Photo credit: Sebastien Nagy
A massive, gold-coated sculpture by the Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama is the new centerpiece of The Weeknd's After Hours til Dawn Tour.
The tour has already broken records as the highest-grossing tour by a male solo artist. Now, the colossal sculpture adds another notch to The Weeknd's belt: the new work is the largest commissioned fine artwork ever created for a concert production.
Photo credit: Hyghly Alleyne
The piece was created exclusively for the tour by Sorayama, the notable artistic mind behind the much buzzed about "Sexy Robot" series. Carved from polystyrene and cast in Toyama, Japan, the sculpture was then hand-coated in gold and features laser-illuminated eyes and smoke effects.
Photo credit: Sebastien Nagy
Photo credit: Sebastien Nagy
The “After Hours til Dawn” is one of the most attended concert tours and one of the highest-grossing of all time, accumulating over $1 billion across 153 concerts. The tour was originally meant to promote The Weeknd’s 4th Studio Album After Hours, but following the pandemic, the tour got pushed back and revamped to incorporate his fifth and sixth studio albums, Dawn FM and Hurry Up Tomorrow.
Stay tuned with The FADER for more info on The Weeknd and the After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour.
