Get ready to mark your calendars, music fans, because two of the biggest names in the game are joining forces for an epic tour next year! That’s right, Kendrick Lamar and SZA just dropped the mic on all of us with the surprise announcement of their upcoming “Grand National Tour.”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA took to social media on Tuesday morning to unveil the Grand National Tour. The latter artist also appeared on the recently released GNX, which debuted against the backdrop of an intensifying Drake v. Lamar beef.
That showdown has hardly resolved; Drake is preparing to kick off an Oceania tour on Super Bowl Sunday, and litigation involving Universal Music Group is ongoing. Despite the dispute’s many moving parts, however, Lamar is evidently committed to capitalizing on his February performance.
Enter the Grand National Tour, which Kendrick Lamar and SZA are poised to begin in Minneapolis on April 19th, leaving fans plenty of time to buy tickets after Super Bowl LIX wraps on February 9th.
The remainder of April will then see Lamar and SZA perform in Houston (23rd), Arlington (26th), and Atlanta (29th), according to the current schedule. From there, we anticipate shows in Charlotte (3rd), Philadelphia (5th), East Rutherford (8th and 9th), Foxborough (12th), Seattle (17th), Los Angeles (21st and 23rd), Glendale (27th), San Francisco (29th), and Las Vegas (31st) in May.
The final six initially booked shows are scheduled for June: St. Louis on the 4th, Chicago on the 6th, Detroit on the 10th, Toronto on the 12th, Hershey on the 16th, and Washington, D.C. on the 18th.
The co-headlining 21-show tour kicks off next spring, with its first show in Minneapolis on April 19. The duo will make stops in a total of 19 stadiums across the U.S., including arenas in Las Vegas, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.
Find the full list of tour dates below.
April 19: Minneapolis, MN, US Bank Stadium
April 23—Houston, TX, NRG Stadium
April 26: Dallas, 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: Foxboro, 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
June 4—St. Louis, MO, The Dome at America’s Center
June 6—Chicago, IL, Soldier Field
June 10—Detroit, MI, Ford Field
June 12: Toronto, ON, Rogers Center
June 16: Hershey, PA, Hersheypark Stadium
June 18—Landover, MD, Northwest Stadium
Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar and SZA are the latest artists to move forward with a Visa and Cash App presale. (Worth reiterating is Jay-Z’s role at the NFL and his well-documented professional relationship with Block CEO Jack Dorsey, whose company owns the payment platform.)
Cash App cardholders will score access to Grand National Tour passes at 10 AM local time tomorrow, December 4th. Before using the appropriate payment method to check out, though, prospective attendees will have to enter their cards’ first nine digits to even access the presale, per Live Nation.
Additionally, customers who use Cash App cards to complete official merchandise purchases “on-site”—presumably meaning at the concerts themselves—will benefit from a 20% “instant discount,” organizers indicated. For non-Cash App users, the tour’s general onsale will initiate at 10 AM local time on Friday, December 6th.
If prior Super Bowl headliners’ sales are any indication—Usher expanded his post-game concert series multiple times—Lamar could move a substantial number of tickets. But the 37-year-old isn’t alone in looking to fill stadiums in the new year; Drake, as mentioned, intends to entertain fans Down Under, and AC/DC yesterday revealed its first U.S. shows in almost a decade.
Presale for the Grand National Tour begins tomorrow, Wednesday, December 4, via CashApp at 10 a.m. local time.
