13 Jan Drake: Light Dreams & Nightmares @ London Hammersmith Apollo (Jan 10) | Live Review
Monday night Drake performed his final London night on his sold out, highly anticipated Light Dreams and Nightmares tour in west London’s Hammersmith Apollo. The tour, which ends in the UK this Friday 14th at Birmingham and carries on to mainland Europe for a further week, is the first time Drake has headlined in the UK, following cancelled dates in July 2010.
Since the initially planned dates last summer, Drake’s appeal has increased tenfold, meaning what would’ve been a few spot dates evolved into a European arm to his US tour. And demand for the shows have been rife; quick ticket sales has seen people scrambling for tickets and nose-bleed seats reportedly going for as much as £250 on ticket-selling sites. The crowd at Monday night’s show reflected this; the over-packed, heaving venue saw a mix of teeny-boppers, mainstream fans and hip hop fans, and the queue alone stretched over 50 yards from the venue.