''Live at SoFi Stadium'' is the first live album by Canadian singer

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. It was released on March 3, 2023, through XO and

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. The album was recorded during two November 2022 concerts at the

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, as a part of

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. A week earlier, the concert film of the same name was released on

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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: ''

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'' (2022), ''

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'' (2020), ''

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'' (2018), '' Starboy'' (2016), ''

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'' (2015), ''

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'' (2013), and ''

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'' (2011), along with multiple songs he was featured on.

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. However, due to the initial wave of the

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, the tour was originally postponed to 2021 and later, January 2022. On August 6, 2021, the Weeknd released "

Take My Breath "Take My Breath" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released on August 6, 2021, through XO and Republic Records, as the lead single from his fifth studio album, ''Dawn FM'' (2022). The song was written and produced by ...

", the lead single from ''

''. 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

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s to

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s. The new tour, titled the

, was finally announced on March 3, 2022, and kicked off on July 14 in Philadelphia. On February 2, 2023, the Weeknd announced that a concert film recorded at two sold-out shows at

on November 26 and 27, 2022 would be released on

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on February 25. The concert film, titled ''Live at SoFi Stadium'', became the highest debut for a music special in the history of HBO Max. On March 1, 2023, The Weeknd announced the release of his first live album, titled after the concert film. It was released on March 3 on streaming services and as a digital download. 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.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from HBO special closing credits. *

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– performer, executive producer, music director *Micah Bickham – director, executive producer *

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– 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 "LJ" Jones – bass, keyboards * 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 *

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Studio – production design *Sila Sveta – visual design *

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– choreographer *Alex Clark – assistant choreographer *Tanya Karn – assistant choreographer

Background and release

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Release history

References

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