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DRAKE REVEALS NEXT SINGLE, ANNOUNCES DATES FOR SECOND LEG OF TOUR

The Away From Home Tour Dates – Second Leg

5/17 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
5/19 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium
5/20 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre
5/21 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs
5/23 – Memphis, TN @ Cannon Center
5/25 – Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore
5/27 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
5/28 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
6/3 – Providence, RI @ WWKX Hot Night
6/4 – Hartford, Conn @ WZMX Hot Jam
6/5 – Boston, MA @ WJMN Summer Jam
6/6 – New York @ Summer Jam (Hot 97)
6/7 – Manchester, UK @ MEN Arena (Opening for Jay-Z)
6/9 – Birmingham, UK @ LG Arena (Opening for Jay-Z)
6/12 – St. Louis @ WHHL Super Jam
6/13 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club
6/16 – Philadelphia @ Filmore – TLA Show
6/18 – Seattle @ KUBE 93 Summer Jam
6/19 – Los Angeles @ Power 106 Powerhouse
7/2 – Arendal, Norway @ Hove Festival
7/3 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
7/4 – London, UK @ Wireless Festival
7/5 – Paris, France @ La Cigale
7/7 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Paradiso
7/8 – Liege, Belgium @ Les Ardentes Festival
7/9 – Kildare, Ireland @ Oxegen Festival
7/10 – Kinross, Scotland @ T in the Park – Future’s Tent
7/12 – London, UK @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
7/13 – London, UK @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
7/16 – Ottawa, ON @ Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2010
7/17 – St. John’s, NB @ Harbour Station
7/18 – Montreal, @ Metropolis
7/22 – Winnipeg @ Centennial Hall
7/23 – Saskatoon, SK@ Credit Union Centre
7/24 – Edmonton @ Edmonton Events Centre
7/25 – Calgary, AB @ The Big 4
7/27 – Vancouver @ Centre For Performing Arts

5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DRAKE’S ALBUM ‘THANK ME LATER’

1. Timbaland produced a track called “Thank Me Now.”

2. Indie pop band Francis and the Lights, who opened for Drake on tour, is featured on one song. “I wanted to take what I love about [their] music and bring it into my world,” says Drake.

3. “Karaoke” deals with the pitfalls of achieving fame at an early age. He recalls how he felt at 15 when his girlfriend told him she couldn’t love a star. “It killed me,” he explains. “I can’t wait till she hears it. She’ll know it’s her.”

4. Jay-Z schools his younger peer on “Light Up,” which he first told Rap-Up.com about in December. “He lets me know how young and naive I really sound,” Drake says. “It’s an incredible moment. He’s like, ‘This is how it really is. Because I’ve lived it.’”

5. Drake made this album for music lovers, not for the Billboard charts. “I didn’t make this album for commercial purposes. A lot of the verses are extremely long. I just made it to share with people. I hope they can enjoy.”