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3 days ago
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11 shows to see at Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium this summer concert season
The Weeknd The Weeknd, performed at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro on July 21, 2022. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE The Weeknd will perform back-to-back shows at Gillette in June. The Canadian singer-songwriter returns to Foxborough for the first time since 2022, when he came to town as part of his 'After Hours til Dawn' tour. That tour is still going strong as it embarks on another North American leg, with rapper Playboi Carti and special guest Mike Dean joining the Weeknd at Gillette. June 10-11, 7 p.m. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up George Strait Advertisement George Strait performed on day one of the Austin City Limits Music Festival's first weekend on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Austin. Amy Harris/Amy Harris/Invision/AP George Strait heads to Gillette midway through his stadium show run this summer, joined by 10-time Grammy winner Chris Stapleton and ACM, CMT, and CMA winner Parker McCollum. According to figures from Billboard, Strait is one of the top-grossing country artists of all time, coming out at well over $500 million from tour revenue alone. June 21, 5:45 p.m. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. Advertisement Hozier Hozier performed at Boston Calling on May 26, 2024. Ben Stas for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe The so-called 'Irish Renaissance' is coming to Fenway with the arrival of folk singer, June 23-24, 6:30 p.m. Fenway Park. Coldplay Coldplay frontman Chris Martin performed at Gillette Stadium on July 30, 2016. Timothy Tai for The Boston Globe Coldplay hits Gillette in July, the band's first trip back to the stadium since 2017. Accompanying the group are Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr and Palestinian and Chilean singer-songwriter Elyanna. The band will perform songs from 'Moon Music,' their most recent album, as well as popular songs like 'Yellow,' 'A Sky Full of Stars,' 'Viva La Vida,' and more. July 15-16, 6 p.m. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. The Lumineers The Lumineers performed at Boston Calling on May 27, 2023. Erin Clark/Globe Staff The Lumineers are on a roll as the band continues its July 17-18, 6:30 p.m. Fenway Park. Thomas Rhett Thomas Rhett takes a fan's cell phone to take a selfie as he performed on the first night of his four-show run at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Dec. 6, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty The country twang in the air will only get stronger as Thomas Rhett brings his 'Better in Boots' tour to Fenway Park. The Georgia-born musician's trip through the US follows the release of his seventh studio album, 'About a Woman.' Special guests include genre-bending musician Teddy Swims, country singer Tucker Wetmore, and country trio The Castellows. July 19, 5:30 p.m. Fenway Park. Morgan Wallen Morgan Wallen arrived at the 53rd annual CMA Awards on Nov. 13, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Morgan Wallen visits Gillette for the first time at the end of August fresh off the release of his new album, 'I'm The Problem,' released on May 16. The Grammy-nominated country singer continues to see his star rise, and recently set a new record for most songs to chart simultaneously in a single week on the Aug. 22-23, 5:30 p.m. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough. Advertisement The Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers will visit Fenway Park this summer. Courtesy The familiar brotherly trio returns to Boston's famed ballpark to celebrate 20 years and six studio albums worth of stardom. The Jonas Brothers Aug. 23, 6:30 p.m. Fenway Park. Chris Brown In this June 25, 2017, file photo, Chris Brown performs at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Controversial R&B artist Chris Brown also celebrates 20 year with a show in the Hub. The singer is set to bring his 'Breezy Bowl XX' tour to Fenway in August as he makes his way through North America. His Boston show will include performances by Bryson Tiller and Grammy-nominee Summer Walker. Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m. Fenway Park. The Who The Who perform at Wembley Stadium in July 4, 2019. William Snyder The Who have been rockin' since 1964, but the the London band is about to say goodbye to North America as part of 'The Song Is Over' tour. The group will trek across the United States and Canada this summer, kicking off on Aug. 16 in Florida and closing in Las Vegas on Sept. 28. Joining the famous band for the Boston (and Los Angeles) tour date is the Joe Perry Project, led by Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry . Aug. 26. Fenway Park. Advertisement My Chemical Romance Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance at TD Garden in 2022. MCR returns to Boston in September. Mark Beemer Even after almost two decades since the band's hit third studio album first rocked fans' socks off, Sept. 7, 6 p.m. Fenway Park. Haley Clough can be reached at
Express Tribune
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
The Weeknd is ready to embrace vulnerability
Abel Tesfaye, or as famously known by his stage name The Weeknd, is not crying. But he's no longer hiding either. In his new film Hurry Up Tomorrow, a psychological thriller he co-wrote, produced, scored, and stars in, Tesfaye does what might have once seemed unthinkable: he lets himself be seen: raw, scared, grieving, soft. Not The Weeknd, just Abel. "I feel grateful I got to film my persona and burn it," he tells The Guardian matter-of-factly, as if setting fire to the character that built the most streamed song in history is just another Tuesday. "The Weeknd felt like a 15-year film. And with this, I got to say: cut." Cut, indeed. Hurry Up Tomorrow is part fever dream, part ego death, and fully an exorcism of The Weeknd's carefully constructed walls. The film opens on Tesfaye, playing a fictionalised version of himself, spiraling after heartbreak, fame fatigue, and emotional repression catch up with him mid-flight. Cue a surreal unraveling of the persona that once turned self-destruction into an aesthetic. It's not subtle but neither is the shift happening within Tesfaye himself. "Men have this forcefield," he explains. "We want to come off as invincible. Vulnerability is something you run away from. But to me, now? Vulnerability is punk." The irony isn't lost on him. This is the same artist who once turned nihilism and numbness into chart-topping poetry. But even The Weeknd couldn't out-sing what his body was trying to say. In the middle of his global After Hours til Dawn tour, Tesfaye lost his voice mid-show. "I found out later it was a panic attack," he says. "My body gave up. I think my body was just telling me: you can't sing it away anymore. You have to figure it out." Aftermath of a breakdown So he did. And instead of trying to armour back up, Tesfaye did something quieter and braver: he stayed open. The result is a film that's less about the pop spectacle and more about the person behind it, his fears, his past, his longing for connection. It's therapy disguised as cinema. "Before we started filming, I went through the healing I needed to go through. I had to shed that skin," he says. "I was able to face my child self." And if Tesfaye is facing the child version of himself, he's also forgiving him. When a scene in the film, set on a private jet, portrays him sobbing over a breakup, it's easy to connect it to his real life. He's spoken before about his father leaving when he was young. But when asked directly if the film's emotional core is autobiographical, he lets out a sly "Nope", followed by a knowing smile. Still, it's clear he's not interested in hiding behind metaphor anymore. "We all deal with abandonment," he says more generally. "And forgiveness is key." That message extends to Hurry Up Tomorrow's entire ethos: heartbreak isn't shameful, softness isn't weakness, and fear doesn't make you fragile, it makes you real. And for someone who spent over a decade shrouded in mystery and mascara, this embrace of emotional transparency isn't just a narrative shift. It's a creative one too. "This was the first time I wasn't hiding behind music," he says. "It was like a therapy session for all of us." He doesn't just mean the cast. Tesfaye co-created the film with childhood friends, turning what could've been a vanity project into something more intimate. "It felt like a group session," he adds. And so, The Weeknd, the persona, is gone. What's left is Abel Tesfaye, still stylish, still meticulous, but finally human. No longer singing through pain, but speaking through it. "If something isn't bigger than the last thing you did, it's considered a failure by the masses," he says with a shrug. "But I don't want to be identified with something I started at 19." That 19-year-old built an empire out of heartbreak. But this version is building something even more radical: honesty. And if that means crying on a private jet in front of the whole world, so be it. Vulnerability is punk. And Abel Tesfaye has never sounded more free.
