Summer Sixteen Tour

The Summer Sixteen Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by Canadian rapper Drake, and American rapper Future.[2] It began on July 20, 2016 in Austin, and concluded with its final show in Toronto, Ontario on October 8, 2016. Scheduled for 60 performances across North America, the tour was produced by Apple Music in conjunction with Drake's fourth studio album, Views, Future's fourth studio album Evol, as well as their collaborative mixtape What a Time to Be Alive. Guest appearances included Rihanna, Fat Joe, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, Kanye West, and more.[3] The tour had a total gross of $84.3 million off 54 shows, making it the highest-grossing hip-hop tour of all time,[4] until he broke this record with his own co-headlining Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour in 2018.[5]

Summer Sixteen Tour
National tour by Drake and Future
LocationNorth America
Associated albumViews
Evol
What a Time to Be Alive
Start dateJuly 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)
End dateOctober 8, 2016 (2016-10-08)
Legs1
No. of shows54
Box office$80.9 million ($102.71 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Drake tour chronology
Would You Like a Tour?
(2013–15)
Summer Sixteen Tour
(2016)
Boy Meets World Tour
(2017)
Future tour chronology
Summer Sixteen Tour
(2016)
Nobody Safe Tour
(2017)

Background

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Drake and Future first collaborated in 2012 on "Tony Montana". In 2015 the duo had a single called "Where Ya At", a song later to be used on Future's third studio album, DS2.[6] Since then, other notable collaborations between the pair include Drake's song, "Grammys" featuring Future, and 2015's "Jumpman". The duo also worked on a collaborative mixtape entitled What a Time to Be Alive, which was released on September 20, 2015.[7] Throughout 2013 and 2014, during Drake's Would You Like a Tour?, Future made multiple guest appearances, often appearing to perform alongside to Drake, or serve as the opening act of the show.[8] Rumours of a co-headlining tour from Drake and Future first circulated following the release of What a Time to Be Alive, leading Drake to post on Twitter that he was planning to embark on a tour with Future in the summer.

On April 25, 2016, the Summer Sixteen tour was announced with Future serving as the co-headlining act.[9] Later on the same day, several dates were added on Drake's website, with dvsn and Roy Woods all set to perform as opening acts.[10]

Set list

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This set list is representative of the show on July 20, 2016 in Austin. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[11]

  1. "Summer Sixteen"
  2. "Still Here"
  3. "Started from the Bottom"
  4. "9"
  5. ""U With Me?"
  6. "Feel No Ways"
  7. "Headlines"
  8. "Trophies"
  9. "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"
  10. "0 to 100 / The Catch Up" / "6 God" / "Worst Behavior" / "We Made It" / "Blessings" / "All Me" / "No Lie" / "Versace"/ "Pop That" / "Over" / "I'm on One" / "Up All Night" / "Miss Me" / "Crew Love"
  11. "With You"
  12. "Child’s Play"
  13. "Fire and Desire"
  14. "Come and See Me"
  15. "Faithful" (with dvsn)
  16. "Hotline Bling"
  17. "Hold On, We're Going Home"
  18. "The Motto"
  19. "Right Hand"
  20. "For Free"
  21. "My Way" (Fetty Wap cover)
  22. "Grammys"
  23. "Scholarships"
  24. "Love Me"
  25. "I'm the Plug"
  26. "Big Rings"
  27. "Jumpman"
  28. "Diamonds Dancing"
  29. "Work"
  30. "Take Care" / "Too Good" (verses)
  31. "Controlla"
  32. "One Dance"
  33. "Back to Back"
  34. "Pop Style"
  35. "Hype"
  36. "Know Yourself"
  37. "Energy"
  38. "Legend"
Notes

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
North America[2][12]
July 20, 2016AustinUnited StatesFrank Erwin CenterRoy Wood$
dvsn
11,318 / 11,318$1,470,583
July 21, 2016DallasAmerican Airlines Center12,605 / 13,493$1,563,490
July 23, 2016Kansas CitySprint Center12,983 / 13,364$1,180,862
July 24, 2016Saint PaulXcel Energy Center13,624 / 14,014$1,346,114
July 26, 2016ChicagoUnited Center27,037 / 30,294$3,214,405
July 27, 2016
July 31, 2016TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre30,070 / 30,070$2,686,110
August 1, 2016
August 4, 2016New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden58,085 / 58,085$6,804,352
August 5, 2016
August 6, 2016
August 8, 2016
August 10, 2016BostonTD Garden13,490 / 13,951$1,463,377
August 12, 2016BuffaloFirst Niagara Center13,547 / 13,965$1,540,131
August 13, 2016ColumbusNationwide Arena13,986 / 14,417$1,510,033
August 14, 2016NashvilleBridgestone Arena15,931 / 15,931$1,410,223
August 16, 2016DetroitJoe Louis Arena14,891 / 15,674$1,504,752
August 17, 2016PittsburghConsol Energy Center13,622 / 13,622$1,351,855
August 19, 2016Washington, D.C.Verizon Center27,663 / 28,584$3,259,446
August 20, 2016
August 21, 2016PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center13,402 / 13,402$1,752,511
August 23, 2016GreensboroGreensboro Coliseum13,720 / 14,184$1,304,350
August 25, 2016AtlantaPhilips Arena28,864 / 28,864$3,106,599
August 26, 2016
August 27, 2016TampaAmalie Arena13,337 / 13,337$1,401,166
August 30, 2016MiamiAmerican Airlines Arena26,608 / 27,806$3,282,545
August 31, 2016
September 2, 2016New OrleansSmoothie King Center13,241 / 14,073$1,243,871
September 3, 2016HoustonToyota Center24,507 / 24,507$3,352,284
September 4, 2016
September 6, 2016PhoenixTalking Stick Resort Arena12,084 / 12,542$1,310,117
September 7, 2016Los AngelesStaples Center40,155 / 40,227$4,809,979
September 9, 2016
September 10, 2016
September 11, 2016Las VegasT-Mobile Arena15,142 / 15,142$2,089,942
September 13, 2016OaklandOracle Arena24,956 / 25,831$3,294,596
September 14, 2016
September 16, 2016TacomaTacoma Dome18,120 / 18,120$1,748,350
September 17, 2016VancouverCanadaRogers Arena
September 18, 2016
September 20, 2016EdmontonRogers Place
September 21, 2016
September 24, 2016San JoseUnited StatesSAP Center25,817 / 26,591$3,099,176
September 25, 2016
September 27, 2016InglewoodThe Forum42,316 / 42,316$4,545,367
September 28, 2016
September 29, 2016
October 1, 2016DenverPepsi Center
October 2, 2016
October 4, 2016Des MoinesWells Fargo Arena
October 5, 2016ChicagoUnited Center
October 7, 2016MontrealCanadaBell Centre15,731 / 15,731$1,722,100
October 8, 2016TorontoAir Canada Centre15,485 / 15,485$1,561,900
TOTAL634,662 / 647,265 (98%)$71,238,937

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason/Additional Info
October 9, 2016TorontoCanadaAir Canada CentreDrake's ankle injury[13]
October 11, 2016BrooklynUnited StatesBarclays Center
October 12, 2016
October 13, 2016PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center
October 15, 2016NewarkPrudential Center
October 16, 2016

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