Following the surprise release of his latest album, GNX, Kendrick Lamar announced that he’s hitting the road with SZA in 2025.
Kicking off in April, Lamar’s Grand National Tour will hit 19 stadiums across North America, making stops in Minneapolis, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, Toronto, and more. Tickets go on sale on Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. via grandnationaltour.com.
Grand National Tour @szahttps://t.co/7CY9OyXU2D
— Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) December 3, 2024
GNX Tour Dates:
April 19 Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
April 23 Houston, TX – NRG Stadium
April 26 Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium
April 29 Atlanta, GA – Mercedes Benz Stadium
May 3 Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium
May 5 Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field
May 8 East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
May 9 East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
May 12 Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
May17 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
June 4 St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center
June 6 Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
June10 Detroit, MI – Ford Field
June 12 Toronto, Ontario – Rogers Centre
June 16 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
June18 Washington, D.C. – Northwest Stadium
According to Variety, K.Dot’s latest album, GNX, sold 319,000 units, becoming the Grammy-winning rapper’s fourth consecutive No. 1 album. On top of that, Lamar currently holds seven of the top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Squabble Up” at No. 1, “TV Off” at No. 2, “Luther” at No. 3, “Wacced Out Murals” at No. 4, “Hey Now” at No. 5, “Reincarnated” at No. 7 and “Man at the Garden” at No. 10.
SZA’s vocals can be heard on “Luther” and the GNX‘s closing track “Gloria.” They previously collaborated on “All the Stars,” which serves as the lead single for the Black Panther soundtrack.
The tour announcement comes as Drake’s forthcoming lawsuit against Universal Music Group accuses the label of allowing Lamar to defame him in “Not Like Us.”
As Billboard reported, Drake’s lawyers argued that UMG “could have refused to release or distribute the song or required the offending material to be edited and/or removed. But UMG chose to do the opposite. UMG designed, financed and then executed a plan to turn ‘Not Like Us’ into a viral mega-hit with the intent of using the spectacle of harm to Drake and his businesses to drive consumer hysteria and, of course, massive revenues. That plan succeeded, likely beyond UMG’s wildest expectations.”
The lawsuit also states that UMG “engaged in conduct designed to artificially inflate the popularity of ‘Not Like Us’… including by licensing the song at drastically reduced rates to Spotify and using ‘bots’ to generate the false impression that the song was more popular than it was in reality,” according to Variety.
Meanwhile, Lamar is up for seven Grammys at the 2025 ceremony, including Best Rap Song, Song of the Year and Record of the Year for “Not Like Us,” which topped the Hot 100 chart for 21 consecutive weeks.