After wrapping up the “Young Money Presents: America’s Most Wanted Music Festival” tour and taking part in highly censored but nonetheless roof-burning performance at the Grammys, Drake is ready to check off another item on the superstar checklist: his first solo tour, which kicks off in April.
“The Away From Home Tour” officially begins on April 6th in Charleston, IL and powers through the next month with nearly a show a day until the tour wraps up on May 8th in Plymouth, NH. While Drizzy has played to plenty of packed stadiums and venues, this time there’s a few “private locations” scheduled. Is that code for some R. Kelly-like debauchery? We’re hoping so. The tour will also mostly hit college campuses, over 15 in all, as a part of the “Campus Conscious Tour”. Joining the former Degrassi star on the road is synth pop act Francis & The Lights and K-os (you know, the MC who won’t make any more albums).
And if you think rocking out at college campuses and private shindigs is the only thing on Drake’s mind, think again; he cares for the greatest woman of all– Mother Earth. That’s why, in a partnership with the non-profit Reverb, the tour will use biodiesel fuel and recyclable products, and offer education and information on all things green at the Eco-Village. Now that’s a good time we can endorse.
Drake’s debut album, Thank Me Later, is scheduled for a March 2010 release date.
Drake 2010 Tour Dates:
04/06 – Charleston, IL @ Eastern Illinois University
04/07 – Columbus, OH @ private location
04/09 – State College, PA @ Penn State University
04/10 – Boston, MA @ private location
04/11 – Lock Haven, PA @ private location
04/14 – East Lansing, MI @ Michigan State University
04/15 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Oakland University
04/16 – Morgantown, WV @ West Virginia University
04/21 – Orlando, FL @ University Central Florida
04/22 – Greenville, SC @ Furman University
04/23 – TBA
04/24 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
04/26 – New Orleans, LA @ University of Missouri – Kansas City
04/27 – Lexington, KY @ University of Kentucky
04/29 – Lowell, MA @ University Mass Lowell
04/30 – Syracuse, NY @ private location
05/01 – Boston, MA @ private location
05/04 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Bamboozle Festival
05/05 – Towson, MD @ Holy Cross
05/06 – Cheney, PA @ Towson University
05/07 – Ithaca, NY @ private location
05/08 – Plymouth, NH @ private location
