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Renting flagship phones for concerts

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The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour is playing Kuala Lumpur on 4–5 November 2026 at TM Stadium Nasional; the 5 November show was added after high demand.

ProPublica reports that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry and is leading the administration's push to open public lands for data centers.

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The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn Tour is playing Kuala Lumpur on 4–5 November 2026 at TM Stadium Nasional; the 5 November show was added after high demand.

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ProPublica reports that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry and is leading the administration's push to open public lands for data centers.

NEW: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has tens of millions of dollars invested in the AI industry. Meanwhile, he is leading the Trump administration’s charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.

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CForget renting a tux. A phone rental account on X called Hape Inn will rent you the best camera for The Weeknd.
MA phone. You rent a phone?
CSamsung Galaxy Ultra or iPhone Pro, advertised for his Kuala Lumpur show on November fourth and fifth.
MRight, and that part is real. The fifth was added after demand.
CThe pitch is simple: huge sensor, long zoom, better concert footage than your old phone.
MSo for one night, you hand over a down payment and hope a stranger shows up with a flagship.
CIt's not that sketchy. You pay twenty-five percent down, rest at the venue.
MAt the venue. So you're at the gate, wallet open, hoping the phone isn't a dummy.
CThat's how a lot of ticket and equipment deals work. You meet, you inspect, you pay.
MBut the listing doesn't say what happens if the phone gets scratched or the show is cancelled.
CNo deposit. Maybe they refund if the event moves.
MMaybe? That's my problem. You're betting a stranger's refund policy.
CYou always assume the worst.
MNo, I assume the terms should be in the post. They're not.
CFine. But for The Weeknd, the demand is real. People flew in for that show.
MI get the motivation. Those zoom lenses are the difference between a blurry dot and an actual shot.
CExactly. A ticket costs more than a phone rental. If you're already paying to be there, why not capture it?
MBecause the whole point of a concert is to watch it, not film it.
COh, here we go.
MYou know it's true. Half the crowd watches through a screen.
CSome people want a memory. You can't replay a feeling.
MYou can if your phone is rented — and then you give it back.
CThat's actually a pretty good line.
MThank you. The account also lists a Guns N' Roses show in Jakarta on November twenty-first.
CThat one I can't confirm. The band hasn't officially announced that date.
MSo they're taking down payments on a show that may not happen.
CThey're advertising. It's a spot on the rumored tour.
MThat's worse! You'd be paying to rent a phone for a concert that might vanish.
CBut the ad says full payment at the venue. If the show doesn't happen, you're not at the venue.
MYou already paid the twenty-five percent down. That's lost.
CUnless they refund. We keep going in circles.
MBecause the post doesn't say! That's the entire problem.
CFine, for unconfirmed events, don't send money. But for The Weeknd, it's a done deal.
MI still wouldn't rent a phone from a random X account.
CWhat if a friend rented it for you and brought it?
MThen it's not random, it's my friend's problem.
CThere's the angle. For the right price, I'd do it.
MI'd just bring a friend with an Ultra and make them film.
CSo you'd outsource the labor, not the device.
MExactly. Why rent the phone when I can rent the friend?
CThat's friendship.
CReal trend though — concert footage is now social currency.
MAnd the phone is the ticket to that. I just wouldn't hand mine to a stranger.
COr their phone to you. Either way, the show's the thing.
MGo watch it.

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