HipHopRaisedMeTheBlog.com is thrilled to announce that Kendrick Lamar is hitting the road next year with his highly anticipated Grand National Tour, featuring special guest SZA. This North American tour will support Kendrick’s latest surprise album, GNX, which includes multiple collaborations with the talented singer.
The Grand National Tour kicks off on April 19 in Minneapolis, MN, and concludes on June 18 in Landover, MD. The 21-city arena tour will make stops in major cities, including Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Chicago, as well as Kendrick’s hometown of Los Angeles and SZA’s native St. Louis. The tour will also visit Toronto, the home city of Kendrick’s rival Drake.
Presale tickets for the Grand National Tour will be available starting Wednesday, December 4, at 10 a.m. via Cash App, with general ticket sales beginning on Friday, December 6, at the same time through the tour’s official website.
Check out the full tour dates below:
Kendrick Lamar & SZA — Grand National Tour:
- Apr 19 — Minneapolis, MN @ U.S. Bank Stadium
- Apr 23 — Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
- Apr 26 — Dallas, TX @ AT&T Stadium
- Apr 29 — Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- May 3 — Charlotte, NC @ Bank of America Stadium
- May 5 — Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field
- May 8-9 — East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
- May 12 — Foxboro, MA @ Gillette Stadium
- May 17 — Seattle, WA @ Lumen Field
- May 21-23 — Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium
- May 27 — Glendale, AZ @ State Farm Stadium
- May 29 — San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park
- May 31 — Las Vegas, NV @ Allegiant Stadium
- Jun 4 — St. Louis, MO @ The Dome at America’s Center
- Jun 6 — Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
- Jun 10 — Detroit, MI @ Ford Field
- Jun 12 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
- Jun 16 — Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
- Jun 18 — Landover, MD @ Northwest Stadium
This tour announcement comes on the heels of GNX debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 319,000 equivalent units in its first week. This marks Kendrick’s sixth consecutive number-one album, following To Pimp a Butterfly, untitled unmastered., DAMN., Black Panther: The Album, and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
With the highest sales of any new rap album this year, GNX surpasses releases from other hip-hop heavyweights, including Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia (299,500), Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady (281,000), and Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You (251,000).
Kendrick continues to dominate the Billboard Hot 100, holding seven of the top ten spots, with tracks like “Squabble Up” poised to become his third number one single of the year.
A deluxe edition of GNX has also been hinted at, with “TV Off” collaborator Lefty Gunplay stating that Kendrick has more material coming soon.
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