Drake is back at it again this summer, and this time, the 29-year-old rapper has a new album to accompany his slew of North American tour dates. Drake's latest album drop Views debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's top 200 chart, prompting tickets on the resale market to spike in price. The Summer Sixteen tour kicks off July 20 in Austin, Texas and circles North America before wrapping on September 17 in Vancouver. The Toronto native will bring rapper Future along for all dates.
As it stands currently, Drake tickets are averaging $383 across all of his upcoming tour dates. His priciest stop is on track to be his August 5 stop at New York City's Madison Square Garden, where resale tickets are averaging an impressive $606, with the cheapest ticket priced at $209.
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Conversely, Drake and Future will play their least expensive date on September 2 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, where tickets are averaging $217, with the cheapest ticket up for grabs for $95, according to data provided by TiqIQ. Fans driving to the Drake concert can secure parking in New Orleans ahead of time through Parkwhiz.com, where rates start at just $6.60.
2016 is already shaping up to be an excellent year for Drake, who has secured the year's biggest sales week thus far with Views, his sixth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Since its release, the album has sold just over 1 million equivalent album units, including a record-breaking number of streams at 245.1 million, according to a report from USA Today.
Drake's new record crushed the streaming record set by Beyonce's Lemonade only a week earlier. Lemonade has sold 974,000 equivalent album units through retailers such as iTunes, Amazon and Tidal. Beyonce's current trek, her Formation World Tour, has been on sale since February, with tickets averaging $244 for all remaining U.S. dates.
