Summer Sixteen Tour

Overview

Summer Sixteen was the co-headline arena run with Future that effectively scored Drake's commercial peak. Running from July to October 2016 across roughly 54 North American dates, it was built on the simultaneous gravity of Views (then in the middle of a record-breaking Billboard 200 run), What a Time to Be Alive, and Future's EVOL. The staging was the most ambitious of Drake's career to that point: a centerpiece stage with a hydraulic platform that lifted Drake above the floor, a globe motif tying into Views' Toronto-as-world iconography, and integrated screens cycling Toronto skyline shots. The setlist alternated between Drake solo sets, Future solo sets, and shared cuts ('Jumpman,' 'Big Rings,' 'Diamonds Dancing,' 'Scholarships'), with each artist sometimes returning for the other's encore. OVO Sound deepened the bill: Roy Woods and DVSN opened to introduce the label's R&B side, and ILoveMakonnen rotated through select dates. The tour was repeatedly cited in Billboard Boxscore as one of 2016's top-grossing rap tours and was instrumental in establishing Drake's ability to do multi-night stands in MSG, ACC, and Staples — a touring footprint typically reserved for legacy pop acts.

Legs & Routing

• North America

  Jul 20 – Oct 8, 2016
  • • Views and What a Time to Be Alive material

  Openers: Future · Roy Woods · DVSN · ILoveMakonnen

  Shows: 54

  Notable venues

  • · Madison Square Garden, New York (multi-night)
  • · Air Canada Centre, Toronto (multi-night)
  • · Staples Center, Los Angeles (multi-night)
  • · United Center, Chicago

Notable Moments

• Madison Square Garden — multi-night run with Future shared encores
• Toronto ACC homecoming stretch with full OVO Sound bill onstage
• 'One Dance' as the global No. 1 single, performed nightly at peak chart position

Sources

Billboard Boxscore, Pollstar