing that the ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker opted not to pre-record any parts of his Tampa, Florida show, co-producer Jesse Collins promises that it is ‘just going to be fun.’

Feb 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd will be all live when he performs during the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday, February 07.
Jesse Collins, the co-producer of the show, tells Entertainment Tonight the headliner has opted not to pre-record any parts of his stadium show in Tampa, Florida, despite COVID safety fears.
“It’s all happening in that stadium, in that moment,” Collins says. “We’re not bouncing off to another stadium and then cutting in, like some people have had to do (before). We are fortunate enough in this situation that we are able to do a live, live show.”

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“It’s gotta be about entertainment from a truthful perspective. Get away from the massive sets, all the hoopla, the flying this and that. And get to the core of what makes an artist special.”
And Jesse insists The Weeknd’s set at Raymond James Stadium will wow viewers. “I think there’s a lot of stuff happening in the show that people aren’t going to expect. It’s just going to be fun. It’s so perfect,” he gushes.
“We started creating this thing back in September, and the message of it really worked out. The world worked out for the message that The Weeknd wants to communicate in this performance… It’s definitely a very special show.”
The Weeknd previously hinted that he would go all out for his Super Bowl performance as he He revealed that he spent $7 million to make the performance like what he “envisioned.” He told Billboard magazine in January, “We’ve been really focusing on dialing in on the fans at home and making performances a cinematic experience, and we want to do that with the Super Bowl.”

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The ‘Starboy’ hitmaker also talks about going all out for his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance by spending $7 million to make the performance like what he ‘envisioned.’

Jan 29, 2021
AceShowbiz – The Weeknd continues to put the Recording Academy on blast. The “After Hours” musician got candid about being snubbed at the 2021 Grammy Awards in the latest issue of Billboard magazine, revealing that he changed his mind about the awards that he won previously following the ordeal.
“Look, I personally don’t care anymore. I have three Grammys, which mean nothing to me now, obviously,” the Canadian singer, who won R&B Performance and Urban Contemporary Album in 2016 as well as the latter award again in 2018, shared. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, I want the Grammy!’ It’s just that this happened, and I’m down to get in front of the fire, as long as it never happens again. I suck at giving speeches anyways. Forget awards shows.”
Adding that the snub was like an “attack” to him, The Weeknd continued to say, “I use a sucker punch as an analogy, because it just kind of hit me out of nowhere. I definitely felt… things. I don’t know if it was sadness or anger. I think it was just confusion.”

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The “Starboy” hitmaker, real name Abel Tesfaye, claimed that he “just wanted answers.” He said, “Like, ‘What happened?’ We did everything right, I think. I’m not a cocky person. I’m not arrogant. People told me I was going to get nominated. The world told me, like, ‘This is it; this is your year.’ We were all very confused.”
After it was revealed that he nabbed zero nominations at the upcoming award-giving event, The Weeknd shared that he received messages of shock and support from people, including those whom “I haven’t spoken to in ages, the entire music community, all my peers.” The Weeknd divulged, “If you were like, ‘Do you think the Grammys are racist?’ I think the only real answer is that in the last 61 years of the GRAMMYs, only 10 Black artists have won album of the year. I don’t want to make this about me. That’s just a fact.”
In the interview, The Weeknd also talked about going all out for his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance in Tampa Bay, Florida on February 7. He shared that he spent $7 million to make the performance like what he “envisioned.”
“We’ve been really focusing on dialing in on the fans at home and making performances a cinematic experience, and we want to do that with the Super Bowl,” he told the magazine.

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The Canadian hitmaker previously criticized the Recording Academy after he nabbed zero nod at the upcoming event despite his record-breaking and critically-acclaimed album ‘After Hours’.

Jan 8, 2021
AceShowbiz – The tension between The Weeknd and the Recording Academy seemingly continues to heat up. According to interim Grammy chief Harvey Mason Jr., the “After Hours” artist has yet to be asked to be included in the line-up of the performers at the award-giving event, which is set to be held on March 14.
In an interview with Variety, Harvey was asked if The Weeknd, who was snubbed at the award event despite his successful “Blinding Lights” track, would be more involved at the upcoming event. To that, Harvey responded, “Not that I’m aware of.”
During the interview, Harvey also addressed the delay due to rising coronavirus cases in the United States, especially in Los Angeles. “Doing it on January 31st, with the numbers and what was happening in L.A., just didn’t feel like the right move,” he explained.
“We felt, from what we’re hearing from government offices and health-care experts, that the next two weeks are going to be extreme here in L.A., and after that, we’ll see some improvement in the numbers. Obviously, we’re not going to be free of Covid and I don’t think the vaccine is going to be widely available by March 14, but we think there will be better circumstances once we get past these next two weeks,” he went on saying.

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Grammy Awards announced on Tuesday, January 5 that the show, which will be hosted by Trevor Noah, will be pushed back. “The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do,” read a statement signed by interim Grammy chief Harvey Mason jr., CBS Executive VP Jack Sussman and the show’s executive producer, Ben Winston.
Back to The Weeknd, the Canadian hitmaker criticized the Recording Academy after he nabbed zero nod despite his record-breaking year on the charts and critical and commercial acclaim with the album “After Hours” and hits like “Blinding Lights”. “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…,” he demanded on November 24, 2020 after the nominations were announced.
In response to the criticism, Harvey said in a statement, “We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone’s admiration.”
Shutting down speculations that the snub had something to do with The Weeknd headlining the Super Bowl, Harvey clarified, “To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process.”

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