He’s one of the biggest rap artists in the world and he’s just announced his plans to come to Australia for an upcoming tour.
After dropping hints on his Instagram, Drake casually dropped the news while appearing on a livestream on the local streaming platform Kick.
He was chatting with Canadian online streamer Félix Lengyel – or XQC – when the rapper, 38, shared that he would be heading to Aussie shores for a tour in 2025.
“February 9th, for anybody that’s watching from Australia, I’m coming back to Australia for the first time in eight years. Coming back to Australia on tour,” he said.
Watch the video above.
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“Funny enough, it’s actually called the Anita Max Wynn Tour,” he told a shocked XQC.
Anita Max Wynn is Drake’s alter ego, who he introduced to the world last year in a Kick livestream.
“Ladies with gentle hands, this is my alter ego, Anita Max Wynn,” Drake announced.
The character is depicted as a meme cartoon with a red bob hair cut, round glasses and a pink and yellow outfit.
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Drake sells trucker hats decorated with his alter ego and fan-made edits have circled social media.
As for the tour, it is not yet confirmed that the tour will actually be named after his alter ego and Drake is yet to officially announce the tour on any of his other platforms.
However, in the announcement Drake revealed he would perform in Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast and Ticketek has posted a waitlist for his tour on its website.
Grammy winning artist announces Aussie tour dates
“I love it there, it’s just fire,” Drake told XQC about why he wanted to head back to Australia.
Rumours of a new Aussie tour have been swirling since Drake dropped a hint on his Instagram story earlier this month.
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He shared a photo of himself posing in front of the Sydney Opera House, under which he wrote the caption “It’s been like 7 years 👀👀👀.”
Fans immediately jumped to the Easter egg, becoming excited about a potential new tour.
Drake’s last Australian tour was in 2017 where he performed his Boy Meets World sets to massive crowds.
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