Kendrick Lamar is leaning into album mode following the surprise release of his latest body of work, GNX, as the Compton wordsmith has announced his upcoming Grand National Tour with a post on social media.
Shared Tuesday (Dec 3) morning, the post features a black-and-white image of Lamar standing behind a low wall while TDE songstress SZA sits in front of it, signaling to many that she will be joining him on the trek. “grand national tour @cashapp visa card presale tomorrow at 10am,” reads the plainly stated notice.
The stadium tour will run from April 19 to June 18, hitting up cities including Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Seattle, Chicago, St. Louis, and of course Kendrick’s hometown of Los Angeles.
GNX has become an instant hit, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 319,000 equivalent album units sold in the U.S. during the week ending Nov. 28. Single “squabble up” also dethroned Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” as the No. 1 song on the Hot 100 Chart, followed by “tv off” (No. 2), “luther” (No. 3) “wacced out murals” (No. 4) and “hey now” (No. 5). Kendrick also took the 8th and 9th slots with “reincarnated” and “Man At The Garden,” respectively.
Lamar last pounded the pavement on his Big Steppers Tour, supporting his fifth studio album, 2022’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. The trek grossed $110,886,026, making it the highest-grossing rap tour of all time until Travis Scott’s 2024 Circus Maximus Tour.
As for SZA, the “luther” collaborator embarked on her own SOS Tour from February 2023 until May 2024 in support of her sophomore album of the same name.
Check out the full list of Grand National Tour dates below.
Apr 19 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
Apr 23 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
Apr 26 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium
Apr 29 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes Benz Stadium
May 03 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
May 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
May 08 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
May 09 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
May 12 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
May 17 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium
May 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 04 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center
Jun 06 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
Jun 10 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
Jun 12 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
Jun 16 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Jun 18 – Washington, DC – Northwest Stadium
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