TORONTO — (AP) — Drake has announced that his first tour of Australia in eight years will begin on the same date as rival Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
The Toronto rapper announced the tour during a livestream Sunday night with Félix Lengyel, a Quebec streamer.
Drake said the tour will begin on Feb. 9, the same date Lamar is due to take the stage at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, a connection Drake didn’t make in the video.
He said the tour will include stops in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast and will continue “until, like, March something.”
“I’m just going to go to Australia for now. It’s been eight years,” he said. “I love it there.”
Representatives for Drake did not immediately respond to a request for more information about the tour or when tickets would go on sale.
The tour follows a public diss battlebetween Drake and Lamar, which saw them …