The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran Do "Dark Times" in Toronto: Watch
The Weeknd's spellbinding Beauty Behind the Madness album featured a small treasure trove of killer cameos, including Ed Sheeran on "Dark Times." He and Abel traded off verses with almost identical melody lines, putting on an impressive compare-and-contrast display of their distinct versions of modern R&B/soul/blues.
On Thursday night's homecoming Toronto gig for the Madness Tour, the Weeknd brought out Sheeran to the delight of his 18,000-person crowd. They did an album-quality rendition of "Dark Times"; it was so sharp that we're suddenly dying for a live Weeknd album. (Sheeran has his own, both filmed and recorded at Wembley, coming next Friday.)
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