Live Review: The Weeknd @ Apple Music Festival, The Roundhouse
24th September 2015
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★★★★★
The Weeknd has had a stratospheric rise to fame over the past twelve months with the success of Fifty Shades smash 'Earned It' and more recently his hit single 'Can't Feel My Face'.
Luckily for the Toronto songwriter, his live performance lives up to the hype.
The support acts:
Justine Skye was first up to perform at the Roundhouse last night (23rd September) and, despite being relatively new onto the scene, had a star quality with her sassy stage presence.
Arriving onto the stage to the soundtrack of Rihanna's 'Bitch Better Have My Money' said a lot about her influences, as she definitely had a Rhi Rhi vibe to her performance. With famous friends like Kylie Jenner she's bound to do well despite being nothing overly new or different, just another talented female singer.
Grace Mitchell was next up and her set seemed to pass the crowd by without offence, but without blowing them away either. She played tracks from her latest EP design including 'Runaway' and 'Broken Over You'.
The headline act:
With the release of his latest album Beauty Behind The Madness, we’ve had a chance to familiarise ourselves with tracks such as ‘Prisoner’ and ‘Losers’, the tracks in which Abel Tesfaye opened his set at the Roundhouse.
In fact, he kicked off his set with four tracks from the new record including ‘Tell All Your Friends’ and the über sensual ‘Often’.
In fact, most of The Weeknd’s back catalogue is most definitely NSFW, an element he doesn’t shy away from.
Losers
Tell All Your Friends
Often
Drunk In Love (Beyonce Cover)
Love Me Harder (Ariana Grande cover)
Crew Love
Or Nah (Ty Dolla $ign cover)
The Morning
House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
Earned It
Can't Feel My Face
The Hills Encore High For This
Wicked Games You can watch the full performance on Apple Music and Apple TV. Photo credits: Apple Music Festival, London 2015
Luckily for the Toronto songwriter, his live performance lives up to the hype.
The support acts:
Justine Skye was first up to perform at the Roundhouse last night (23rd September) and, despite being relatively new onto the scene, had a star quality with her sassy stage presence.
Arriving onto the stage to the soundtrack of Rihanna's 'Bitch Better Have My Money' said a lot about her influences, as she definitely had a Rhi Rhi vibe to her performance. With famous friends like Kylie Jenner she's bound to do well despite being nothing overly new or different, just another talented female singer.
Grace Mitchell was next up and her set seemed to pass the crowd by without offence, but without blowing them away either. She played tracks from her latest EP design including 'Runaway' and 'Broken Over You'.
The headline act:
With the release of his latest album Beauty Behind The Madness, we’ve had a chance to familiarise ourselves with tracks such as ‘Prisoner’ and ‘Losers’, the tracks in which Abel Tesfaye opened his set at the Roundhouse.
In fact, he kicked off his set with four tracks from the new record including ‘Tell All Your Friends’ and the über sensual ‘Often’.
In fact, most of The Weeknd’s back catalogue is most definitely NSFW, an element he doesn’t shy away from.
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Losers
Tell All Your Friends
Often
Drunk In Love (Beyonce Cover)
Love Me Harder (Ariana Grande cover)
Crew Love
Or Nah (Ty Dolla $ign cover)
The Morning
House Of Balloons/Glass Table Girls
Earned It
Can't Feel My Face
The Hills Encore High For This
Wicked Games You can watch the full performance on Apple Music and Apple TV. Photo credits: Apple Music Festival, London 2015
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