{"id":43050,"date":"2025-08-06T11:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/kendrick-lamar-announces-expanded-grand-national-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:18:22","slug":"kendrick-lamar-announces-expanded-grand-national-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/kendrick-lamar-announces-expanded-grand-national-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Announces Expanded Grand National Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> has announced that he is adding more dates to his Grand National tour.<\/p>\n<p>Co-headlined with his longtime friend and collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/sza\">SZA<\/a>, they will be performing two extra dates on the Australian leg of the tour.<\/p>\n<p>The two stadium shows will be in Melbourne and Sydney on December 4 and 11 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>They also confirmed that they will be supported by Doechii for the two dates.<\/p>\n<p>K. Dot and SZA have smashed a number of records on their tour so far.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, they had already <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/kendrick-lamar-sza-highest-grossing-co-headlining-tour-of-all-time\/\">broken the record for highest grossing co-headlining tour in history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Through just 23 shows across America and Canada, Kendrick and SZA have grossed more than $256 million.<\/p>\n<p>The duo\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>The average concert on the tour has been attended by 48,000 fans.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/sza-thanks-kendrick-lamar-biggest-moment-of-life\">SZA gave Kendrick Lamar his flowers on the stop<\/a>\u00a0in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Getting emotional, SZA said: \u201cHe put me onto the biggest moment of my life. This is also the biggest moment of my life\u2026 I\u2019m so thankful, and I\u2019m so thankful to y\u2019all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two \u201cLuther\u201d collaborators then shared a close hug before continuing to perform.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/sza-admits-thought-fans-only-wanted-see-kendrick-lamar-tour\">SZA previously revealed she had doubts<\/a>\u00a0over the co-headlining tour with the rap superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting down for a chat with Chappell Roan for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interviewmagazine.com\/music\/sza-gives-chappell-roan-the-divine-answer\"><em>\u00a0Interview Magazine<\/em><\/a>, SZA has confessed to suffering from anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cEvery time I had to go on stage, every time I had to get on a carpet, I\u2019d have full-on panic attacks. I used to not show up to something because it was like, \u2018I\u2019m never going to win. No one cares that I\u2019m here. Why would I go?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The TDE singer said those issues spilled over into her tour with Kendrick: \u201cSame thing with the Kendrick tour. Everybody\u2019s going to see Kendrick. I don\u2019t even know if I have anything to show these people that\u2019s exciting and new.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/kendrick-lamar-announces-expanded-grand-national-tour\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kendrick Lamar has announced that he is adding more dates to his Grand National tour. 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