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Lady Gaga announces release of Harlequin Live concert film

Lady Gaga is set to premiere Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live — One Night Only on YouTube.

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Lady Gaga 'making a lot of music' amid Mayhem Ball Tour

Lady Gaga has been writing new music while on the road.

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Fact Check: Did The Weeknd Sell His Music Catalogue for $1B?

The Weeknd's £740 million partnership is not a sale, instead preserving ownership, creative control, and future music outside the deal.

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The Weeknd Strikes Landmark Catalog Partnership Valued Near $1 Billion While Retaining Full Creative Control

The Weeknd partners with Lyric Capital Group in a groundbreaking catalog deal through 2025, retaining full creative control and joining his billion-dollar tour and catalog milestones.

International Business Times

The Weeknd strikes landmark catalogue partnership with Lyric Capital Group

The Weeknd has landed a first-of-its-kind catalogue deal with Lyric Capital Group said to be worth more than $1 billion.

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The Weeknd's 'After Hours 'Til Dawn' Tour grosses over $1 billion, Live Nation says

The Weeknd’s After Hours ’Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark according to Live Nation

The Independent UK

“I drove everyone crazy with it because I was the only one who noticed at first, but once I pointed it out we all heard it and wanted it gone”: The curious case of The Weeknd’s mic distortion, and how his live sound team fixed it

“We came to realize that it was the result of the combination of The Weeknd’s unique vocal timbre and the hyping of compression and high-end,” says front of house engineer Derek Brener

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The Weeknd is looking to raise $1 billion using his back catalogue as collateral

Move would mean he'd keep his publishing stake

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The Weeknd in talks for landmark $1 billion music catalogue deal

The Weeknd could make $1 billion in a mammoth music catalogue deal.

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The Weeknd's egomaniacal disaster

The pop star's new film is a feature-length study in his stardom that will leave you counting ceiling tiles instead

Salon

‘Men run away from vulnerability’: The Weeknd on blinding success, panic attacks and why The Idol was ‘half-baked’

Abel Tesfaye is arguably the world’s biggest pop star – so why is he thinking of wrapping up the Weeknd? As he releases soul-baring film Hurry Up Tomorrow, he charts his path through drugs, heartbreak and abandonment

The Guardian - UK

Hurry Up Tomorrow review – The Weeknd’s meta-thriller plays like a music video

Visually effective yet narratively meandering, the star’s moody psycho-thriller-cum-therapy-session is a missed opportunity

The Guardian - US

The Most Ambitious Psychological Thriller Of The Year Is A Huge Disappointment

The Weeknd tries to get personal in his semi-autobiographical horror, but comes up empty.

Inverse

The Weeknd is 'brainstorming' end of stage name

The Weeknd - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - is "brainstorming" the end of his stage name after previously tearing he plans to retire the moniker.

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The Independent UK

After 'The Idol,' Abel Tesfaye's new movie 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' brought 'joy back into filmmaking'

Abel Tesfaye has always known he wanted to pursue a career in cinema

Salon

The power of owning your name

Abel Tesfaye is leaving The Weeknd behind, which resonates with those who have struggled with cultural identity

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'Ultimately, it’s not worth dwelling on': The Weeknd doesn't let his critics get to him

The Weeknd doesn't let his critics get to him and sees any negative feedback as "constructive".

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Hurry Up Tomorrow: how to watch, reviews, trailer, cast and everything we know about The Weeknd movie

The Weeknd becomes a movie star in “surreal cinematic odyssey” Hurry up Tomorrow. Here’s everything you need to know.

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Total Film

First look at Wednesday and Peaky Blinders stars’ new psychological thriller teases a musician on the verge of a mental breakdown

It looks like intense relationships and breakdowns are on the cards for Hurry Up Tomorrow

The Independent UK

The Weeknd’s surprise Grammys performance ends his yearslong beef with Recording Academy

The Weeknd announced his Grammys boycott back in 2021

The Guardian - UK

The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow review – a record that will floor you … and drive you up the wall

On a somewhat exhausting sixth album, Abel Tesfaye uses Brazilian funk, punishing house and lush 70s soul to press great songs into the service of rotten lyrics

The Independent UK

On Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd delivers a spectacular final chapter in his ‘After Hours’ trilogy

5/5 It would be easy to dismiss this 22-track album as indulgent – but the Canadian artist born Abel Tesfaye has created a fitting and astonishingly ambitious final score for his brooding alter ego

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The Weeknd donates to Los Angeles wildfire relief

Music star The Weeknd has donated money to the relief effort in Los Angeles.

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The Weeknd pushes back release of new album out of ‘respect’ for LA wildfires victims

As the death toll from the disaster continues to spiral, The Weeknd has pushed back the release of his new album ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ out of “respect and concern” for victims of the killer LA wildfires.

The Guardian - UK

The Weeknd postpones new album ‘out of respect and concern’ for LA residents

The musician also cancelled a one-off Los Angeles show due to the fires, while Beyoncé has delayed an announcement – but the Grammys will go ahead

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