Canadian rapper Drake announces exciting change to his 2025 Australian tour...but not all fans are happy: 'This is cooked'

Canadian rapper Drake has announced some exciting news for Aussie fans, but not everyone is happy.

The One Dance hitmaker, 38, confirmed he was coming Down Under for the first time in eight years during a podcast with Canadian streamer XQC in November.

His Anita Max Win 2025 tour was originally set to include stops in Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide.

Now Drake's itinerary has expanded even further.

He will now bring the tour to Perth, kicking off the Aussie run on 4 February at RAC Arena.

Thursday's announcement also included a fourth and final show at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday 13 February.

Promoter Live Nation took to Instagram on Thursday to make the announcement, sharing a digital image of the Anita Max Win tour poster featured on the 45-metre tall digital tower in Perth's Yagan Square.

However, not all West Australians were chuffed with the announcement, with some angry that they had already purchased tickets, transport and accommodation for one of the interstate shows.

'Is this even allowed?' one fan asked.

'Should’ve been announced with the other shows I can’t lie... I spent an insane amount of money on the brissy ones thinking he wouldn’t come to Perth and here we are.'

Another disgruntled fan jumped in, claiming they had spent thousands of dollars to travel to see Drake in person.

'Literally unnecessarily spent thousands on tickets, accommodation and flights across the country…AND NOWWW THEY ANNOUNCE…This is cooked. Should have announced it with all the other shows,' they wrote.

Drake will now kick off his tour in Perth on 4 February before moving to Melbourne for four shows from 9 to 13 February.

From there, it's off to Sydney's Qudos bank Arena for another four shows (16 to 20 February), then the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on 24 and 25 February.

After Drake's initial Down Under announcement, which had him kicking off the tour in Melbourne on 9 February, eagle-eyed fans  pointed out a potential scheduling hiccup, with the show slated for the same day as the NFL Super Bowl.

'I’m so confused tho did Drake think people not gonna watch the Super Bowl to see him live in Australia?' one fan asked on X, formerly known as Twitter.

However, others were quick to point out the time difference between Australia and the US, with some suggesting there is a very good reason Drake would want to be on the other side of the world when the Super Bowl kicks off.

Drake scheduled an Australian tour for Feb 9 through March… I wonder what else is happening that day that he wanted to be out the country,' one fan wrote.

They were alluding to the fact that the 2025 Super Bowl Half-Time Show will be headlined by Drake's rival Kendrick Lamar.

'He's going far as humanly possible to not hear about the Super Bowl,' one fan commented, while another chimed in with a similar: 'He had to leave the whole continent.'

Others suggested that if Drake was trying to steal his rival's thunder, he may be misguided.

'Does he know that it's 17 hours ahead? So if he's trying to distract people, he won't?'

However, another suggested that Drake would come out on top, if it were indeed a publicity battle. 

'The Super Bowl - it's a 12 minute performance and it's done. Drake Tour will flood the timeline and kill the Super Bowl performance hype,' the fan wrote.

Lamar and Drake were initially friends and colleagues in the early 2010s and collaborated on the track Buried Alive Interlude.

But things fell apart this March, when Lamar dissed J. Cole and Drake on Like That in response to their 2023 song First Person Shooter, where Cole claims he, Drake and Lamar are the 'big three' in modern rap music.

In early April, Cole responded by offering up the diss track 7 Minute Drill, but within a week apologised for the song and removed it from streaming services.

Drake jumped into the mix by releasing the songs Push Ups and Taylor Made Freestyle later in April, which led to a back-and-forth between the two stars.

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