RECAP: The Weeknd’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Session On Reddit

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This is pretty cool, The Weeknd took part in Reddit’s Q&A session where fans pretty much asked him anything they wanted. You can check out the session here; below, he gives the meaning behind his name.

Where did “The Weeknd” come from? I’ve always wondered.
I left home when I was about 17 dropped out of high school and convinced Lamar to do the same lol. We grabbed our mattresses from our parents threw it in our friends shitty van and left one weekend and never came back home. It was gonna be the title of HOB. I hated my name at the time though so I tried it as a stage name. It sounded cool. I took out the “e” because there was already a canadian band named the weekend (copyright issues).

The Weeknd – Kissland (Album Stream)

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The Weeknd’s upcoming album Kissland is set to drop next on September 30 but today NPR has just premiered a stream of Kissland which features from Drake, Pharrell and more. Before you check out the live stream below, preorder the album on iTunes now. Tracklisting below.

Tracklist
1. Professional
2. The Town
3. Adaptation
4. Love In The Sky
5. Belong To The World
6. Live For (Feat. Drake)
7. Wanderlust
8. Kiss Land
9. Pretty
10. Tears In The Rain

Deluxe Edition:
11. Wanderlust (Pharrell Remix)
12. Odd Look (Kavinsky Feat. The Weeknd)

ARTWORK/TRACKLISTING: The Weeknd – Kiss Land

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Late pass (you’ll probably see quite a few of these over the next few days): The Weeknd recently revealed the tracklisting to his high-awaited Kiss Land, which drops September 10th. Check it out below.

01 Professional
02 The Town
03 Adaptation
04 Love in the Sky
05 Belong to the World
06 Live For [ft. Drake]
07 Wanderlust
08 Kiss Land
09 Pretty
10 Tears in the Rain
11 Wanderlust (Pharrell Remix)
12 Odd Look (Kavinsky ft. the Weeknd)

(BACK) IN THE STUDIO: Drake & The Weekend…….& Riff Raff?

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At the top you can see that Drake is back with The Weeknd (they were never beefing by the way, which we’re now 100 percent sure of following The Weekend’s recent Complex feature)….here’s to hoping that both Nothing Was The Same and Kiss Land get those collaborative infusions before they both drop…..

Moving along, it also appears that Drizzy was befriended by none other than Riff Raff, who also had a blast partying with Drake and his fellow Toronto rock star Justin Bieber at one of Bieber’s recent shows. Additional pictures and Vine clips are below relating to that.

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The Weeknd Announces Fall Tour Dates

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The Weeknd is pretty much going on a world tour of sorts, starting off in Vancouver before taking over the States, eventually ending up in the UK. Check out the dates below.

09-06-07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre
09-10 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater
09-13 Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre Berkeley
09-14 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
09-16-17 Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
09-20 Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center
09-22 Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
09-23 Cedar Park, TX – Cedar Park Center
09-24 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
09-26 Tampa, FL – David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
09-27 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
09-28 Miami, FL – James L. Knight Center
09-30 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
10-01 Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
10-02 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
10-04 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
10-05 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall
10-07-08 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
10-11 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
10-13-14 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
10-15 Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
10-17-20 – Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
11-21 Birmingham, England – National Indoor Arena
11-22 Manchester, England – 02 Apollo Manchester
11-24 Manchester, England – 02 Apollo Manchester
11-25 London, England – The 02 Arena

SPOTTED: Drake & The Weeknd Partying Together

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Looks like there wasn’t any beef after all (or the beef was squashed, I don’t know). Following news of The Weeknd signing to Universal and passing on Drake’s OVO Sound (and the release of ‘Started From The Bottom’ and ‘No New Friends’), rumors were circulating heavy that Aubrey and Abel had parted ways both personally and professionally.

Recently, Drake was seen buying a copy of The Weeknd’s Trilogy while he was pushing Born Sinner with J. Cole…..and now we have the above picture of them partying. Good to see the two back together.