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The Weeknd is set to headline Croke Park next summer - how much do you know about him?
The global sensation will return to Ireland next August – on a Saturday, of course.
THE WEEKND HAS announced an extension of his After Hours Til Dawn tour – including a stop at Dublin’s Croke Park.
The weekend comes around once a week, but it’s been a long time coming for fans of The Weeknd, who will play his first Irish gig in almost three years on 22 August 2026.
With a career spanning nearly two decades, multiple genres, and various artistic ventures, The Weeknd has become one of the most iconic voices in modern pop music.
So today, we want to test your knowledge of The Weeknd – and no, this isn’t about any particular day of the week.
Surprise! The Weeknd is just a stage name – do you know his real name?
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Aubrey Drake Graham
Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
Rakim Athelston Mayers
What is the title of The Weeknd's debut mixtape?
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Thursday
House of Balloons
Echoes of Silence
Sunday
What is The Weeknd’s most streamed song on Spotify, with over 5 billion streams?
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Blinding Lights
Starboy
The Hills
Can't Feel My Face
He's a man for a collaboration, is The Weeknd. But which of the following artists has he NOT collaborated with?
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Bad Bunny
Childish Gambino
Lana Del Rey
Post Malone
An Irish actor made an appearance in Hurry Up Tomorrow, a thiller both starring and produced by The Weeknd. Who was it?
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Paul Mescal
Andrew Scott
Cillian Murphy
Barry Keoghan
How many Grammys has The Weeknd won?
(as you can see, he's nabbed at least two)
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Four
Nine
Seven
Three
The Weeknd was in a highly publicised relationship with which American model?
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Kendall Jenner
Bella Hadid
Hayley Baldwin (before she was Hayley Bieber)
Gigi Hadid
Earned It by The Weeknd appears on the soundtrack of which film?
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Saltburn
Twilight: Breaking Dawn
Fifty Shades of Grey
The Wolf of Wall Street
What Irish festival did The Weeknd headline?
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Longitude
Forbidden Fruit
Electric Picnic
All Together Now
And finally, what year did The Weeknd perform at the Superbowl Halftime Show?
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2019
2023
2021
2025
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Starboy
You aced this quiz – I hope your ticket-buying skills are just as good
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Wicked (quiz) Game
You were like a Moth to a Flame – straight to the correct answers
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Acquainted
Seems like you know a fair bit of Abel knowledge
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What You Need...
... is to brush up on your knowledge
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Less than Zero
Only joking – but you could have done a lot better
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