At the first of three sold-out nights at MetLife Stadium, The Weeknd showed why the "alter ego" will stand the test of time ...

The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, tells PEOPLE about retiring ... so that whole skill set I haven't really mastered and I don't plan to," he said.

Two years ago, Abel Tesfaye ... and Barry Keoghan. Tesfaye talked to Entertainment Weekly about it in a new interview and said that while tor movie feels like the retirement of the name the ...

While he has been adamant that he plans to keep making music, Tesfaye told EW ... insomnia-wrecked version of himself, also named Abel, who is taken on a wild ride by alluring stranger Anima ...

For a little while now, Abel Tesfaye has teased that he intends to retire his The Weeknd stage name. But, now he appears to be leaving the door open on continuing with his pseudonym.