Assassination Vacation Tour

Overview

Assassination Vacation was the European-only follow-up to Aubrey & The Three Migos, mounted in the spring of 2019 to extend the Scorpion cycle in markets that hadn't been served by the North American leg. Named in homage to the Sarah Vowell book and the 'Going Bad' Meek Mill collab line ('Soon as I touch down in London / I link with Tunde, the dawg'), it focused tightly on the UK and continental Europe, with multi-night stands at London's O2 and arena dates across Paris, Manchester, Birmingham, Antwerp, and Berlin. Tory Lanez opened. The setlist mirrored the Aubrey & Three Migos show but with extra weight on UK-coded material — 'Get It Together,' 'Passionfruit,' 'No Long Talk,' 'KMT' — and a heavier rotation of grime guest spots, including a notable Headie One brought-out moment at one of the O2 nights. Production was a scaled, condensed version of the Aubrey staging, with the LED floor retained but the venue size trimmed to arena-only. Reviews in NME and The Guardian noted the tour effectively closed the Scorpion era live and treated London as a second home base — a framing that paid off when Drake later relocated significant portions of his 2020s creative work toward UK-coded sound.

Legs & Routing

• Europe / UK

  Mar 10 – Apr 17, 2019
  • • European Scorpion follow-up

  Openers: Tory Lanez

  Notable venues

  • · The O2 Arena, London (multi-night)
  • · Manchester Arena
  • · AccorHotels Arena (Bercy), Paris

Notable Moments

• London O2 multi-night run with UK-coded setlist deep cuts
• Surprise guest appearances from UK rap and grime artists across O2 nights
• Paris Bercy stop — Drake's first major France headline since Boy Meets World

Sources

NME, Pitchfork