Weeknd postpones Toronto concert as Rogers continues hiatus

The Rogers Center said Weeknd’s performance scheduled to be held in Toronto on Friday has been postponed.

In an email to Global News, Rogers Center announced that the Weeknd tour had been postponed “to a later date due to a service outage affecting venue operations”.

The Dimming lights The singer was scheduled to stop in Toronto for his After Hours Til Dawn tour.

However, Rogers’ mass outages are continuing to affect users across the country, affecting phone, internet and Interac services.

“Information about the new release date will be shared as soon as possible,” the email said.

According to the Rogers Center, all tickets will be honored for the new date.

“We understand how disappointing this is and apologize for the inconvenience,” the email said.

Meanwhile, at Scotiabank Arena, spectators at a Roger Waters show were asked to save their mobile tickets to their Apple Wallet or Google Pay, depending on the model of phone they have.

A few blocks away, Massey Hall encourages people to print tickets to comedian Hannah Gadsby’s Friday night performance, and the same is true of Budweiser Stage, also in Toronto, where country star Keith Urban will perform. to act.

The cashless location also urges people to bring a credit card to pay for food and drinks, as the outage affects debit transactions managed by Interac.

-with files from the Canadian Press

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Rogers networked in most of Toronto and parts of Canada