Drake, on the road with Migos, had a nice run at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center. (Getty Images)
Drake is out of the gate with his Aubrey & the Three Migos tour, which launched in August with a North American trek booked through November. He appears on Hot Tickets with sales figures from the two New York City arenas on the schedule: Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Combined revenue from both facilities lands just under the $15 million mark for the Canadian-born rapper, who sold 114,710 tickets at seven performances in the Big Apple. The Garden hosted the artist for four nights — Aug. 24-25 and 27-28 — drawing 70,703 fans with a gross totaling $8.7 million, Barclays followed with concerts on Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1 and a $5.8 million take from 44,007 sold seats.
Drake is touring this year with hip-hop trio Migos - both on the road with new albums to promote. Drake’s “Scorpion,” his fifth studio release, arrived June 29, and Migos released its third studio set, “Culture II,” in late January.
The two New York arenas also earn a slot on the Top Stops chart for venues with seating capacities in the 15,001-30,000 range. Madison Square Garden owns the No. 1 ranking based on reports from four events that occurred during the Aug. 16-Sept. 15 eligibility time period. In addition to Drake, the arena also hosted Jeff Lynne’s ELO for two nights (Aug. 21-22), Dierks Bentley (Sept. 8) and Childish Gambino on Sept. 14 and 15. The Drake concerts were the only event reported for Barclays Center during the time frame, but the arena still ranks fifth on the chart.
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