The Weeknd was coerced to postpone a concert in his hometown of postpone

The Weeknd is scheduled to kick off the After Hours to Dawn Tour at Rogers Centre, the big stadium in his hometown of Toronto, on Friday night.

The Weeknd postponed the first concert of its tour after a nationwide WiFi blackout in Canada.

The 32-year-old singer will kick off his After Hours to Dawn Tour at Rogers Center in his hometown of Toronto on Friday night. However, the event was discontinued due to an outage at Rogers Wireless, Canada’s largest wireless service provider.

“I’m devastated and heartbroken. I’ve been on set all day, but I couldn’t do it because of Rogers’ failure. He said in a statement on his Instagram story. “Operation also safety were compromised, and I did my best.”

The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye). “This is the most painful, and we will do the show but unfortunately not tonight. I know how long you have been waiting and how many have worked to get on the show also share this special moment with me. I can’t wait to see you all. Concert due to disruption “because the operation and infrastructure of the venue are impossible until the full operation is restored.”

On Friday evening, Rogers said on his website that “the service is gradually being restored” as their technical team “is working hard to get everyone back online as soon as possible.”

Ahead of The Weeknd’s concert, Toronto’s Drake congratulated the singer on booking such a large venue in his hometown.

“Okay, look. This, this little alley is where I first heard The Weeknd’s music,” the “Started from the Bottom” rapper said in a selfie-style video.

“Greetings to Oliver [El-Khatib], my brother, of course. Oliver played me The Weeknd here,” recalled Drake. “This is my old building in Toronto. We park here. Rain.”