Event streams Feb 26th
The Weeknd has announced The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience will begin streaming on Prime Video on February 26th. The visual expands his Dawn FM album into a mesmerizing visual, creating a theatrical performance event that will envelope audiences in its unnerving and moody world.
“I’m ecstatic to partner with Amazon to premiere the most elaborate live TV special I’ve ever done. Welcome to the next phase of Dawn FM—a purgatory otherworld where live performance, theater, and performance art collide for a night out at the club,” shares Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye.
The special will be available exclusively to Prime members in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Music from The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience will be available for fans to stream as an eight-track live EP exclusively on Amazon Music. Starting at 3 pm EST on February 25th, an exclusive merch capsule celebrating the special will also be available in the Amazon Music Artist Merch Shop and in the Amazon Music app to commemorate the musical event.
Created by The Weeknd, La Mar C. Taylor, and Micah Bickham, who also directed the special, The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience was produced by XO Records and Contrast Films with La Mar C. Taylor, Jordy Wax, and Ed Walker serving as executive producers.
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience on Prime Video follows The Weeknd’s appearance in 103.5 Dawn FM, a livestream experience which streamed exclusively on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and in the Amazon Music app. The Dawn FM album, deemed a “sonic experience” by The Weeknd, showcases a unique cast of features from Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne, Quincy Jones, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Jim Carrey, and is available to stream on Amazon Music Unlimited.
Upon its January release, Dawn FM set a new Billboard record on the Billboard Global 200 chart – charting 24 songs, the most ever by a solo male artist. The album, only available digitally at the time, debuted No. 1 Apple Music US and in 125 countries as well as No. 1 Spotify US and globally. Its cumulative streams have surpassed over 500 million to date. Adding to the laurels, the single “Sacrifice” debuted at No. 1 on Spotify US and global and is charting in over 130 countries on Apple Music.
