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The Weeknd's Toronto Homecoming Was Transitional Rather Than Triumphant
"The Weeknd Weekend" ought to be a triumphant culmination — the peak of the mountain following the ascent of the past 15 ...
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The Weeknd receives key to the city ahead of a four-concert run in Toronto
Scarborough-born singer says he’s committed to helping the next generation find their voices as he did growing up in Toronto ...
The Weeknd basks in a warm Toronto welcome in 4-star Rogers Centre show
Four nights at the Rogers Centre, that’s because of you,” The Weekend, a.k.a. Abel Tesfaye, tells fans in first of four ...
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The Weeknd Recieves the Key to the City from Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow
Tesfaye is the second local celeb to receive the Key to the City in the past few days; director Guillermo del Toro received ...
The Canadian Press on MSN1h
When moose took over Toronto: Artists reflect on city art project, 25 years later
As people around the world welcomed a new millennium, Torontonians in the year 2000 were welcoming something even bigger – a ...
#TheMoment a fan of The Weeknd met her hometown hero
High school student Orianna Neguse tells The National about the moment she met hometown hero The Weeknd, whose real name is ...
Canada’s The Weeknd named Spotify’s highest-earner since 2015
Ahead of shows at Montreal’s Parc Drapeau and Toronto’s Rogers Center, the 35-year-old R&B performer also known as Abel ...
The Gazette on MSN3d
Dunlevy: The Weeknd tells Montreal he ‘missed the Québec accent’ at first of two massive concerts
As Abel Makkonen Tesfaye held court before a sold-out crowd of 45,000 at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Thursday, it was easy to forget ...