Away from Home Tour

The Away from Home Tour, also marketed as the Light Dreams and Nightmares Tour, was the first headlining concert tour by Canadian recording artist, Drake.

Away from Home Tour

Debut tour by Drake
Location	North America
Associated album	So Far Gone Thank Me Later
Start date	April 5, 2010 (2010-04-05)
End date	November 6, 2010 (2010-11-06)
Legs	4
No. of shows	79
Box office	$8 million ($11.54 million in 2024 dollars)[1]
Drake concert chronology

The tour began on April 5, 2010 in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania and continued until November 6, 2010 with its final show scheduled in Las Vegas.^[2] Scheduled for 78 performances across the United States and Canada, the tour was also utilized as a part of an environmentally friendly campaign alongside non-profit organization Reverb.^[3]

The tour marks Drake's first concert tour after signing with Young Money Entertainment, as well as his first tour where he serves as the headline act. The concert tour, which featured k-os and Francis & The Lights as initial opening acts, is in support of Drake's debut studio album and extended play, Thank Me Later and So Far Gone, respectively. Most of the track-list from these projects were performed, such as singles "Best I Ever Had", "I'm Goin' In", "Successful" and concert closer "Over". Additional singles where Drake acts as a featured artist were also performed, including "I Invented Sex", "BedRock", and "Forever". Despite bookings for a European leg of the tour,^[4] it was ultimately scrapped in favor of domestic support of the projects.^[5]

The tour had a total gross of over $8 million off of 78 shows, making it one of the highest-grossing hip-hop tours of 2010.^[6]

Background

Drake and Reverb would announce that the Away from Home Tour would be expanded to various colleges throughout the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Dubbed the "Campus Consciousness" leg of the tour, the organization would work with Drake in order to minimize the output of fossil fuels during the tour. By incorporating the use of biodiesel as well as introducing biodegradable and recyclable products throughout the tour, tents that featured green technology sought to teach students about carbon emissions and promote eco-consumer sampling.^[3]

Musical additions

Opening acts

• k-os (United States — Leg 1)
• Francis & The Lights (United States — Leg 1)
• P. Reign (Canada)
• Clipse (United States — Leg 4)
• Tyga (Bloomington)

Setlist

1. "Forever"
2. "Unstoppable"
3. "Uptown"
4. "Lust for Life"
5. "Houstatlantavegas"
6. "November 18th"
7. "Fireworks"
8. "Killers"
9. "Money to Blow" / "Big Tymers" / "I'm Still Fly"
10. "I'm Goin' In"
11. "Every Girl / "Bedrock" / "Throw It In the Bag"
12. "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)"
13. "A Night Off"
14. "Successful"
15. "Fear"
16. "Say Something"
17. "I Invented Sex"
18. "Best I Ever Had"
19. "Over"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[7][8][9][10]
April 5, 2010	Slippery Rock	United States	Aebersold Student Recreation Center
April 6, 2010	Charleston		Lantz Arena
April 7, 2010	Columbus		Value City Arena
April 9, 2010[A]	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center
April 10, 2010[A]	Boston		Matthews Arena
April 11, 2010[A]	Lock Haven		Thomas Fieldhouse
April 14, 2010[A]	East Lansing		MSU Auditorium
April 15, 2010[A]	Rochester Hills		Meadow Brook Music Festival
April 16, 2010[A]	Morgantown		WVU Coliseum
April 21, 2010[A]	Orlando		UCF Arena
April 22, 2010[A]	Greenville		Timmons Arena
April 24, 2010[A]	New Orleans		Fair Grounds Race Course
April 26, 2010[A]	Kansas City		Swinney Recreation Center
April 27, 2010[A]	Lexington		Memorial Coliseum
April 30, 2010[A]	Syracuse		Syracuse University
May 1, 2010[C][D]	East Rutherford		New Meadowlands Stadium Grounds
	Medford		President's Lawn
May 4, 2010[A]	Worcester		Hart Center
May 5, 2010[A]	Baltimore		Pier Six Concert Pavilion
May 6, 2010[A]	Thornbury Township		Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
May 7, 2010[A]	Ithaca		Ho Plaza
May 8, 2010[A]	Plymouth		PSU Campus Grounds
May 12, 2010	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre
May 13, 2010	Los Angeles		Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
May 14, 2010	San Diego		North Campus Recreation Area
May 15, 2010	Santa Barbara		Harder Stadium
May 17, 2010	Denver		Ogden Theatre
May 19, 2010	Dallas		Palladium Ballroom
May 20, 2010	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
May 21, 2010	Austin		Waller Creek Amphitheatre
May 23, 2010	Memphis		Cannon Center for the Performing Arts
May 25, 2010	Charlotte		The Fillmore Charlotte
May 27, 2010	Cleveland		House of Blues
May 28, 2010	Cincinnati		Bogart's
June 3, 2010[E]	Providence		Dunkin' Donuts Center
June 4, 2010[F]	Hartford		XL Center
June 5, 2010[G]	Mansfield		Comcast Center
June 6, 2010[H]	East Rutherford		New Meadowlands Stadium
June 12, 2010[I]	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
June 13, 2010	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
June 15, 2010[J]	New York City		South Street Seaport
June 16, 2010	Philadelphia		Theater of the Living Arts
June 19, 2010[K]	Auburn		White River Amphitheatre
July 16, 2010[L]	Ottawa	Canada	Claridge Homes Stage
July 17, 2010	Saint John		Harbour Station
July 18, 2010	Montreal		Métropolis
July 21, 2010	Winnipeg		Centennial Concert Hall
July 23, 2010	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
July 24, 2010	Edmonton		Edmonton Events Centre
July 25, 2010	Calgary		Big Four Building
July 27, 2010	Vancouver		Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
August 13, 2010[M]	Indianapolis	United States	Hoosier Lottery Grandstand
September 6, 2010[N]	Seattle		Seattle Center
September 20, 2010	Miami		James L. Knight Center
September 21, 2010
September 24, 2010	Tampa		USF Sun Dome
September 28, 2010	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
September 29, 2010
October 1, 2010	Vestal		Binghamton University Events Center
October 2, 2010	Washington, D.C.		DAR Constitution Hall
October 3, 2010
October 6, 2010	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
October 9, 2010[O]	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
October 12, 2010	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
October 13, 2010	Chicago		Chicago Theatre
October 14, 2010
October 16, 2010	Bloomington		U.S. Cellular Coliseum
October 17, 2010	DeKalb		Convocation Center
October 19, 2010	Detroit		Fox Theatre
October 21, 2010	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
October 22, 2010[P]	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center
October 25, 2010[Q]	Boston		TD Garden
October 26, 2010	Lowell		Tsongas Center
October 29, 2010	Houston		Reliant Arena
October 30, 2010[R]	New Orleans		City Park
October 31, 2010	Grand Prairie		Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
November 2, 2010	Denver		Wells Fargo Theatre
November 4, 2010	Los Angeles		Gibson Amphitheatre
November 6, 2010	Las Vegas		The Joint

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A Campus Consciousness Tour

^B New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

^C Bamboozle Festival^[11]

^D Spring Fling^[12]

^E WWKX Hot Night

^F Hot Jam 9^[13]

^G JAM'N 94.5 Summer Jam^[14]

^H Summer Jam

^I Super Jam 3

^J Sounds like Paper

^K KUBE 93 Summer Jam^[15]

^L Ottawa Bluesfest^[16]

^M Indiana State Fair^[17]

^N Bumbershoot^[18]

^O Aggie Homecoming Concert

^P Powerhouse 2010^[19]

^Q Monster Jam

^R Voodoo Music + Arts Experience^[20]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

April 29, 2010	Lowell, Massachusetts	Tsongas Center	Cancelled.[12]
July 2, 2010	Arendal, Norway	Tromøy	Cancelled. Appearance a part of Hove Festival.
July 3, 2010	Roskilde, Denmark	Roskilde Festivalpladsen	Cancelled. Appearance a part of Roskilde Festival.
July 4, 2010	London, England	Hyde Park	Cancelled. Appearance a part of Wireless Festival.
July 5, 2010	Paris, France	La Cigale	Cancelled.
July 7, 2010	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Paradiso	Cancelled.
July 8, 2010	Liège, Belgium	Parc Reine Astrid	Cancelled. Appearance a part of Les Ardentes.
July 9, 2010	County Kildare, Ireland	Punchestown Racecourse	Cancelled. Appearance a part of Oxegen.
July 10, 2010	Perth and Kinross, Scotland	Balado	Cancelled. Appearance a part of T in the Park.
July 12, 2010	London, England	O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire	Cancelled.
July 13, 2010	London, England	O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire	Cancelled.
July 14, 2010	Manchester, England	Manchester Academy	Cancelled.