Abel Tesfaye better known as “The Weeknd” has
left the Canadian border as a performer and he recently stopped at Atlanta’s
Center Stage May 2nd. The Weeknd is a complete package; his show
comes with a drummer, keyboard player, and of course bass and electric
guitarist with a laptop DJ aiding ever so slightly. At Center Stage in Atlanta
he performed more or less his Coachella Set opening with “High For This”
cruising into the first line of “D.D.” continuing into The Birds Pt. 1 and so
on. The Weeknd’s voice is astounding in person, because of the heavy sampling
in his music the songs have to be either stripped down or recreated by his band
on stage. His powerful voice easily sears through the crowd (which was a packed
and live house) which sang along to every song even the French influenced “Montreal”.
This being his first Atlanta performance his on-stage energy and dancing was unfamiliar
but very welcomed. The Atlanta crowd complete with DJ Drama, Trouble, Alley Boy
and The Weeknd’s own xo Big O family responded and cheered up until the very
end and spurred Tesfaye to come back on stage and perform one last song,
“Wicked Games”. It was an amazing show. Professional cameras were not allowed but I managed to catch a clip on my droid before the battery died. You can catch a clip of “The
Knowing” below.
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