Drake is set to make history by headlining all three nights of London’s Wireless Festival, with some help from special guests.
Set to take place between July 11 and 13 in London’s Finsbury Park, the 20th anniversary edition of the festival will see Drizzy put on three very different shows across the weekend.
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The first performance has been confirmed to feature PARTYNEXTDOOR, so expect the setlist to heavily feature songs from their new collaborative album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.
Fellow R&B singer Summer Walker is also expected to join the 6 God on stage during the opening night.
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The Saturday night performance is billed as “Drake & The Mandem” and is widely expected to feature appearances from a number of British rappers the 6 God has collaborated with over the years, including Skepta, Giggs, Central Cee, Dave and Headie One.
The closing show looks like it is going to have more of an Afrobeats and Dancehall flavor as it is confirmed that Drake will be joined by Burna Boy and Vybz Kartel.
No other guests have been confirmed as of yet, while the remainder of the lineup will be released closer to the date of the festival.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday (February 19) via Wireless Festival’s official website.
While Drake has agreed to headline three whole nights of a festival across the pond, he was recently criticized for allegedly refusing to do the same at Rolling Loud, the premiere Hip Hop festival in the U.S.
Rolling Loud co-founder Tariq Cherif said on Big Boy’s Neighborhood last month: “I feel like Drake’s ducking us. I got no beef with Drake. I like Drake, I think he’s a great artist. We’ve been trying to book him forever. We even offered Drake ‘Three Nights of Drake’ once.”
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He added: “They were like, ‘You need to make it special,’ [so we were like], ‘Alright, three nights of Drake! You’ll be the headliner for three nights!’”
Cherif did not reveal why Drake turned down the opportunity to essentially take over the festival.
