MEMPHIS, Tenn. — What a time to be alive. After initially rescheduling the Memphis stop for his new tour, "Champagne Papi" won't be performing at the FedEx Forum after all.
The Bluff City date for Drake's "It's All a Blur Tour" has been cancelled, according to Ticketmaster.
Ticketmaster once listed Drake's tour date in the Bluff as Thursday, June 29, then rescheduled to Aug. 6. Now, "the event organizer has had to cancel the event," according to Ticketmaster.
Customers of the concert tickets will reportedly not have to take action in order to receive a refund, Ticketmaster said.
They are said to be "processed to the original method of payment used at time of purchase" once the funds are "received from the event organizer," according to the company. Ticketmaster said this typically takes 30 days.
If tickets were transferred to a would-be concert-goer, Ticketmaster said the refund will go to "the fan who originally purchased the tickets.
Ticketmaster's purchase policy can be viewed here.
ABC24's Richard Ransom recently sat down with Drake’s dad, Dennis Graham, who discussed the rapper's partial upbringing in Memphis.
"He tells people 'I’m from Memphis,'" Dennis said. "He’ll tell you in a second. 'I’m from Memphis. That’s my home.'”
Despite growing up in Toronto with his mom, Drake spent summers with his dad in the Bluff City at his grandmother’s home in the Whitehaven area.
Dennis said his son’s talent is exceptional because his songs tell stories people can relate to. He said it was overwhelming when his son became the number one artist in the music world. Still, he likes to think Drake’s summers in Memphis influenced his sound.
“I can see him now wrestling out in the yard — wrestling in the den of the house with his cousins,” Dennis said.
Dennis remembers the summer drives down to Memphis from Canada. When Drake would want to listen to rap in the car to start the trip, it wasn’t long before it would be his Dad’s turn to choose the music.
“He’d have a little time to listen to his rap and then I would play Johnnie Taylor; Bobbie Blue Band, BB King, Al Green, and he’d listen to it and he got that soul and blues instilled in him,” Dennis said.