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Would You Like a Tour?

Would You Like a Tour? was the third headlining tour by Canadian rapper Drake. It began on October 18, 2013 in Pittsburgh and continued until March 5, 2015 with its final show scheduled in Brisbane, Australia. Scheduled for 66 performances across North America, Europe, and Oceania, the tour was produced by Live Nation in conjunction with his third studio album, Nothing Was the Same.

Would You Like a Tour?
Tour by Drake
LocationNorth America • Europe • Oceania
Associated albumNothing Was the Same
Start dateOctober 18, 2013 (2013-10-18)
End dateMarch 5, 2015 (2015-03-05)
Legs3
No. of shows66
Box office$46.2 million (57 shows) ($59.39 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Drake concert chronology

The tour would begin two months after the fourth annual OVO Festival in Toronto, and featured various opening acts across the different legs of the tour, including Future, Miguel, Jhené Aiko, PARTYNEXTDOOR and The Weeknd.[2] Most of the track-list from Nothing Was the Same was performed, such as singles "Hold On, We're Going Home", "Started from the Bottom", and "Worst Behavior". Additional singles where Drake and the opening act had collaborated on were also performed, including "If Only They Knew", "Crew Love", and "Fo Real".

It would gross over $46,200,000 throughout its duration, making it one of the highest grossing hip-hop tours of all time.[3]

Background

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Drake would hint an impending tour, tweeting "Would You Like a Tour?" on June 13, 2013.[4] Later that week, Drake would confirm the tour, announcing that the "Would You Like A Tour?" was set to feature in over 38 stadiums and arenas across the United States and Canada.[5] The tour was scheduled to begin on October 18 in Pittsburgh, and conclude on December 18 in Philadelphia.[6] The "Would You Like a Tour?" concert tour was in support of Drake's third studio album, Nothing Was the Same.[7]

On October 15, 2013, it was reported that Future had been removed from the tour due to disparaging comments made by him towards Drake during a Billboard interview. It was rumored that Future was demanding $1.5 million for lost wages, owing to a reported $40,000 guaranteed payout per gig.[8] Despite this, it was later revealed, however, that Future was not removed from the tour, with Drake confirming that the rapper would remain on the tour. He would later announce that PARTYNEXTDOOR would also be featured on the tour.[9] On October 29, the tour would be extended to a European leg, with The Weeknd performing as the opening act.[10]

Opening acts

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Set list

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  1. "Tuscan Leather" (First verse)
  2. "Headlines"
  3. "Crew Love"
  4. "Tuscan Leather" (Third verse)
  5. "Furthest Thing"
  6. "Wu-Tang Forever"
  7. "Own It"
  8. "Pop That"
  9. "No New Friends"
  10. "Love Me" (with Future)
  11. "Honest" (with Future)
  12. "Same Damn Time" (with Future)
  13. "Fuckin' Problems"
  14. "The Motto"
  15. "Versace"
  16. "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"
  17. "The Motion"
  18. "Come Thru"
  19. "From Time"
  20. "Hold On, We're Going Home"
  21. "Connect"
  22. "Too Much"
  23. "Pound Cake"
  24. "Worst Behavior"
  25. "The Language"
  26. "305 To My City"
  27. "All Me"
  28. "Started from the Bottom"
Notes

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America[15][16]
October 18, 2013 Pittsburgh United States Consol Energy Center
October 21, 2013 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
October 22, 2013 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
October 24, 2013 Toronto Air Canada Centre
October 26, 2013 Hartford United States XL Center
October 27, 2013 Newark Prudential Center
October 28, 2013 Brooklyn Barclays Center
October 30, 2013 Boston TD Garden
October 31, 2013 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
November 2, 2013 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
November 5, 2013 Miami American Airlines Arena
November 6, 2013 Tampa Tampa Bay Times Forum
November 7, 2013 Atlanta Philips Arena
November 9, 2013 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
November 10, 2013 Dallas American Airlines Center
November 12, 2013 San Antonio AT&T Center
November 13, 2013 Houston Toyota Center
November 16, 2013 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
November 18, 2013 Sacramento Sleep Train Arena
November 19, 2013 Oakland Oracle Arena
November 21, 2013 Anaheim Honda Center
November 22, 2013 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 24, 2013 San Diego Viejas Arena
November 25, 2013 Los Angeles Staples Center
November 28, 2013 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
November 30, 2013 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
December 1, 2013 Edmonton Rexall Place
December 3, 2013 Portland United States Moda Center
December 4, 2013 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
December 7, 2013 Kansas City Sprint Center
December 8, 2013 Minneapolis Target Center
December 9, 2013 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse
December 11, 2013 St. Louis Scottrade Center
December 12, 2013 Chicago United Center
December 13, 2013 Columbus Nationwide Arena
December 15, 2013 Buffalo First Niagara Center
December 16, 2013 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
December 18, 2013 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
Europe[17]
February 19, 2014 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
February 21, 2014 Montpellier France Park&Suites Arena
February 24, 2014 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 25, 2014
February 27, 2014 Berlin Germany O2 World
March 1, 2014 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
March 2, 2014 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
March 3, 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
March 5, 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
March 7, 2014 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena
March 8, 2014 Brussels Belgium Palais 12
March 11, 2014 Manchester England Phones 4u Arena
March 12, 2014
March 14, 2014 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
March 15, 2014 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
March 16, 2014 Nottingham England Capital FM Arena Nottingham
March 18, 2014 Dublin Ireland The O2
March 20, 2014 Birmingham England National Indoor Arena
March 21, 2014
March 22, 2014 Liverpool Liverpool Echo Arena
March 24, 2014 London The O2 Arena
March 25, 2014
March 26, 2014
Oceania[18]
February 23, 2015 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
February 25, 2015 Sydney Australia Allphones Arena
February 27, 2015 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
March 3, 2015 Perth Perth Arena
March 5, 2015 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
September 25, 2013 Portland, Oregon Moda Center Rescheduled to December 3, 2013.[15][16]
September 26, 2013 Tacoma, Washington Tacoma Dome Rescheduled to December 4, 2013.[15][16]
September 27, 2013 Vancouver, British Columbia Rogers Arena Rescheduled to November 28, 2013.[15][16]
September 29, 2013 Calgary, Alberta Scotiabank Saddledome Rescheduled to November 30, 2013[15][16]
September 30, 2013 Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place Rescheduled to December 1, 2013.[15][16]
October 2, 2013 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Credit Union Centre Cancelled.[15][16]
October 3, 2013 Winnipeg, Manitoba MTS Centre Cancelled.[15][16]
October 5, 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center Rescheduled to December 8, 2013.[15][16]
October 6, 2013 Kansas City, Missouri Sprint Center Rescheduled to December 7, 2013.[15][16]
October 8, 2013 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center Rescheduled to December 11, 2013.[15][16]
October 9, 2013 Chicago, Illinois United Center Rescheduled to December 12, 2013.[15][16]
October 11, 2013 Indianapolis, Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse Rescheduled to December 9, 2013.[15][16]
October 12, 2013 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills Rescheduled to December 16, 2013.[15][16]
October 13, 2013 Cleveland, Ohio Quicken Loans Arena Cancelled.[15][16]
October 15, 2013 Columbus, Ohio Value City Arena Rescheduled to December 13, 2013, and moved to the Nationwide Arena.[15][16]
October 16, 2013 Buffalo, New York First Niagara Center Rescheduled to December 15, 2013.[15][16]
October 19, 2013 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center Rescheduled to December 18, 2013.[15][16]

Box office score data

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Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenue
Bell Center Montreal 11,159 / 11,998 (93%) $1,033,680[19]
Air Canada Centre Toronto 15,289 / 15,289 (100%) $1,398,860[20]
Prudential Center Newark 12,705 / 12,705 (100%) $1,135,688[20]
Barclays Center Brooklyn 14,287 / 14,287 (100%) $1,323,508[20]
Philips Arena Atlanta 14,244 / 14,244 (100%) $993,612[20]
The O2 Arena London 50,832 / 50,832 (100%) $4,272,630[21]
Phones 4U Arena Manchester 25,445 / 29,320 (87%) $1,882,140[22]
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia 13,440 / 13,440 (100%) $1,004,923[22]
The O2 Dublin 9,891 / 11,200 (88%) $833,696[22]
Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 12,036 / 15,261 (79%) $627,635[23]
Tacoma Dome Tacoma 8,004 / 10,474 (76%) $605,548[23]
O2 World Berlin 9,823 / 10,621 (92%) $556,617[23]
Target Center Minneapolis 6,722 / 6,722 (100%) $561,816[24]
Staples Center Los Angeles 14,896 / 14,896 (100%) $1,302,766[25]
Moda Center Portland 6,404 / 9,419 (68%) $564,629[25]
Allphones Arena Sydney 14,533 / 14,581 (99%) $1,593,220[23]
Perth Arena Perth 6,838 / 7,289 (94%) $792,004[23]

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