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The Weeknd is back with a dark new video and single — “Belong to the World.” Hit play above and get lost in the Anthony Mandler directed video that has Abel battling his demons in Japan (!?). Now does that beat sound familiar? It’s a sample one of our favorites — Portishead’s “Machine Gun.” Portishead’s Geoff Barrow took to Twitter today and stated that the track was sampled without the band’s permission. Sounds like they don’t like it:
I don't wanna get paid… I just want my beat back.
— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) July 15, 2013
We usually give sample clearance to tunes we like. its got fuk all to do with money! As most of them are hiphop artist that are skint.
— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) July 15, 2013
A little bit of history for ya.. http://t.co/mYWHygUkVU
— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) July 15, 2013
It’s a real shame seeing as that Abel is a huge Portishead fan. When we had caught him performing at T5 in New York last year he was playing Portishead’s debut Dummy while the venue filled up and before his set.
The Weeknd has also announced some tour dates in support of his upcoming album.
The Weeknd tour dates:
09-06-07 Vancouver, British Columbia – Orpheum Theatre
09-10 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater
09-13 Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre Berkeley
09-14 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
09-16-17 Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
09-20 Broomfield, CO – 1st Bank Center
09-22 Grand Prairie, TX – Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
09-23 Cedar Park, TX – Cedar Park Center
09-24 Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
09-26 Tampa, FL – David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
09-27 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
09-28 Miami, FL – James L. Knight Center
09-30 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
10-01 Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
10-02 Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center
10-04 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
10-05 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall
10-07-08 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
10-11 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
10-13-14 Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
10-15 Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
10-17-20 – Toronto, Ontario – Massey Hall
11-21 Birmingham, England – National Indoor Arena
11-22 Manchester, England – 02 Apollo Manchester
11-24 Manchester, England – 02 Apollo Manchester
11-25 London, England – The 02 Arena
The Weeknd’s upcoming album entitled Kiss Land is due out August 27th on XO / Republic. Listen to the album’s first single and title track below.
