We reviewed every major platform where you can buy The Weeknd concert tickets in England — from official box offices to resale marketplaces. Here's what each one actually looks like to use, what fees you'll pay, and which ones we'd trust with our money.
Three of these are official box offices. Two are resale marketplaces. One is somewhere in between. The difference matters more than you'd think when something goes wrong.
The default choice for most major venues and The Weeknd's UK tour stops. Genuinely official, genuinely face value — but the booking fee adds up, and the checkout experience hasn't been updated since the Blair years. Still the safest starting point for most people.
Read the full reviewAXS is the official box office for two of England's biggest concert venues: London's O2 Arena and Manchester's Co-op Live. If The Weeknd is playing either of those, this is where your ticket comes from first. The app is polished; the anti-scalping features are genuinely good.
Read the full reviewA genuine UK-native alternative to Ticketmaster. Often the official partner for smaller arenas and theatres. Competitive fees, responsive customer service, and a cleaner checkout than most. Worth checking alongside Ticketmaster for every show.
Read the full reviewThe most controversial entry on this list. Viagogo is a resale marketplace — prices are set by sellers, often well above face value, and the fees that appear at checkout can be shocking. It has a place in this guide because it's widely used, but go in with eyes open.
Read the full reviewThe better-regarded resale option. StubHub has meaningful buyer protection — if your ticket is invalid at the door, they'll replace it or refund you. Prices are still above face value, but the platform is more transparent than Viagogo and the customer service is reliably reachable.
Read the full reviewThis covers the main things that matter when you're deciding where to click "buy". The full reviews go deeper on what each platform is actually like to use under pressure — when shows sell out fast, or when something goes wrong.
| Platform | Type | Ticket price | Buyer protection | Mobile app | Refund policy | Our verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticketmaster UK | Official | Face value + ~15% fee | Strong | Good | Refund if cancelled | First stop |
| AXS | Official | Face value + ~10% fee | Strong | Excellent | Refund if cancelled | Best for O2 / Co-op |
| See Tickets | Official | Face value + ~12% fee | Good | Decent | Refund if cancelled | Solid backup |
| Viagogo | Resale | Often 2–4× face value | Limited | Basic | Varies by listing | Use with caution |
| StubHub | Resale | Often 1.5–3× face value | Fan Protect | Good | Fan Protect guarantee | Safest resale option |
The platform you should use depends mostly on how early you're reading this — and whether official tickets are still available.
Go to Ticketmaster or AXS first — whichever is the official partner for that specific venue (check the venue's own website to confirm). Buy face-value tickets. Pay the booking fee. Done. There's no reason to touch a resale site if official stock is available.
Your options are now StubHub (better buyer protection, slightly higher prices) or Viagogo (cheaper sometimes, worse protection). Under no circumstances buy from social media strangers or unverifiable private sellers. At minimum use a credit card so you have chargeback rights.
Check all three official platforms on the day tickets go on sale — Ticketmaster, AXS, and See Tickets sometimes have separate allocations, especially for larger venues. Being logged in to all three before the sale opens takes three minutes and can make a meaningful difference in the queue.
Stick to the official platforms. If you must use resale, StubHub's Fan Protect guarantee is real — they will sort you out at the door. Viagogo's guarantee is technically there but harder to invoke in practice. Never buy PDFs of tickets from strangers online.
These are the arenas and stadiums where The Weeknd has historically performed or is likely to perform in England. Knowing the venue matters because it determines which platform is the official box office.
Technically yes, but for a major Weeknd show in England this is almost never how it works in practice. Tickets for headline dates typically sell out within hours of going on sale, often within minutes for premium venues like the O2. Day-of availability exists for lower-profile events, but for a Weeknd concert you should plan to buy in advance — months in advance for the best selection.
Most Viagogo tickets are genuine — they're resale listings from people who bought official tickets. The issues are price (often significantly above face value), transparency (fees appear late in checkout), and customer service (harder to reach and slower than StubHub when problems arise). If official tickets aren't available and you need to use resale, StubHub has meaningfully better buyer protection. If you do use Viagogo, pay by credit card so you have chargeback rights if the ticket doesn't work at the door.
On official platforms (Ticketmaster, AXS, See Tickets), you'll get a full refund automatically if the show is cancelled outright. If it's postponed you usually have a window to accept the new date or request a refund. On resale platforms, the terms vary by listing — StubHub's Fan Protect guarantees a refund for cancelled shows; Viagogo's policy is technically similar but has more friction in practice.
The Weeknd's concerts are typically all-ages, though under-14s generally need to be accompanied by an adult. Specific age policies depend on the venue — the O2 Arena, for example, requires under-14s to have a guardian. Always check the individual event listing for the venue's exact policy before buying tickets for young fans.
For the full production experience — lights, stage set, screens — the floor standing area or the lower bowl is where you want to be. The floor gives you the crowd energy; the lower bowl gives you the full picture of the staging. Upper tier seats are cheaper and still have great sound in most English arenas, but you'll miss some of the visual spectacle. For a pure "see him up close" experience, floor standing is unbeatable.
The default official box office — and everything that means
Ticketmaster is the platform you're most likely to end up on whether you want to or not. It's the official box office for a large proportion of the major arena and stadium shows in England, and for many Weeknd dates it will simply be the only official place to buy. That's the first thing to understand: you're not choosing Ticketmaster because it's the best platform, you're choosing it because it's often the only official option for a given show.
That said, it works. It's not elegant, and the fees are real, but when you buy from Ticketmaster you are buying from the official source, your ticket will arrive (usually as a barcode in the app or a printable PDF), and if the show is cancelled you will get your money back.
Ticketmaster's website feels like it was designed in 2014 and never quite finished. The seating maps are functional — you can click a section, see approximate prices, and select specific seats or let the system pick for you — but they're slow to load and sometimes refuse to show on mobile without prompting a reload. The checkout itself works reliably; it just isn't pleasant.
For major events, Ticketmaster uses a virtual queue. When a Weeknd show goes on sale, you'll be redirected to a waiting room and assigned a position. The queue moves in batches, and you have no way to know how long you'll wait. Being logged in before the sale opens is the most important thing you can do — anonymous users are typically pushed to the back of the queue, or blocked entirely if "Verified Fan" presale is active.
Ticketmaster's "Verified Fan" presale program requires registering for a specific show before the public sale. If you know The Weeknd is touring, sign up on the artist's official site or follow the Ticketmaster artist page to get notified when registration opens. Presale codes are sent by email 24–48 hours before the sale opens.
This is the section most people want to know about. Ticketmaster's fees are real, they're significant, and they have a habit of appearing at the very end of checkout so you've already spent five minutes selecting seats before you see the total.
The standard breakdown on a £75 face-value ticket looks something like this: a £10–12 booking fee, a £2.65 facility charge (venue-imposed), and sometimes a £1–2 order processing fee. You can end up paying close to £90 for a ticket listed at £75. This isn't a Ticketmaster-specific practice — it's how the whole industry works — but Ticketmaster is the most prominent place people experience it.
The price displayed on the seating map is not the price you'll pay. Always click through to checkout to see the total. The gap between the listed price and the final price is typically 15–20% for major shows on Ticketmaster UK.
The on-sale rush for a Weeknd show is genuinely competitive. Here's what actually works:
The Ticketmaster app (iOS and Android) is where most people will actually use their tickets on the night. The app-based ticket with a rotating barcode is now the standard delivery method for major shows — static PDFs are increasingly being phased out specifically to prevent counterfeiting and scalping.
The app works fine as a ticket wallet. Download it, make sure it's updated before the show, and sign in to the account that made the purchase at home — not in the car park thirty seconds before doors. Mobile signal at major venues is terrible, and trying to log in while 20,000 people are doing the same thing is a bad experience. Have your ticket loaded and the screen brightness up before you queue.
Yes, for most events. The Ticketmaster app has a "Transfer" feature that lets you send a ticket to another account. This is the legitimate way to give a ticket to a friend. Note that some events have transfer restrictions — The Weeknd's own tours have historically enabled transfers but check the specific event's terms when you buy.
Log into your Ticketmaster account from any device and the ticket will be there. If you've lost access to your account, contact Ticketmaster customer support as soon as possible — they can verify your identity and reissue the ticket to a new device. Don't leave this until the day of the show.
Increasingly, no — for major shows the "print at home" option is being removed in favour of mobile-only tickets with rotating barcodes. This is a deliberate anti-touting measure. A printed static barcode can be copied and sold multiple times; a rotating barcode on an app cannot.
Yes. For major shows Ticketmaster typically enforces a 4-ticket maximum per account. This is enforced at the account level, not just per transaction — buying multiple times from the same account in quick succession will usually result in the extras being cancelled.
The official box office for The O2 and Co-op Live — and genuinely good at it
AXS is the platform most people underestimate until they actually use it. It's the official box office for two of England's most important concert venues — The O2 Arena in London and Co-op Live in Manchester — and the app is, genuinely, the best mobile ticketing experience available in England right now. If The Weeknd is playing either of those venues, this is where your ticket comes from.
The key difference between AXS and Ticketmaster isn't really about price — both sell face-value tickets with similar booking fees. It's about the anti-scalping infrastructure. AXS uses a system called AXS Mobile ID, which ties tickets to the purchasing phone and rotates the barcode every 60 seconds. It's significantly harder to counterfeit than other systems, and the transfer process — which does exist — requires both parties to be on the AXS app, which keeps the chain of custody clear.
For AXS, the mobile app is the primary experience and it shows. The website works but the app loads maps faster, handles the queue better, and is the same place you'll use the ticket on the night. Download it and sign in before the sale opens.
AXS runs a separate tier called AXS Premium, which is basically Ticketmaster's "Platinum" equivalent — seats the venue has designated as in-demand, listed at above-face-value prices by the official seller. This is not a resale listing. These are legitimate tickets sold at higher prices by the venue or promoter.
Whether you find this acceptable is a personal call. The argument for it is that money that would otherwise go to scalpers stays with the official channel. The argument against it is that it normalises above-face-value pricing for the best seats. In practice, if a floor or lower bowl seat appears to be priced at £180 when the general admission floor is £85, you're probably looking at AXS Premium rather than a regular ticket.
AXS operates in England (and the UK broadly) and is the official partner for The O2 Arena and Co-op Live, among other venues. The website and app are available in the UK App Store and Google Play. You set your region during account creation.
The AXS app can store tickets for offline use. You should load your ticket and ensure it's saved offline before entering a venue with poor signal — typically by opening the ticket in the app while you still have a connection. The rotating barcode continues to function offline once the ticket is loaded.
The main functional differences are: AXS is the official partner for specific venues (O2, Co-op Live) rather than a general platform; the AXS Mobile ID system is considered more robust than Ticketmaster's barcode system; and the AXS app experience is generally rated more highly. For venues where both platforms sell tickets, prices are usually similar — the difference is in the purchase and ticket experience.
The underrated UK-native option — worth checking every time
See Tickets is the one people tend to forget about until they realise Ticketmaster doesn't have the specific show they're looking for. It's a genuine UK-based ticketing company that has been operating since the 1980s, and it's the official partner for a meaningful number of events and venues — including BST Hyde Park, one of the most common settings for major outdoor London concerts.
If The Weeknd plays a major outdoor festival date in England — Reading, Leeds, BST Hyde Park — there's a reasonable chance See Tickets is the official box office. And even for shows where Ticketmaster is the primary partner, See Tickets sometimes has a separate allocation. Checking both platforms on sale day takes thirty seconds and is always worth doing.
The checkout process is cleaner than Ticketmaster's and the fee disclosure comes earlier. You'll typically see the total price (including booking fee) before you commit to anything, which makes it easier to budget. The booking fees are marginally lower than Ticketmaster on average, though they vary by event and venue.
Customer service is genuinely responsive. For a large ticketing company, See Tickets has an unusually human customer support operation — responses typically come within 24 hours rather than the three-to-five days that Ticketmaster and AXS can take during busy periods.
See Tickets is the platform we check second after Ticketmaster or AXS, every time. Not because it's always better, but because it sometimes has tickets when the others don't. The small extra effort of signing up and bookmarking the site is worth it for anyone who attends more than one or two shows a year.
Viagogo is a resale marketplace. Tickets are not sold at face value — prices are set by third-party sellers and are typically significantly above what you'd pay through an official box office. Additional fees appear during checkout. We're including this review because Viagogo is one of the most-searched ticketing platforms in the UK, and we'd rather you know what you're walking into than buy blindly.
Viagogo is not an official ticket seller. It does not have a direct relationship with The Weeknd, his management, or any English venue. It's a marketplace where people who already own tickets list them for resale at whatever price they choose. This isn't inherently wrong — there's a legitimate market for resale tickets — but it means everything on the platform is at above-face-value pricing, and the platform takes a significant cut on top.
The company has been fined and investigated by competition authorities in multiple countries for misleading pricing practices. The core issue is that Viagogo historically showed ticket prices before fees, then revealed substantial additional charges at the final checkout screen. This practice was ruled unfair in the UK, and the company has made some improvements to pricing transparency, but the fees are still very large and the listings still tend to show seller prices rather than all-in prices up front.
A real example: a £75 face-value Weeknd ticket. On Viagogo, a seller might list it at £150 (double face value). When you click through to checkout, a service fee of roughly 27–35% is added. You can end up paying £190–£200 for a ticket that cost £75 at the official box office. That's a 2.5× markup, and part of it isn't visible until you're already committed to buying.
Viagogo shows prices per ticket on the listing page, then adds its service fees on the final checkout screen. Always click through to the checkout total before judging a price. The gap between the listed price and the all-in price is almost always larger than you expect.
Viagogo advertises a "100% guarantee" — if your ticket doesn't work at the door, they'll replace it or refund you. This guarantee is technically real. The problem is that invoking it is considerably harder than StubHub's equivalent. You need to be at the venue, unable to gain entry, and you need to contact Viagogo in that moment. The customer service number can have long wait times. People do successfully use the guarantee, but the experience is stressful compared to StubHub's Fan Protect system, which has a more straightforward escalation process.
Use Viagogo as a last resort only, and only if StubHub doesn't have what you need. Pay by credit card (not debit card, not PayPal balance) so you have chargeback rights under UK Consumer Credit Act if the ticket turns out to be invalid and the guarantee doesn't come through. Always check StubHub first — the prices are sometimes similar and the buyer protection is meaningfully better.
Yes, ticket resale is legal in England. The Competition and Markets Authority has investigated Viagogo and the company has been required to change certain practices, but it operates legally. "Legal" and "good value" are different things, though.
Usually, yes — the physical or digital ticket itself is typically genuine. The issue is that some venues (including The O2) have been known to cancel resold tickets when the original buyer requests a refund, or when the venue's terms prohibit resale. This is rare but it happens, and it's another reason why using a platform with a robust buyer guarantee matters.
Generally no — most resale ticket sales are final. You can list your ticket for resale on Viagogo yourself, but you'll pay a seller fee. If the show is cancelled outright, Viagogo will typically refund you (eventually), but the process can be slow.
The safest resale option — when official tickets are genuinely gone
StubHub occupies an interesting position: it's still a resale marketplace where tickets cost more than face value, but within that category it's meaningfully better than Viagogo — on pricing transparency, on buyer protection, and on what happens when things go wrong at the door.
The Fan Protect guarantee is the main reason to choose StubHub over alternatives when you have no other option. If you present a valid StubHub ticket at a venue and it doesn't scan, StubHub will either get you a replacement ticket or refund you in full. This guarantee has a real track record — you can find thousands of reports of it being used successfully. That doesn't mean it's friction-free, but it's substantially better than Viagogo's equivalent.
The guarantee works like this: you arrive at the venue, the barcode doesn't scan, you contact StubHub immediately (there's a dedicated phone line and in-app support for this exact situation). They escalate, try to source a replacement ticket, and if they can't, they refund you. The key word is "immediately" — you need to contact them at the venue, not three days later.
The system works most reliably when you contact StubHub before attempting entry a second time. Don't argue with the box office, don't give up and go home — find signal, open the app, and start the Fan Protect process before you've walked away from the door.
StubHub's prices are set by individual sellers. For a major Weeknd show in England, expect to pay 50–200% above face value depending on how sold out the show is, how popular the venue is, and how close to the date you're buying. Floor and lower bowl seats carry the biggest premium; upper tier seats are usually closer to face value on the resale market.
StubHub shows an estimated total (including fees) on listing pages, which is an improvement over Viagogo's approach of revealing fees only at checkout. The actual checkout total should closely match what was advertised.
Resale prices on StubHub tend to decrease as the event approaches and sellers get nervous about not selling. If you're buying 3–4 months out, prices are usually higher than if you buy 2–3 weeks before the show. The exception is the final few days, when prices can spike again if the show is close to selling out.
Yes. If a show is officially cancelled, StubHub will refund you automatically. For postponements, you have a window to accept the new date or request a refund.
It varies by listing. Sellers can deliver via mobile transfer (usually through the venue's official app — Ticketmaster, AXS), PDF barcode, or physical mail for paper tickets. Mobile transfer is the most secure format. PDFs are more vulnerable to being duplicated. Check the delivery method on the listing before buying.
Generally yes, but confirm the listing's delivery timeline. Most StubHub sellers specify when they'll deliver the ticket — look for listings that say "Instant Download" or "Mobile Transfer" to ensure you're not waiting until the day before. Sellers with high ratings and many completed transactions are safer bets for close-to-date purchases.
The show, the production, the crowd, the logistics — everything before you arrive
The Weeknd puts on one of the most visually ambitious stadium and arena productions in the industry right now. Whether it's your first time or your fifth, knowing what to expect means you'll spend less time confused and more time in it.
The Weeknd's live show is defined by its scale and theatricality. The After Hours Til Dawn tour — his most recent major world tour — features a 70-foot circular stage that extends deep into the floor, surrounding screens, a complex lighting rig, and a staging concept built around the narrative arc of the album cycle. It's not a backdrop-and-spotlights show. It's a deliberately designed visual experience.
The lighting is exceptional by any standard. The show uses a combination of automated moving lights, aerial pyrotechnics, and large-format LED screens that wrap around the performance space. Smoke and haze are used throughout — not occasionally, but persistently. This is worth knowing if you have respiratory sensitivities, and it does affect long-lens photography.
He performs live vocal throughout. The vocals are clearly performed, not backed — you can tell from the breathing, the occasional raw edge, the improvised phrasing between lines. The backing tracks carry the production value but the voice is real and often remarkably good given the physical demands of touring at that scale.
Loud — arena and stadium shows run at high SPL. Bring earplugs if you're sensitive; the mix is designed to fill a 20,000-capacity room. At English venues the FOH engineer typically sits on the floor; the mix is optimised for that position.
Full LED production, moving rigs, and aerial effects. Plan for strobing — it's present throughout and at significant intensity during certain songs. The venue will mention it, but it's worth knowing in advance.
The circular extended stage means many floor positions have good sightlines. This isn't a show where standing on the floor locks you behind a tall person — the stage comes to you. Upper tier seats often have better visual angles than lower bowl for the full staging picture.
Typical runtime is 105–120 minutes with no intermission. One support act usually plays 30–40 minutes before. Budget for arriving 30 minutes before doors, doors opening, the support, and then the main show. Allow 3–3.5 hours total from arriving at the venue.
He moves constantly. The extended stage is used extensively — expect him to walk the full length multiple times per song. Upbeat and fan-interactive during harder tracks; remarkably still and focused during slower, more emotional songs.
Atmospheric haze is constant throughout the show. Pyrotechnic smoke appears during several songs. This is a significant amount of haze — it's not subtle. If you have asthma or similar, factor this in when choosing your position in the venue.
The Weeknd's setlists for arena and stadium tours are largely consistent night to night, with some variation for special cities or closing shows of a run. The After Hours Til Dawn tour setlist runs approximately 25–27 songs and covers material from Starboy, After Hours, Dawn FM, and earlier albums. Older cuts from Take Care and Thursday occasionally appear as surprises.
Setlists are illustrative and based on the After Hours Til Dawn touring period. Future tours will have different setlists reflecting new material. For a specific upcoming show, setlist.fm is the most reliable real-time source — shows from earlier in the same tour will give you a very accurate picture of what to expect.
The Weeknd draws one of the more mixed-age crowds of any artist at this level — the floor tends to run younger (18–30), but the seated sections have a noticeably older demographic who are often there for the music rather than the spectacle. This generally creates a good dynamic: the floor is energetic without being aggressive, and the seated sections can be surprisingly engaged for an arena show.
The crowd sings. A lot. Blinding Lights, Can't Feel My Face, and Save Your Tears produce collective moments that are genuinely striking even if you've heard the songs thousands of times. The show is designed to create these moments and it succeeds.
There is no mosh pit culture at a Weeknd show. Floor standing can be densely packed near the barrier and toward the stage, but it's not aggressive. People towards the back of the floor standing area typically have more space and can move around freely. If you're attending with someone anxious about crowds, the front half of the floor is not where you want to be; the back half or lower bowl seating is more comfortable.
For any English arena show, the venue's own website will have travel information. The main advice that applies everywhere: do not drive to a major concert venue if you can avoid it. Car parks fill before doors and are gridlocked for 45–90 minutes after the show ends. For London shows, the Tube is the correct answer (O2: North Greenwich on the Jubilee Line; Hyde Park: Hyde Park Corner or Marble Arch). For Manchester's Co-op Live, the Etihad Campus Metrolink stop is 10 minutes' walk.
Doors typically open 90 minutes before the main act. The support act usually plays from about 60 minutes before the headliner. If you want to be in position for the start of The Weeknd's set, be through security and at your position at least 20 minutes before the advertised stage time — arenas often run slightly late but occasionally start on time.
Allow 20–40 minutes for queue and security at major English arenas, and up to an hour for sold-out stadium dates. The AXS and Ticketmaster apps can both be slow when thousands of people are loading them simultaneously outside the venue — have your ticket loaded offline before you join the queue.
The O2 is huge and well-run. The floor is flat with good sightlines to the extended stage configuration The Weeknd typically uses. The best seats in the house are probably blocks 106–110 in the lower bowl — close enough to see clearly, high enough to see the full stage design. The worst value seats are the extreme upper tier side blocks (103, 104, 119, 120) where sightlines are genuinely compromised. Food and drink queues at the O2 are long — use the in-app ordering on the O2 app to pre-order to your seat or skip to the smaller kiosks at the back of each concourse level.
England's newest and largest indoor arena. The acoustic design is genuinely better than most arenas of its size — the PA system is impressive. The main practical issue is that it's located in an area with limited transport beyond the Etihad Metrolink stop. Plan extra time getting out after the show. The venue's own bag policy is stricter than average: bags must be transparent or under a certain size. Check their current policy before you leave the house.
Outdoor show in the park — completely different experience from an arena. The stage is enormous and the capacity can be up to 65,000. Standing on grass. Weather is unpredictable (this is London in summer). The sound is excellent near the stage and degrades toward the back. Toilets have long queues; the venue opens several hours before the headline act and many people use that time to secure good positions and use facilities before the crowd builds.
It depends entirely on what you want from the show. The floor gives you the crowd atmosphere and the physical proximity — if you want to be in the middle of the collective experience, floor is the right choice. Seated gives you a better view of the full stage production — the staging design, the lighting rigs, the screens — without having to compete for position. Many people who've been to multiple Weeknd shows prefer seated lower bowl to floor specifically because of the production scale. Neither is wrong.
Yes, with your phone. Professional cameras with detachable lenses are prohibited at press-level access only. Phone photography is unrestricted for fans (though video recording full songs is technically against the terms of most venue entries — you'll see it happen constantly anyway). For actually good photos, the show is visually best during the second half of the set when the lighting is at its most complex; the first few songs often have simpler, brighter lighting that photographs more cleanly.
For English arena shows, the headliner typically takes the stage approximately 60–75 minutes after doors open. If doors are at 6:30pm, expect the headliner around 8:45–9:00pm with a support act around 7:30pm. These times vary and the venue should send an email with confirmed stage times 24–48 hours before the show.
You'll have a great time. Blinding Lights is always in the set, as are most of the other mainstream crossover hits — Can't Feel My Face, Starboy, Save Your Tears, I Feel It Coming, Earned It. If you're going because of the hits, there are enough of them back-to-back in the second half of the show to make it worthwhile. The first half leans more into the conceptual album material, which rewards familiarity with Dawn FM and After Hours.
Typically no strict age restriction for arena shows, but under-14s must usually be accompanied by an adult. Outdoor festival-format shows sometimes have 16+ restrictions on certain areas of the site. Always check the specific event listing. The O2 Arena requires under-14s to have a guardian present.
At major English arenas, leaving after a sold-out show takes 20–40 minutes to clear the building and get to your transport. The O2 in particular has efficient crowd management on the North Greenwich Tube platform — trains run very frequently in the first 45 minutes after a show. The worst exits are always on foot to nearby car parks. If you're driving, wait 30–45 minutes inside the venue and let the car park clear first.
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