Club Paradise Tour

The Club Paradise Tour was the second headlining tour by Canadian recording artist Drake. The tour came following the release of Drake's second studio album, Take Care. The tour's name spins off from the 2011 song "Club Paradise", a promotional single released ahead of the release of Take Care, which, in turn, borrowed its name from a strip club in Toronto. An official poster for the tour was released along with the announcement of the venture, showing Drake in the same room as is on the album cover, expressing the despondent conflicting stance about growing wealth and fame prevalent in the album.^[2]

Club Paradise Tour

Tour by Drake
Location	North America • Europe
Associated album	Take Care
Start date	February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)
End date	June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)
Legs	3
No. of shows	65
Box office	$42.6 million ($56.54 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Drake concert chronology

The tour featured Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky as opening acts for the majority of the dates throughout the tour, with various acts being added as the tour expanded beyond North America. Due to the large demand and tickets selling out in minutes in multiple locations, extra tour dates were added to the itinerary, which included a second leg across the United States. The tour became a commercial success, grossing $42 million in the tour's duration. It was the highest-grossing hip-hop tour of 2012, according to Pollstar's annual year end tour chart.^[3]

Background

Drake would announce the tour in October 2011, releasing dates in December, announcing that the "Club Paradise Tour" was set to feature in over college amphitheaters and multi-purpose arenas across the United States and Canada.^[4] This was seen as a shock move by Drake, due to the mainstream exposure and commercial success he had experienced following the releases of his two studio albums. Drake would later confirm in an interview with MTV that the labels had wanted him to embark on a stadium tour, which he rejected.^[5] He would comment, stating "I fought for this tour, I fought really hard for this tour because, of course, they want me to go get the big bucks, go into the stadiums and cash out. But I was just like, 'I really made this album for the same people that supported me since day one' [so I can't sell out]".^[6]

Opening acts

• Kendrick Lamar (North America—Leg 1, Europe—Leg 1, select dates)^[6][7]
• A$AP Rocky (North America—Leg 1, Europe—Leg 1, select dates)^[6][7]
• J. Cole (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• Waka Flocka Flame (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• Meek Mill (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• 2 Chainz (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• French Montana (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• Chief Keef (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• Illy Da King (North America—Leg 2)^[9]
• Lual Allstar (North America—Leg 2)^[8]
• Rita Ora (United Kingdom, selected dates)^[10][11]
• Tinie Tempah (Europe)^[12]
• Labrinth (France, United Kingdom, selected dates)^[13]

Setlist

1. "Lord Knows"
2. "Under Ground Kings"
3. "I'm On One"
4. "Over"
5. "Crew Love" (in some venues)
6. "The Zone"
7. "She Will"
8. "Shot For Me
9. "We'll Be Fine"
10. "Forever"
11. "Marvins Room"
12. "Take Care"
13. "Cameras"
14. "Uptown"
15. "Miss Me
16. Medley: "Look What You've Done" / "Fancy" / "Make Me Proud"
17. "Practice"
18. "HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)"

Encore

1. "The Motto"
2. "Headlines"

^[14][15]

Notes

• Drake performed "Crew Love" in lieu of "The Zone" at the show in Los Angeles, California, as well as performing "I'm Goin' In", "Up All Night", "Round of Applause", "Ima Boss" and "Can't Get Enough".
• Waka Flocka Flame would bring out Wale at the show in Cincinnati, Ohio, to perform "No Hands".
• Drake would bring out Rick Ross at the show in Houston, Texas, to perform Ima Boss and Stay Schemin' with Meek Mill.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[16][17]
February 14, 2012	Coral Gables	United States	BankUnited Center
February 15, 2012	Gainesville		O'Connell Center
February 17, 2012	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
February 18, 2012	Columbus		Value City Arena
February 21, 2012	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena
February 22, 2012	Lexington		Rupp Arena
February 24, 2012	Tallahassee		Tucker Civic Center
February 25, 2012	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
February 27, 2012	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
February 28, 2012	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena
March 1, 2012	Kansas City		Sprint Center
March 2, 2012	Arlington		College Park Center
March 4, 2012	Tucson		Tucson Arena
March 5, 2012	Los Angeles		Galen Center
March 7, 2012	Davis		The Pavilion at ARC
March 8, 2012	Fresno		Save Mart Center
March 10, 2012	San Jose		Event Center Arena
March 11, 2012	San Diego		Viejas Arena
Europe[16][18]
March 24, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
March 26, 2012	London	England	The O2 Arena
March 27, 2012
March 29, 2012	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
March 30, 2012	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena
April 1, 2012	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena
April 2, 2012	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
April 5, 2012	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
April 7, 2012	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
April 8, 2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
April 10, 2012	Frankfurt	Germany	Jahrhunderthalle
April 12, 2012	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle
April 13, 2012	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby-Hallen
April 15, 2012	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
April 16, 2012	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
April 19, 2012	Birmingham	England	LG Arena
April 20, 2012
April 22, 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool
April 23, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
April 25, 2012	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena Nottingham
North America[18]
May 7, 2012	Concord	United States	Sleep Train Pavilion
May 8, 2012	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May 10, 2012	Phoenix		Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
May 11, 2012	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 13, 2012	Greenwood Village		Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
May 14, 2012	Albuquerque		The Pavilion
May 16, 2012	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion
May 17, 2012	Houston		Toyota Center
May 19, 2012	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May 20, 2012	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
May 22, 2012	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
May 23, 2012	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live
May 25, 2012	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
May 26, 2012	Burgettstown		First Niagara Pavilion
May 28, 2012	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
May 30, 2012	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 1, 2012	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
June 2, 2012	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
June 5, 2012	Memphis		FedExForum
June 6, 2012	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
June 8, 2012	Darien Center		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 9, 2012	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
June 11, 2012	Hartford		Comcast Theatre
June 12, 2012	Holmdel Township		PNC Bank Arts Center
June 14, 2012	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 16, 2012	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 17, 2012	Mansfield		Comcast Center

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	12,248 / 12,248 (100%)	$824,189[19]
Frank Erwin Center	Austin	11,299 / 11,669 (97%)	$757,645[19]
Save Mart Center	Fresno	11,890 / 11,890 (100%)	$753,738[20]
The O2	Dublin	11,433 / 11,433 (100%)	$611,911[21]
The O2 Arena	London	34,575 / 35,000 (99%)	$2,128,570[22]
Manchester Arena	Manchester	15,907 / 16,132 (99%)	$891,304[23]
Verizon Center	Washington, D.C.	11,147 / 12,448 (89%)	$1,099,613[22]
TOTAL		108,499 / 110,820 (98%)	$7,066,970

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