Drake recently announced his first headlining tour of Australia and New Zealand. 2 Chainz will support the Toronto rapper for the trek, which kicks off Feb. 23 in Auckland, NZ and wraps up Down Under in Brisbane on March 5 (see full schedule below). Tickets will go on sale Dec. 1 with a presale option available Nov. 27.
"This show is going to be huge," producers promised Billboard. The dates will surround Drizzy and 2 Chainz's Future Music Festival run, which kicks off Feb. 28 in Sydney. Drake's third studio release, Nothing Was the Same, did well in Australia, reaching number two on the country's charts (it hit number one in the states). His 2011 effort, Take Care, peaked at 15 in Australia while his debut, Thank Me Later, went to 81.
Drake announced his fourth studio effort, Views from the 6, in July, saying he would start working on it at the conclusion of his tour run with Lil Wayne, which ended in September. Drizzy released a new song last month titled "How About Now," which samples "My Heart Belongs to You" by JoDeCi.
The rapper's tour with Wayne was a friendly competition of sorts to see who is the better rapper. Drake said the pair were all tied up at the conclusion of the tour, so he hinted at another jaunt after the release of his new album and Wayne's Tha Carter V.
"We're tied up tonight. I know there has to be a winner or they want to see a winner, but I've got an idea," he said. "I feel like, you put out this Carter V, I put out this Views from the 6, we do this tour again next year and we start that b*tch in Houston."
Drake, Wayne and Chris Brown are featured on Nicki Minaj's latest single from The Pink Print, "Only." That album is due out Dec. 15.
02/23: Auckland, New Zealand @ Vector Arena
02/25: Sydney, Australia @ Allphones Arena
02/27: Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena
03/03: Perth, Australia @ Perth Arena
05/05: Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre
