Kendrick Lamar & SZA Add European Dates, Crush Super Bowl Halftime

Following yesterday’s Super Bowl Halftime performance that featured a collaboration between the duo, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have announced 13 UK/Europe stadium dates as part of their “Grand National Tour.”

Presented by Live Nation, pgLang and Top Dawg Entertainment, dates begin July 2 in Cologne, Germany, after which the tour will play the UK (four dates), the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland and Sweden.

Presales begin Wednesday, Feb. 12 and run through Feb. 13, with general onsale Feb. 14 at 9 a.m. local time.

Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance at the recently renovated Caesars Superdome brought some excitement and suspense to a game that had gotten out of hand for the slight-favorite Kansas Chiefs, who were down 24-0 at the half after being completely smothered by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Introduced and accompanied by the comforting scowl of “Uncle Sam,” Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson, the show featured the usual cavalcade of choreographed dancers, utilizing the whole length of the football field and providing panoramic views of the spectacle to those watching from home.

After adding to his already massive collection of trophies at the Grammys just a few weeks ago, the critically acclaimed and popularly admired rapper delivered the billion-streaming, combination counter-culture anthem and diss track “Not Like Us,” although notably omitting the word “pedophiles” that had been aimed toward rival rapper and also-superstar Drake.

SZA joined Lamar on stage for “Luther” and “All the Stars.”

Lamar’s confident swagger continues the Super Bowl halftime’s trend toward younger, edgier performers than in decades past, notable when considering more than half the players in the league identify as Black or African American and with an average age of 26 years old.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA are both listed as represented by Wasserman Music.

TOUR DATES:

New Dates in Bold

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

Jul 02 – Cologne, Germany – RheinEnergieSTADION

Jul 04 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park

Jul 08 – Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park

Jul 10 – Birmingham, UK – Villa Park

Jul 13 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Johan Cruijff ArenA

Jul 15 – Paris, France – Paris La Défense Arena

Jul 19 – Cardiff, UK – Principality Stadium

Jul 22 – London, UK – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Jul 27 – Lisbon, Portugal – Estadio do Restelo

Jul 30 – Barcelona, Spain – Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Aug 02 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olimpico

Aug 06 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy

Aug 09 – Stockholm, Sweden – 3Arena