UPDATE: Kendrick Lamar just announced (October 2) the full tour schedule for his upcoming UK tour with James Blake. According to dates posted on his Instagram, the tour will kick off on February 7, 2018 in Dublin and wind its way through Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, London, Frankfurt, Cologne, Amsterdam, Paris, and Antwerp before moving on to Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Berlin.
Ticket pre-sale for the tour begins on Thursday, October 5 via Live Nation UK and lasts for 24 hours; general public on-sale begins Friday, October 6. For details on tickets click here.
Get ready! Kendrick Lamar is set to bring his DAMN tour to the UK.
On Friday evening (Sep. 29) the MC took to his Instagram page to upload an image to his story, confirming that a European DAMN tour is on the way.
Kendrick Lamar just announced details of a UK tour pic.twitter.com/5bqkZLybPz
— MOBO (@MOBOAwards) September 30, 2017
While he hasn’t announced the tour schedule just yet, according to leaked details from an upcoming O2 Priority pre-sale, the UK leg of the tour will kick off on February 9 in Manchester and wind its way through Glasgow, before moving on to London and Birmingham in 2018.
O2 Priority releasing details of Kendrick Lamar's UK tour before #Kendrick... Hope it's true! #DAMN pic.twitter.com/XDq1FPPx1M
— Stuart Newman (@Stuart__Newman) September 25, 2017
DAMN. blasted to the top of the charts when it arrived earlier this year, with the biggest week for an album so far, this year, 603,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Apr. 20, according to Nielsen Music.
No word yet on when tickets will go on sale, but we’re just excited to hear that Kendrick Lamar will finally be bringing his DAMN Tour to the UK. Stay locked for future updates.
PHOTO CREDIT: EDDIE LEE/HYPEBEAST