Drake Says He'll Tour Australia In February 2025

After teasing his long-awaited return to Australia two weeks ago, Drake has confirmed that he will indeed return down under in February 2025.

Taking to Instagram Live with xQc, the Hotline Bling rapper discussed the release of his forthcoming album with PartyNextDoor, and, importantly, detailed his plans for early next year.

“I'm coming to Australia for the first time in eight years, coming back to Australia on tour – it's actually, funnily enough, called the Anitta Max Wynn tour,” he said.

Revealing his plans to stop in Melbourne, Sydney, and the Gold Coast, Drake said the tour will begin on Sunday, 9 February—the same day that Kendrick Lamar will headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show. He plans to finish the tour in March 2025.

You can watch a snippet of the Instagram Live below.

At the time of publication, Drake’s website doesn’t mention any tour dates locked in for 2025, and ticketing information isn’t available yet. Earlier this year, he wrapped up a co-headlining tour with J. Cole across the US with special guests Lil Wayne and Lil Durk.

Drake last toured Australia in 2017 while on the Boy Meets World tour. He played seven shows down under and then made the trek to New Zealand for another string of shows.

Earlier this month, Drake teased his impending return to Australia by sharing an old photo of himself looking over at the Sydney Opera House, captioned “It’s been like 7 years,” and three pairs of cheeky eyeballs looking sideways emojis.

This year, Drake has made headlines for participating in a mega rap battle with Kendrick Lamar, with the pair dropping increasingly brutal diss tracks about each other.

In The Music’s roundup of the songs, Tione Zylstra surmised that the feud began when Drake expressed unhappiness at Kendrick Lamar not including him in a “big three,” which commonly includes Kendrick, Drake, and J. Cole, saying, “It’s just big me.”

Since then, the pair released track after track, attacking each other’s character, style, family, and serious allegations. You can check out the most notable lines in the diss track saga here.

Since his last visit to Australia, Drake has released the albums Scorpion (2018), Certified Lover Boy (2021), Honestly, Nevermind (2022), and last year’s For All The Dogs, plus the 2022 collaborative album with 21 Savage, Her Loss.

Drake announces his 'Anita Max Wynn' Australia Tour starting February 9th, 2025 🔥🇦🇺

The same day as Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance 👀 pic.twitter.com/YFkqGP1h4Q

— Kurrco (@Kurrco) November 25, 2024