The plan was for Drake to launch his tour in Portland, Ore., three
weeks ago, but the way things go he was kind of, you know, on hip-hop
time.
A bunch of dates got pushed back and the happy result is that
Pittsburgh got its second tour premiere in a week Friday night at Consol
Energy Center (last Friday, Pearl Jam, very different audience).
In Drake's mind -- like in every rapper's mind -- he's the biggest MC
in the game, and he also has some numbers to back it up. When "Nothing
Was the Same" debuted last month, the Toronto rapper had a bigger
opening week than both Kanye and Jay-Z.
Speak of the devils, this is a rare city where their Watch the Throne
show didn't sell out -- and neither did this one, as some of the top
sections were curtained off.
The word going in, from someone who knows, a high school senior, was
"there will be a lot of girls there." Just about 80 percent or so.
That's how Drake rolls -- he's a romantic so in touch with his feelings
you might need tissues. Drake does lonely with the best of them.
But that's only half the story on the triumphant Would You Like a
Tour? Tour. Drake comes at you with some energy, too, so this was no
downbeat affair, not by a long shot.
Drake's stage had a clean futuristic design with the DJs in a lighted
tilted circle with another one above shooting down lights, and a giant
curved screen behind for atmospheric footage. He hit that stage with
"Tuscan Leather," Headlines" and "Crew Love," running around like a
power forward.
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