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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 ($11.18 million in 2023 dollars)
Drake concert chronology
Away from Home Tour (2010) Club Paradise Tour (2012)

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.

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. 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.

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, it was ultimately scrapped in favor of domestic support of the projects.

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.

Background

Drake and Reverb would announce that the Away from Home Tour would be expanded to various colleges throughout the United States.

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.

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

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Campus Consciousness Tour

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Bamboozle Festival

Spring Fling

WWKX Hot Night

Hot Jam 9

JAM'N 94.5 Summer Jam

Summer Jam

Super Jam 3

Sounds like Paper

KUBE 93 Summer Jam

Ottawa Bluesfest

Indiana State Fair

Bumbershoot

Aggie Homecoming Concert

Powerhouse 2010

Monster Jam

Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

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Albums Singles Awards and nominations Videography
Studio albums	Thank Me Later (2010) Take Care (2011) Nothing Was the Same (2013) Views (2016) Scorpion (2018) Certified Lover Boy (2021) Honestly, Nevermind (2022) Her Loss (with 21 Savage) (2022) For All the Dogs (2023) TBA (with PartyNextDoor) (2024)
Compilations	We Are Young Money (2009) Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014) Care Package (2019)
EPs	So Far Gone (2009) Scary Hours (2018) The Best in the World Pack (2019) Scary Hours 2 (2021) For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition (2023) For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition Instrumentals (2023) 100 Gigs (2024)
Mixtapes	Room for Improvement (2006) Comeback Season (2007) So Far Gone (2009) If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015) What a Time to Be Alive (with Future) (2015) More Life (2017) Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020)
Tours	America's Most Wanted Tour Away from Home Tour Club Paradise Tour Would You Like a Tour? Drake vs. Lil Wayne Summer Sixteen Tour Boy Meets World Tour Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour Assassination Vacation Tour It's All a Blur Tour
Related	OVO Sound DreamCrew Young Money Entertainment YOLO Lil Wayne Forest Hill Collegiate Institute Vaughan Road Academy "Drake Would Love Me" "The Story of Adidon" "Heart on My Sleeve" Virginia Black Whiskey Feud with Kanye West Feud with Kendrick Lamar "Champagne Moments"
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