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The Weeknd ‘crushed and heartbroken’ to cancel show in Canada: ‘I tried my absolute best’-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro
‘This one hurts the most,’ he said.
The singer said he ‘tried my absolute best’ to make the show happen (Picture: Getty)
The Weeknd said he is ‘crushed and heartbroken’ after his new stadium tour was postponed.
Its cancellation was due to a nationwide outage of one of Canada’s biggest phone networks, which caused problems for venue operations.
The pop superstar said he had ‘tried my absolute best’, but that the matter was ‘out of our hands’ due to the malfunction compromising fan safety at his hometown venue, in Toronto.
He was set to perform at The Rogers Centre stadium, which is also home to the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, but the venue apologised to customers and promised that a new date would be organised in due course.
Writing on Twitter, the singer – real name Abel Tesfaye – said: ‘I’m crushed & heartbroken.
‘Been at the venue all day but it’s out of our hands because of the Rogers outage. Operations and safety are compromised and I tried my absolute best.
The Weeknd’s stadium show was postponed in Canada (Picture: Getty)
‘This one hurts the most, and we will make this show happen, but unfortunately not tonight.’
He continued: ‘I know how long you’ve been waiting and how hard a lot of you worked to make it to the show and experience this special moment with me,’ assuring fans that he ‘can’t wait’ to see them all.
Meanwhile, a statement posted online from the venue read: ‘We regret to announce that The Weeknd tour stop at Rogers Centre has been postponed due to service outages impacting venue operations.
‘A new show date will be shared ASAP and tickets will be honoured.’
They said they ‘understand how disappointing this is and apologise for the inconvenience.’
The Blinding Lights hitmaker is due to embark on a multi-stadium tour, titled All Hours Til Dawn, following the release of his fifth studio album Dawn FM.
A statement from tour promoter Live Nation read: ‘The Weeknd was onsite and ready to play but due to the nationwide Rogers network outage the show planned for this evening at Rogers Centre will be postponed as the venue’s operations & infrastructure are not possible until full service is back.’
The Weeknd was due to be joined by Doja Cat on tour (Picture: Getty)
This isn’t the first obstacle The Weeknd has encountered with his tour, as support act Doja Cat was forced to pull out back in May.
The Kiss Me More rapper – real name Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini – announced that she wouldn’t be joining the singer on the road since she is recovering from tonsil surgery.
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Doja shared with her Twitter followers that the swelling will take some time go go down, so she also had to cancel her festival run for the summer.
‘I feel horrible about this but can’t wait for this to heal and get back to making music and create an experience for y’all,’ she wrote.
The Weeknd’s tour is scheduled to continue on July 14 in Philadelphia.
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