It was announced today that Kendrick Lamar, the acclaimed Top Dawg Entertainment artist, is taking his gold, #1 R&B/Hip-Hop good kid, m.A.A.d city album on the road across America and around the globe with the good kid, m.A.A.d city World Tour.
Hot on the heels of his 30+ performance Verge Campus Tour which kicked off March 29 and runs through mid-May, the good kid, m.A.A.d city World Tour launches May 21st and spans 16 U.S. dates from coast to coast plus 30 festivals in more than a dozen European countries and Japan.
Accompanying Lamar on all of the good kid, m.A.A.d city World Tour U.S. dates will be ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock.
Throw in several additional U.S. festivals–SUNFEST in West Palm Beach, FL (May 5), Sweetlife Festival in Columbia, MD (May 11), Sungod Festival in La Jolla, CA (May 17), Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, AL (May 18), Governors Ball Music Festival at Randall##Q##s Island, NY (June 8), Bonnaroo in Manchester,
TN (June 16), Firefly Music Festival in Dover, DE (June 22), Del Mar Fair in San Diego, CA (June 28), Kanrocksas Music Festival in Kansas City, KS (June 29) and Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL (August 3)–and Lamar will be one of the busiest rappers performing this year.Lamar##Q##s debut major label album, good kid, m.A.A.d city (Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope), released October 22, 2012, debuted at #1 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts and #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
| Date | City | Venue |
| May 5 | West Palm Beach, FL | SUNFEST * |
| 11 | Columbia, MD | Sweetlife Festival* |
| 17 | La Jolla, CA | Sungod Festival* |
| 18 | Gulf Shores, AL | Hangout Festival* |
| 22 | Las Vegas, NV | Cosmopolitan |
| 23 | Salt Lake City, UT | The Great Saltair |
| 29 | Portland, ME | The Waterfront At Ocean Gateway |
| 30 | Albany, NY | Armory |
| Jun 1 | Junction, VT | Champion Valley Exposition |
| 3 | Belle Vernon, PA | Ice Garden |
| 4 | Cleveland, OH | Jacob Pavilion at Nautica |
| 5 | Detroit, MI | Chene Park |
| 6 | Indianapolis, IN | Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn |
| 8 | Randall##Q##s Island, NY | Govenors Ball* |
| 10 | Baton Rouge, LA | Baton Rouge River Center |
| 11 | Houston, TX | Reliant Arena |
| 12 | Grand Prairie, TX | Verizon Theatre |
| 13 | New Braunfels, TX | Whitewater Amphitheatre |
| 16 | Manchester, TN | Bonnaroo* |
| 19 | St. Augustine, FL | St. Augustine Amphitheatre |
| 20 | Atlanta, GA | The Tabernacle |
| 21 | Simpsonville, SC | Charter Amphitheatre |
| 22 | Dover, DE | Firefly Music Festival* |
| 23 | Raleigh, NC | Red Hat Amphitheatre |
| 26 | Mesa, AZ | Mesa Amphitheatre |
| 28 | San Diego, CA | Del Mar Fair* |
| 29 | Kansas City, KS | Kanrocksas* |
| 29 | Los Angeles, CA | BET Experience |
| Jul 3 | Gdynia, PL | Heineken Open##Q##er Festival |
| 4 | Roskilde, DK | Roskilde Festival |
| 5 | Zurich, SE | Touch the Lake Festival |
| 6 | Haachtsesteenweg, BE | Rock Werchter Festival |
| 7 | Arras, FR | Main Square Festival |
| 8 | Birmingham, UK | Academy |
| 9 | Manchester, UK | Apollo |
| 10 | Leeds, UK | Academy |
| 11 | Grafenhainichen, DE | Splash Festival |
| 12 | Kinross-shire, UK | T in the Park Festival |
| 13 | London, UK | Wireless Festival |
| 14 | Rotterdam, NL | North Sea Jazz Festival |
| 17 | Montreaux, CH | Montreaux Jazz Festival |
| 18 | Molde, NO | Molde Jazz Festival |
| 19 | Tonsberg, NO | Slottsfjell |
| 20 | Pori, FI | Pori Jazz Festival |
| 27 | Naeba, JP | Fuji Rock Festival |
| Aug 2 | Toronto, CA | Sound Academy |
| 3 | Chicago, IL | Lollapalooza* |
| 4 | Montreal, CA | Osheaga Music Festival |
| 8 | Oslo, NO | Oya Festival |
| 9 | Helsinki, FI | Flow Festival |
| 10 | Gothenburg, SE | Way Out West |
| 15 | Hasselt, BE | Pukkelpop Festival |
| 16 | Biddinghuizen, NL | Lowlands Festival |
| 17 | Chelmsford, UK | V Festival |
| 18 | South Staffordshire, UK | V Festival |
| 20 | Glasgow, UK | Bellahouston Park |
| 22 | Paris, FR | Stade de France |
| 23 | Paris, FR | Rock En Seine Festival |
| 24 | Hradec Kralove, CZ | Hip-Hop Kemp Festival |
