The Weeknd ‘crushed and heartbroken’ by Toronto gig postponement – Music News

The Weeknd was still left “crushed and heartbroken” right after his Toronto exhibit was cancelled thanks to a key “outage”.

The ‘Take My Breath’ hitmaker was due to perform the Rogers Stadium in his residence metropolis in Canada on Friday (08.07.22), but an difficulty with Canada’s main telecommunications corporation meant it was impossible to place on the live performance.

In a social media assertion, the 32-12 months-outdated singer – whose serious name is Abel Tesfaye – wrote: “This a person hurts the most, and we will make this display occur, but sadly not tonight.

“I’m crushed and heartbroken. Been at the venue all day but it is out of my fingers because of the Rogers outage. Operations and safety are compromised and I tried using my absolute very best.

He extra: “This one particular hurts the most, and we will make this demonstrate transpire, but unfortunately not tonight. I know how long you have been waiting around and how hard a good deal of you labored to make it to the display and knowledge this specific moment with me. I can’t wait to see you all.”

A new day is however to be declared.

The ‘After Several hours Til Dawn Tour’ carries on in Lincoln, Philadelphia on July 14.

The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker could be heading back again to Toronto shortly as he is been nominated for the 2022 Polaris Songs Prize.

The Canadian model of the UK’s Mercury Prize “honours and benefits artists who create Canadian audio albums of distinction”.

And The Weeknd is nominated for his fifth studio album, ‘Dawn FM’, which arrived at number a single in more than 10 international locations.

Arcade Fire (‘WE’)’, Orville Peck (‘Bronco’), punk rockers PUP (‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND’) and rock band Destroyer (‘Labyrinthitis’) are also in contention.

The shortlist for the Polaris Audio Prize will be announced on July 14, with the over-all winner introduced at a ceremony in Toronto on September 19.

Previously this calendar year, The Weeknd grew to become the most listened-to artist on Spotify.

The ‘Gasoline’ singer broke the report previously set by Justin Bieber immediately after amassing 85.66 million month to month listeners on the streaming support, just months after releasing ‘Dawn FM’.

Justin’s previous file was set with just less than 84 million monthly listeners.

Meanwhile, The Weeknd just lately teased ‘Dawn FM’ is aspect of a trilogy and a 3rd instalment will stick to.

He tweeted: “I wonder… did you know you are going through a new trilogy?”