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Drake adds second Atlanta date to summer tour with Future

Drake and Future - together again. Photo; Getty Images

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Drake and Future - together again. Photo; Getty Images
By Melissa Ruggieri
April 27, 2016
Drake will play a pair of shows at Philips Arena.

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Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Drake is making his Atlanta appearance a double shot.

Mr. “Best I Ever Had” has added a second Atlanta date to his “Summer Sixteen” tour with Future and will now perform at Philips Arena Aug. 25 and Aug. 26.

As previously reported, tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 29 through all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, www.livenation.com, the venue box office and by calling 1-800-745-3000. Tickets for the Atlanta show are $49.50-$179.50.

An American Express pre-sale is underway through 10 a.m. April 28.

Drake’s new album, “Views from the 6,” will be released April 29.

The rapper-singer-actor added six other shows to the upcoming tour.

Here is the new itinerary:

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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