The Weeknd is heading back to Manchester for two back-to-back shows at Etihad Stadium on Thursday, June 11, and Friday, June 12, 2026, marking his first performances in the city in three years. It will also be the first major music concert action at the stadium in the same period.
For fans looking up the weeknd now, the appeal is simple: the dates are set, the support acts are locked in, and the night has a strict timetable. Prince 85 is due on stage at 6:15pm, Playboi Carti at 7pm, and The Weeknd, whose full name is Abel Makonnen Tesfaye, is scheduled for 20:10pm, with a 10:30pm curfew at the Etihad. VIPs can enter from 4:40pm, turnstiles open at 5pm, and the stadium is already drawing attention as a major return rather than just another tour stop.
That return sits inside the After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour, which began in 2022 and celebrates a run of records that includes After Hours from 2020, Dawn FM from 2022 and Hurry Up Tomorrow from last year. Tesfaye released Trilogy in 2012, has six studio albums behind him and has collected four Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award and 22 Juno Awards, while also earning Academy and Prime Time Emmy nominations and headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in 2021. The Manchester dates extend a tour built around a catalogue that has already filled stadiums elsewhere.
What fans will not be able to do is walk in with their own snacks or drinks. Food and drink are sold inside and outside the stadium, with hot and cold options, vegan and halal choices, and refillable stations for empty bottles up to 750ml, but bringing food and drink into the ground is not allowed. Outside, prices start at £8.95 for a Chicken Box with chicken burgers or hot dogs, rise to £9.95 for a spiced vegan burger and £13.95 for chicken and chips, and go to £11.95 for a medium jumbo chicken strips and fries meal at Relight My Fryer or £14.95 for a large portion.
The unanswered part is the setlist, and that is what will keep the two Manchester nights moving from schedule to event. The stage times are fixed for now, but as with any stadium run, the exact order of songs remains the detail fans will be watching for once the lights go down on June 11 and June 12.
