Would You Like a Tour?

Overview

Would You Like A Tour? was Drake's first true global arena cycle, mounted around Nothing Was the Same and stretching across roughly 95 shows in North America, Europe, and Oceania. It opened in Pittsburgh on October 18, 2013 and built into a sprawling, multi-leg run that ended in Australia and New Zealand the following year. The bill was tight and forward-looking: Miguel held R&B credibility, Future was mid-explosion, and PARTYNEXTDOOR was OVO Sound's flagship signing, all of which framed Drake as the gravitational center of a wider movement rather than a solo act. Live, the show drew heavily on 'Started From the Bottom,' 'Hold On, We're Going Home,' 'Worst Behavior,' 'All Me,' and 'Pound Cake,' alongside Take Care holdovers. Visually, this was the cycle where Drake's production design started incorporating large LED architecture and the elevated catwalk format that he would refine through 2018. The five-night Toronto ACC residency became one of the most discussed hometown stands of his career, and the tour cemented his ability to sell multi-night arena stands in major markets — a metric that, by Pollstar's tracking, put him alongside Jay-Z and Eminem in the upper tier of rap touring.

Legs & Routing

• North America

  Oct 18 – Dec 23, 2013
  • • Nothing Was the Same arena rollout

  Openers: Miguel · Future · PARTYNEXTDOOR

  Notable venues

  • · Air Canada Centre, Toronto (5 nights)
  • · Madison Square Garden, New York
  • · Barclays Center, Brooklyn
  • · Staples Center, Los Angeles

• Europe / UK

  Mar 6 – Apr 1, 2014
  • • European arena leg

  Openers: Future · PARTYNEXTDOOR

• Oceania

  Nov 2014
  • • Australia / New Zealand makeup dates

  Openers: Future

Notable Moments

• Air Canada Centre, Toronto — 5-night homecoming residency
• Madison Square Garden multi-night stand
• Future and PARTYNEXTDOOR support sets previewing OVO Sound's reach

Sources

Billboard, Pollstar, setlist.fm