-
Drake: The Club Paradise Tour -
- Drake: The Club Paradise Tour
-
Multi-Platinum selling, Grammy® nominated recording artist Drake today announced a 27-city U.S. amphitheatre run of The Club Paradise Tour in support of his critically acclaimed album TAKE CARE. J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz and French Montana will support. The Live Nation promoted tour kicks off May 7th in Concord, CA at Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord. Tickets go on sale beginning March 23rd at http://bit.ly/Draketickets.
Citi card members will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, March 21st at 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Citi is the official credit card of The Club Paradise Tour.
"I feel like this tour is coming at the perfect time,” says Drake. “It's taking place in the season that we all wait for, We're outdoors and you've got every single artist you wait to hear in the club on one bill...that's Club Paradise."
The Club Paradise Tour comes on the heels of Drake’s hugely successful sold out US college and European arena tours which saw the artist play US college arenas from Miami to San Jose and European venues including London’s O2 Arena and the Oslo Spektrum. The Los Angeles Times review of Drake’s performance at USC’s Galen Center praised Drake’s “masterful flow and wildly imaginative wordplay,” and The OC Register raved that the LA show was a “near knockout performance” and “only a sampling of the heights Drake seems capable of scaling.”
TAKE CARE (Young Money / Cash Money / Universal Republic), Drake’s sophomore album was released November 15, 2011 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with 631,000 copies sold. Acclaimed by fans and critics alike, the album has been praised as one of the best releases of the year, with The New York Times dubbing Drake “hip-hop’s current center of gravity.” The album has since been certified Platinum, having sold over 1.5 million copies in the US.
TAKE CARE follows Drake’s full length album debut, 2010’s THANK ME LATER, which also bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart week of release and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album earned Drake multiple Grammy® nominations, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Solo performance.
VIP packages for The Club Paradise Tour are available through VIP Nation, including premium seats, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information please visit www.VIPNation.com.
THE CLUB PARADISE TOUR DATES:
DATE CITY VENUE ON SALE
May 7 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord ** March 23
May 8 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater March 24
May 10 Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion March 24
May 11 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena TBA
May 13 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre March 24
May 14 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion March 24
May 16 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion March 23
May 17 Houston, TX Toyota Center March 23
May 19 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte TBA
May 20 Atlanta, GA Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood TBA
May 22 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek TBA
May 23 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach TBA
May 25 Washington, DC Verizon Center TBA
May 26 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion TBA
May 28 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center TBA
May 30 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre TBA
June 1 Indianapolis, IN Klipsch Music Center TBA
June 2 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre TBA
June 5 Memphis, TN FedExForum TBA
June 6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center TBA
June 8 Darien Lake, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center TBA
June 9 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center TBA
June 11 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre TBA
June 12 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center TBA
June 14 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center TBA
June 16 New York, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater TBA
June 17 Boston, MA Comcast Center TBA
** J. Cole will not be appearing on this date
ABOUT LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT:
Live Nation Entertainment ((NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.
MEDIA CONTACT:
ID
Allison Elbl Striegel, 323.822.4851 / aelbl@id-pr.com
Rhett Usry, 212.774.6163 / rusry@id-pr.com
Melissa Munafo, 323.822.4850 / mmunafo@id-pr.com