DRAKE ANNOUNCES UK TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIT

NEW ALBUM NOTHING WAS THE SAME

With special guest

The Weeknd 

Tuesday 29th October 2013 – Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling, recording artist Drake today announced that he will be returning to the UK in March 2014 for arena shows in seven cities. The tour will start in Manchester on the 11th March and visit Sheffield, Glasgow, Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool and London with support on all dates from special guest The Weeknd. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on Friday 1st November from www.livenation.co.uk 

Drake’s new album ”Nothing Was The Same” – one of the most critically acclaimed and feverishly anticipated new albums of the year – debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and entered the UK album chart at number 2. The album has already been certified Platinum in the US and also features his brand new single “Too Much”, due to be released on December 9th. 

Debuting to widespread acclaim from music writers and critics, in its four-star review of NOTHING WAS THE SAME, Rolling Stone hailed, “Drake makes his best yet,” and theNew York Times declared, “…Drake is on top now, the genre’s stylistic standard-bearer and its most reliable and versatile hit maker…” 

Drake has enjoyed a landmark 2013, winning his first-ever Grammy Award in the category of "Best Rap Album" for his critically revered platinum album, “Take Care”, and has remained a distinctive presence across both hip-hop and popular culture. 

Following their collaboration on the track “Live For”, fellow Canadian The Weeknd will be joining Drake as a special guest on all UK dates. The track – which clocked up over half a million plays on Soundcloud in one day when revealed online earlier this year – is taken from The Weeknd’s second full-length album “Kiss Land” which was released to critical acclaim in September. 

DRAKE plus special guest THE WEEKND – March 2014 

Tuesday        11th       Manchester Phones 4u Arena

Friday           14th       Sheffield Motorpoint Arena

Saturday      15th        Glasgow The Hydro

Sunday        16th        Nottingham Capital FM Arena

Thursday      20th       Birmingham The NIA

Saturday      22nd      Liverpool Echo Arena

Monday        24th       London The O2

Tuesday       25th       London The O2  

Tickets go on-sale 9am on 1st November 2013 priced £46.00 / £40.00 regionally and £52.50 / £47.50 / £45.00 in London (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk 

For more information please contact:

Shane O’Neill, Island Records Shane.ONeill@umusic.com  

For Live Nation/tour enquiries please contact:

Charley Bezer, Head or PR, Live Nation Charley.bezer@livenation.co.uk