Pop Justice — A handful of decent songs near the top. The post The week’s best new releases: The Weeknd, Skott, Amanda Winberg and more appeared first on Popjustice. more info

NME — Abel Lesfaye books first promo appearance for new album 'Starboy' more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Weeknd will now play an earlier Meadows slot to accommodate his 'SNL' appearance. Continue reading… more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Margot Robbie is the first guest host as “Saturday Night Live” begins its 42nd season next week. NBC said Thursday that The Weeknd will be the musical guest when the show returns Oct. 1. Robbie is on movie screens as Harley Q... more info

Stereogum — Given that Beauty Behind The Madness came out less than 13 months ago, the Weeknd is not somebody I even factored in when predicting this fall’s big pop albums. But we’re just one day into autumn and Abel Tesfaye is already in full promo offensiv... more info

People.com — The Suicide Squad star will be joined by musical guest The Weeknd more info

Consequence of Sound — R&B crooner will appear alongside host Margot Robbie. more info

Time — The Weeknd will perform more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Weeknd was supposed to headline day one (10/1) of inaugural Queens festival The Meadows, but he had to drop off "due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts" and he was replaced by J. Cole... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — The new Queens-based music festival The Meadows has been a comedy of errors from the beginning, and now there’s a new foible to add to the list. Originally, the Weeknd was scheduled to headline Saturday night with Kanye West headlining Sunday, whic... more info