The Weeknd cuts concert short after suddenly losing his voice
Weirdly, the show was being filmed as part of his HBO series The Idol
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The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour has become weirdly eventful (and potentially cursed), first with the kickoff in his hometown of Toronto getting postponed because of a Canada-wide wireless outage in July and now with him suddenly losing his voice in the middle of a show in Los Angeles—a show that was, for reasons we’ll get to—kind of weird and eventful already. This comes from Variety, which says The Weeknd performed for 15 minutes or so before informing the crowd that he had lost his voice and no longer felt like he could give the crowd the show that he had wanted to give them.
“I don’t know what just happened… but I just lost my voice,” he said. “This is killing me, I don’t want to stop the show but I can’t give you the concert I want to give you right now.” Variety says his voice “cracked audibly” when he first took the stage, and The Weeknd later said he was “devastated” after he felt his voice go “during the first song.”
The other weird bit is that the show in L.A. was being filmed for The Weeknd’s upcoming HBO series The Idol, with star Lily-Rose Depp apparently taking the stage at one point to film a scene for “one of the show’s penultimate moments” (according to Variety), with her making a speech in character about a “tough year” and learning that “this world can be a cruel and unforgiving place.”
The Idol stars Lily-Rose Depp as an up-and-coming pop star who falls under the sway of The Weeknd’s character—who, at least according to initial reports that may no longer be accurate—might be some kind of cult leader. For all we know, The Weeknd’s losing his voice and being unable to perform was also part of the show… but that seems unlikely.
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Does this mean we have to go back to work tomorrow?
I feel bad for all the stage crew and roadies who were working for the Weeknd.
Hey. EVERYBODY’S working for the Weeknd.
Slow your roll…loverboy
They just wanted a new romance.
Well done, you filthy whore, well done XD
That Weeknd, always cutting corners. First, he removes a letter from his name, and now THIS.
I personally do not find him very talentd.
The Weckend?
Personally, I like a nice quiet Weeknd now and then.
I’m not given to conspiracies, but this is clearly the work of deep state lizard people.
What? You can’t be serious. This person needs help, everybody! Look at the whacko over here! It’s obvious what the real cause was. There’s dark magic afoot in our land. The Weeknd was probably playing with forces beyond human comprehension. And I fear that unwise choice will have devastating consequences for every last one of us. Devastating. Deep state lizard people…lol, come on.
Hard to perform with your voice Weeknd
If this is a genuine moment where Abel lost his voice, I feel for him – hope he recovers. This is always devastating for people who build their careers and identities around singing.
Cain did what he thought he had to do. Jealousy’s a bitch.
Can’t rap – you gotta do it
TIL that singers still actually…. sing?
Happened to me. Luckily, it was the last performance I was playing as Tevye in my high school production of Fiddler, and the gruff, croaky voice fit the characterization perfectly. Couldn’t speak for a week afterward, though.
John Lennon had a cold when The Beatles covered “Twist and Shout” and his voice gave out after the first take so they used it and the raspy voice fit the song.
Was Daniel Craig at least on hand to soothe the agitated audience?
So he may have been in character for this show as his usual character, but also in character as his usual character playing a different character for the show, which may have been a normal show but also a scripted show for another show, that may have required him to lose his voice as one character but not another, or he may have lost his voice as the real person and it affected his stage persona, and also the fake stage persona, or maybe not.
Where did he last have it? Honestly, when people lose something they need to retrace their steps.