If you weren’t at Soldier Field this past weekend for The Weeknd’s “After Hours Til Dawn” Tour stop in Chicago, you missed a spectacle that was just as much dystopian sci-fi as it was pop-R&B party. With a stage setup that looked like Blade Runner meets Mad Max, Abel Tesfaye turned the lakefront stadium into a post-apocalyptic dancefloor—and 60,000 fans couldn’t get enough.

The Canadian megastar performed under a blood-red moon and towering city ruins, leading a faceless army of masked dancers and bathing the night in fire and lasers. But despite the end-of-the-world vibes, the show itself felt like a celebration—of music, of survival, and of The Weeknd’s genre-defying, chart-dominating career.

The setlist was a no-skips mix of greatest hits and deep cuts, opening with the haunting “Alone Again” and flowing into synth-heavy anthems like “Gasoline,” “Sacrifice,” and “How Do I Make You Love Me?” From there, it was wall-to-wall bangers—“Can’t Feel My Face,” “I Feel It Coming,” “Starboy,” “Heartless,” “The Hills,” and of course, the mega-hit “Blinding Lights” that lit up every corner of the stadium. And that’s not even the full list.

The crowd sang every word back to him, arms raised, phones lit. The show wasn’t just performed—it was felt.

And visually? It was absolutely wild. From the mile-long runway to the LED-drenched skyline collapsing in slow motion, every moment begged to be photographed (which, lucky for us, we did; scroll down for our full photo gallery).

The Weeknd’s Soldier Field performance was another reminder that this isn’t just a tour—it’s a fully immersive experience, one of the most cinematic and creatively ambitious stadium shows we’ve seen in a long time. If this is what the end of the world looks like, we’ll take it—so long as The Weeknd is on the aux.

Check out our favorite shots from the night below.

Photos by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration