Drake Announces 2025 Australia and New Zealand Dates for The Anita Max Win Tour
UPDATE: This article has been updated throughout with the latest dates on Drake’s Australia and New Zealand tour.
Drake is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in early 2025.
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On Nov. 28, the Canadian superstar revealed the first set of dates for his upcoming The Anita Max Win Tour, which marks his first visit to the region since 2017.
The Live Nation-produced tour launches with two nights at Perth’s RAC Arena on Feb. 4-5 and wraps with back-to-back shows at Auckland’s Spark Arena on March 15-16. The 16-date tour will also make stops in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. See the full tour itinerary below.
Tickets became available for purchase through various presales beginning Dec. 3. The general onsale began Dec. 6 at noon local time.
The Anita Max Win Tour is named after a viral moment from Drake’s December 2023 livestream on Kick, where he introduced a new “alter ego” named Anita Max Win. The name is a playful pun on the gambling phrase “I need a max win,” referring to hitting the maximum payout on a slot machine.
Drizzy first hinted at the tour on Nov. 24 during a livestream with gaming streamer xQc, saying, “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. Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast… February 9 ’til like… March something.”
This marks a major return for Drake’s Australian and New Zealand fans, who last saw him live during the Boy Meets World Tour in 2017. “Funny enough, it’s actually called the Anita Max Win Tour,” the Toronto MC said during the xQc livestream.
Drake’s original tour announcement coincided with Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated Super Bowl Halftime Show performance on Feb. 9. The two rappers were at the center of a well-publicized rivalry in 2024, trading shots through diss tracks like Lamar’s “Not Like Us” and Drake’s “Push Ups.”
See Drake’s Anita Max Win Tour dates below.
Feb. 4 – Perth, AU – RAC Arena
Feb. 5 – Perth, AU – RAC Arena
Feb. 9 – Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena
Feb. 10 – Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena
Feb. 12 – Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena
Feb. 13 – Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena
Feb. 16 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena
Feb. 17 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena
Feb. 19 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena
Feb. 20 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena
Feb. 24 – Brisbane, AU – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Feb. 25 – Brisbane, AU – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 4 – Brisbane, AU – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 7 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena
March 15 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena
March 16 – Auckland, NZ – Spark Arena
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