Of all the things you might expect global superstar The Weeknd to be tweeting about on Saturday afternoon in the build up to his huge Etihad Stadium concert, a warning about the sweltering heat in Manchester was probably not it. The Weeknd was keen to warn his thousands of fans though - many of whom queued outside for hours on the hottest day of the year to get in - "It's hot in Manchester! Keep hydrated."
Not that the megastar did much to cool his fans down with the huge stadium spectacular which was to follow on Saturday night - complete with fire shooting out from the stage. Sizzling temperatures aside, The Weeknd, aka Ethiopian-Canadian Abel Tesfaye, is undoubtedly the hottest star in the world right now, racking up more Spotify listens than any other artist by some distance.
He's here in Manchester for the first UK show of his After Hours Til Dawn tour, the name an amalgam of his two latest albums: After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022). Fresh from the launch of his controversial HBO series 'The Idol' just a week ago, he's back on stage and the excitement is palpable.
