THE WEEKND Is Here! Full-on album 9/10, Full-on tour 9/06...

Tue Aug 13 09:42:12 CDT 2013

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KISS LAND [XO/REPUBLIC RECORDS]: SEPTEMBER 10th, 2013

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR: SEPTEMBER 6th, 2013

“The most invigorating, surprising and affecting new force in R&B.”

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“The Weeknd seems poised to cement his place as the leader of new wave R&B, with the release of Kiss Land.” “Most Anticipated Albums of 2013”

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“On the forefront of an idiosyncratic new cut of R&B.”

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PRESS HERE<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYO77zNhWl4> to watch “Belong to the World”

The Weeknd’s 2012 mixtape series, Trilogy, is now platinum

The Weeknd is nominated for “Artist to Watch” and “Best Visual Effects” for the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards

Metacritic<http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic> ranks “Trilogy” as the highest scoring R&B album of 2012 with 'Universal Acclaim.' The Weeknd is the third-highest ranking R&B artist of all time.

“Really that conflicted, that corrupted. Never before has r’n'b’s devil’s barter between pleasure and shame been so deliriously disarranged, unquantifiable, intoxicating or plain horrific.”

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“Exquisite vulnerability.”
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“Ultimately, the Weeknd's music creates a world. In it, people acknowledge their humanity as expressed by desires to fuck, get high, resent one another, hurt, to not care about tomorrow.” BEST NEW MUSIC

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“Immediately hailed as a modern classic. The best album of the year<http://www.complex.com/music/2011/12/the-25-best-albums-of-2011#26>.”

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“Dark, salacious R&B.”
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“Practically untouched…The Weeknd breathed new life into R&B.”
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“Striking.”
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“The Weeknd opens up a new, gritty aspect of the genre”

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“Seductive Perversity.”
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“Tesfaye's velvety melodies infuse his trippy minimalism like incense smoke, getting lost only on the too-woozy title track… Impressive.”
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“One of the forerunners in an emotionally magnified, peculiar thread of R&B.”
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"A voice to reckon with.”
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“Above the clouds, The Weeknd takes love to a higher level.”

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The Weeknd’s headline tour starts September 6th with openers LA songstress BANKS and Australian DJ Anna Lunoe.

The Weeknd Fall Tour dates:

9/6 Vancouver, BC                           Orpheum Theatre

9/7 Vancouver, BC                           Orpheum Theatre

9/10 Seattle, WA                              Paramount Theater

9/13 Berkeley, CA                            The Greek Theatre – Berkeley

9/14 Santa Barbara, CA                  Santa Barbara Bowl

9/16 Los Angeles, CA                      The Greek Theatre

9/17 Los Angeles, CA                      The Greek Theatre

9/20 Broomfield, CO                       1st Bank Center

9/22 Grand Prairie, TX                    Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

9/23 Cedar Park, TX                         Cedar Park Center

9/24 Houston, TX                             Bayou Music Center

9/26 Tampa, FL                                  David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts

9/27 Orlando, FL                               Hard Rock Live

9/28 Miami, FL                                   James L. Knight Center

9/30 Atlanta, GA                               Fox Theatre

10/1 Charlotte, NC                           Ovens Auditorium

10/2 Durham, NC                             Durham Performing Arts Center

10/4 Camden, NJ                              Susquehanna Bank Center

10/5 Washington, D.C.                   DAR Constitution Hall

10/7 New York, NY                          Radio City Music Hall

10/8 New York, NY                          Radio City Music Hall

10/11 Boston, MA                            Orpheum Theatre

10/13 Chicago, IL                              Chicago Theatre

10/14 Chicago, IL                              Chicago Theatre

10/15 Detroit, MI                             Fox Theatre

10/17 Toronto, ON                          Massey Hall

10/19 Toronto, ON                          Massey Hall

10/20 Toronto, ON                          Massey Hall

11/26 London, UK                            The O2 Arena

ALBUM PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW AT THEWEEKND.COM<http://THEWEEKND.COM>

BUY TICKETS TO THE KISS LAND FALL TOUR: http://smarturl.it/TheWeekndFallTour

For more information on The Weeknd, please contact:
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