Kendrick Lamar Announces Expanded Grand National Tour


Kendrick Lamar has announced that he is adding more dates to his Grand National tour.

Co-headlined with his longtime friend and collaborator SZA, they will be performing two extra dates on the Australian leg of the tour.

The two stadium shows will be in Melbourne and Sydney on December 4 and 11 respectively.

They also confirmed that they will be supported by Doechii for the two dates.

K. Dot and SZA have smashed a number of records on their tour so far.

Back in June, they had already broken the record for highest grossing co-headlining tour in history.

Through just 23 shows across America and Canada, Kendrick and SZA have grossed more than $256 million.

The duo’s average gross per show has been $11.1 million and they have sold a total of 1.1 million tickets across the record breaking run.

The average concert on the tour has been attended by 48,000 fans.

SZA gave Kendrick Lamar his flowers on the stop in Maryland.

During the portion of the concert where both stars are on stage, SZA reflected on how valuable her former TDE labelmate has been to her career so far.

Getting emotional, SZA said: “He put me onto the biggest moment of my life. This is also the biggest moment of my life… I’m so thankful, and I’m so thankful to y’all.”

The two “Luther” collaborators then shared a close hug before continuing to perform.

SZA previously revealed she had doubts over the co-headlining tour with the rap superstar.

Sitting down for a chat with Chappell Roan for Interview Magazine, SZA has confessed to suffering from anxiety.

She said: “Every time I had to go on stage, every time I had to get on a carpet, I’d have full-on panic attacks. I used to not show up to something because it was like, ‘I’m never going to win. No one cares that I’m here. Why would I go?’”

The TDE singer said those issues spilled over into her tour with Kendrick: “Same thing with the Kendrick tour. Everybody’s going to see Kendrick. I don’t even know if I have anything to show these people that’s exciting and new.”



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