Drake announces 2024 OKC shows: Here's who else is coming to Paycom Center next year

Drake recently announced that he is bringing his 2024 U.S "It’s All A Blur Tour – Big As The What?" to Oklahoma City for two January concerts at Paycom Center.

The multiplatinum-selling rapper is bringing along J. Cole, the Grammy-winning artist, producer and founder of the influential Dreamville Records, for the Jan. 25-26 back-to-back OKC concerts.

They aren't the only top-shelf acts set to play the downtown OKC arena in the New Year.

What bands and other touring acts are coming to OKC's Paycom Center in 2024?

Paycom Center staffers already have announced 18 touring events for 2024, including concerts featuring pop-rock star Olivia Rodrigo, new CMA Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson and Oklahomans Turnpike Troubadours and Zach Bryan, stand-up comedian Katt Williams and family-friendly attractions like Monster Jam and the Harlem Globetrotters.

Here's what is scheduled so far to come to OKC's Paycom Center in 2024:

• Jan. 19-20: Turnpike Troubadours and Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

• Jan. 25: Drake with J. Cole

• Jan. 27: Disturbed

• Feb. 1: TobyMac

• Feb. 3: Tool

• Feb. 8: "The Trilogy Tour" with  Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, and Pitbull

• Feb. 17-18: Monster Jam

• March 9: Dan + Shay

• March 11: Fall Out Boy 

• March 15: Katt Williams

• March 16: Winter Jam 2024

• March 23: Harlem Globetrotters

• May 2: Nicki Minaj

• May 4: AJR

• May 17-18: Zach Bryan

• May 31: NF

• July 27: Olivia Rodrigo

• Nov. 7: Lainey Wilson

What records did OKC's Paycom Center break in 2023?

This year, the Paycom Center is coming off a record-breaking 2022, when it hosted 37 concerts, the most concert events to ever play the facility in a year.

That smashed the arena's previous record of 29 concerts in a year, which was set in 2013.

A venue spokeswoman said Paycom Center hasn't hosted as many concerts in 2023 because of summer construction projects to install new scoreboards and seats in the arena.

By the end of the year, the venue will have hosted 52 touring events, including 29 concert events.

Also home to the OKC Thunder professional basketball team, the arena, which opened in 2002, still managed to set a couple of records for touring events this year:

• In January, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle's sold-out stand-up show became what's believed to be the largest comedy show in the state, with nearly 17,000 tickets sold. That also landed the show on the list of the top 10 highest attended concert events in the arena's 21-year history. 

• In May, Paycom Center broke its record for largest Latin concert in venue history when Grupe Firme brought in more than 6,000 fans, becoming the best-selling and highest-grossing Latin music event for the arena to date.

• The venue quickly broke that record for its biggest Latin concert again just a few weeks ago, when Luis Miguel drew just over 10,500 fans to Paycom Center.

What touring events are still to come at OKC's Paycom Center in 2023?

We're coming to the end of the year, but a few touring acts are still due to make stops at OKC's Paycom Center in 2023:

• Dec. 15-17: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey: "The Greatest Show on Earth"

• Dec. 20: AEW (All Elite Wrestling) with Dynamite and Rampage

• Dec. 28: Jeff Dunham

On Dec. 12, Oklahoma City residents voted overwhelmingly to approve a special proposition to use at least $850 million in taxpayer funds to build a new downtown arena to replace Paycom Center.

For more information on Paycom Center events, go to https://www.paycomcenter.com.

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