Live at SoFi Stadium

Live at SoFi Stadium is the first live album by Canadian singer the Weeknd. It was released on March 3, 2023, through XO and Republic Records. The album was recorded during two November 2022 concerts at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, as a part of After Hours til Dawn Tour. A week earlier, the concert film of the same name was released on HBO Max and became the highest debut for a music special in the history of HBO Max. The set list includes songs from the Weeknd's previous projects: Dawn FM (2022), After Hours (2020), My Dear Melancholy (2018), Starboy (2016), Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), Kiss Land (2013), and House of Balloons (2011), along with multiple songs he was featured on.

Live at SoFi Stadium
Live album by the Weeknd
Released	March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)^[1]
Recorded	November 26–27, 2022
Venue	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
Length	95:00
Label	XO Republic
The Weeknd chronology
Avatar: The Way of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2022) Live at SoFi Stadium (2023) The Idol Episode 1 (Music from the HBO Original Series) (2023)

Background and release

In February 2020, the Weeknd announced he would embark on The After Hours Tour in support of the album of the same name. The tour was due to kick-off in June of that year and was to be his first tour outside of Asia since 2017's Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour.^[2] However, due to the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour was originally postponed to 2021 and later, January 2022.^[3][4] On August 6, 2021, the Weeknd released "Take My Breath", the lead single from Dawn FM.^[5] To reflect the release of a new album while still incorporating its predecessor, he announced in October that the tour would be renamed and postponed for a third time to summer 2022. The tour was also moved from arenas to stadiums.^[6] The new tour, titled the After Hours til Dawn Tour, was finally announced on March 3, 2022, and kicked off on July 14 in Philadelphia.^[7]

On February 2, 2023, the Weeknd announced that a concert film recorded at two sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on November 26 and 27, 2022 would be released on HBO/HBO Max on February 25.^[8][9] The concert film, titled Live at SoFi Stadium, became the highest debut for a music special in the history of HBO Max.^[10] On March 1, 2023, The Weeknd announced the release of his first live album, titled after the concert film.^[11] It was released on March 3 on streaming services and as a digital download.^[1] The album, which runs for exactly 95 minutes, consists of 31 tracks, encompassing every song performed during the show in addition to the introduction and concluding segments of the concert.^[12]

Track listing

Live at SoFi Stadium track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Abel Tesfaye Michael Dean	1:35
2.	"Alone Again"	Tesfaye Jason Quenneville Carlo Montagnese Adam Feeney	2:47
3.	"Gasoline"	Tesfaye Daniel Lopatin Max Martin Oscar Holter Matt Cohn	3:15
4.	"Sacrifice"	Tesfaye Martin Axel Hedfors Steve Angello Sebastian Ingrosso Carl Nordström Holter Kevin McCord	4:23
5.	"How Do I Make You Love Me?"	Tesfaye Lopatin Martin Hedfors Angello Ingrosso Holter Cohn	3:29
6.	"Can't Feel My Face"	Tesfaye Ali Payami Savan Kotecha Martin Peter Svensson	3:03
7.	"Take My Breath"	Tesfaye Ahmad Balshe Andrea Di Ceglie Luigi Tutolo Martin Holter	3:55
8.	"Hurricane"	Kanye West Tesfaye Dominique Jones Dean Jahmal Gwin Khalil Abdul-Rahman Ronald Spence Jr. Henry Walter Mark Williams Raul Cubina Charles Njapa Christopher Ruelas Mark Mbogo Nasir Pemberton Sam Barsh Josh Mease Cydel Young Malik Yusef Orlando Wilder Albert Daniels Cailin Russo Daniel Seeff Dexter Mills Tobias Smith	2:07
9.	"The Hills"	Tesfaye Balshe Emmanuel Nickerson Montagnese	3:05
10.	"Often"	Tesfaye Benjamin Diehl Quenneville Balshe Danny Schofield Ali Kocatepe Sabahattin Ali Osman İşmen	2:28
11.	"Crew Love"	Aubrey Graham Tesfaye Montagnese Noah Shebib Anthony Palman	1:53
12.	"Starboy"	Tesfaye Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Martin McKinney Walter Quenneville	4:05
13.	"Heartless"	Tesfaye Leland Wayne Montagnese Andre Proctor	2:04
14.	"Low Life"	Nayvadius Wilburn Tesfaye Wayne Diehl Quenneville	1:47
15.	"Or Nah"	Tyrone Griffin Cameron Thomaz Dijon McFarlane Mikely Adam Lemmie Crockem	1:41
16.	"Kiss Land"	Tesfaye Schofield Jack Holkeboer Quenneville Sébastien Tellier	1:50
17.	"Party Monster"	Tesfaye Diehl McKinney Balshe Lana Del Rey	3:09
18.	"Faith"	Tesfaye Balshe Montagnese Wayne	3:05
19.	"After Hours"	Tesfaye Quenneville Balshe Montagnese Mario Winans	4:27
20.	"Out of Time"	Tesfaye Lopatin Martin Holter Tomoko Aran Tetsurō Oda	3:20
21.	"I Feel It Coming"	Tesfaye Bangalter de Homem-Christo McKinney Walter Eric Chedeville	3:54
22.	"Die for You"	Tesfaye McKinney Mejdi Rhars Dylan Wiggins Magnus Høiberg William Thomas Walsh Walter	3:13
23.	"Is There Someone Else?"	Tesfaye Lopatin Martin Thomas Brown Peter Lee Johnson	3:57
24.	"I Was Never There"	Tesfaye Mike Lévy Feeney	2:17
25.	"Wicked Games"	Tesfaye McKinney Montagnese Rainer Millar Blanchaer	2:23
26.	"Call Out My Name"	Tesfaye Feeney Nicolas Jaar	4:02
27.	"The Morning"	Tesfaye McKinney Montagnese	3:19
28.	"Save Your Tears"	Tesfaye Balshe Quenneville Martin Holter	2:58
29.	"Less than Zero"	Tesfaye Martin Holter	4:04
30.	"Blinding Lights"	Tesfaye Balshe Quenneville Martin Holter	4:13
31.	"Outro"	Tesfaye Dean	3:10
Total length:			1:35:00

Personnel

Adapted from HBO special closing credits.

• The Weeknd – performer, executive producer, music director
• Micah Bickham – director, executive producer
• La Mar Taylor – executive producer, creative director
• Jordy Wax – executive producer
• Aaron Cooke – executive producer
• Amy Barker – associate director
• Patrick Greenaway – musical director, guitar
• Ricky Lewis – drums
• Ledaris Jones – bass
• Mike Dean – synths, guitar, pre-production, mixer
• Derek Brener - Mixer, FOH Engineer, Record Engineer
• Steve Hollander – stage manager
• Matt Petroff – tour manager
• Robert Deceglio – production manager
• Jason Baeri – lightning design
• Es Devlin Studio – production design
• Sila Sveta – visual design
• Charm La'Donna – choreographer
• Alex Clark – assistant choreographer
• Tanya Karn – assistant choreographer

Release history

Release history for Live at SoFi Stadium

Region	Date	Label(s)	Format(s)	Ref.
Various	March 3, 2023	XO Republic	Digital download streaming	^[12]
	April 20, 2024		LP	^[13]

References

1. Kaufman, Gil (March 3, 2023). "The Weeknd Drops First Live Album, 'Live at SoFi Stadium'". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
2. Variety Staff (February 20, 2020). "The Weeknd Reveals Dates for Massive 'After Hours' Tour". Variety. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
3. Shaffer, Claire (May 20, 2020). "The Weeknd Reschedules 'After Hours' Tour for 2021". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
4. Kreps, Daniel (October 18, 2021). "The Weeknd Pushes 2022 Tour, Plots Move From Arenas to Stadiums". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
5. "The Weeknd Releasing New Song "Take My Breath" This Friday". Pitchfork. August 2, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
6. "The Weeknd Postpones Tour to Summer 2022, Moves Shows to Stadiums". Complex. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
7. "The Weeknd Announces 2022 North American Tour". Pitchfork. March 3, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
8. "Live at Sofi coming to @HBO February/25. @HBOMax". Twitter. February 2, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
9. "The Weeknd's 'Live at SoFi Stadium' To Be Released As Live Album". Universal Music Group. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
10. ".@HBO // @hbomax". Twitter. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
11. "LIVE @ SOFI album out everywhere tomorrow night!". Twitter. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
12. "Live at SoFi Stadium". Spotify. XO / Republic Records. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
13. "Record Store Day 2024: Check out the full list of releases". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

External links

• The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium - Die For You on YouTube