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. DateCityVenueMay 5West Palm Beach, FLSUNFEST *11Columbia, MDSweetlife Festival*17La Jolla, CASungod Festival*18Gulf Shores, ALHangout Festival*22Las Vegas, NVCosmopolitan23Salt Lake City, UTThe Great Saltair29Portland, METhe Waterfront At Ocean Gateway30Albany, NYArmoryJun 1Junction, VTChampion Valley Exposition3Belle Vernon, PAIce Garden4Cleveland, OHJacob Pavilion at Nautica5Detroit, MIChene Park6Indianapolis, INFarm Bureau Insurance Lawn8Randall##Q##s Island, NYGovenors Ball*10Baton Rouge, LABaton Rouge River Center11Houston, TXReliant Arena12Grand Prairie, TXVerizon Theatre13New Braunfels, TXWhitewater Amphitheatre16Manchester, TNBonnaroo*19St. Augustine, FLSt.
Augustine Amphitheatre20Atlanta, GAThe Tabernacle21Simpsonville, SCCharter Amphitheatre22Dover, DEFirefly Music Festival*23Raleigh, NCRed Hat Amphitheatre26Mesa, AZMesa Amphitheatre28San Diego, CADel Mar Fair*29Kansas City, KSKanrocksas*29Los Angeles, CABET ExperienceJul 3Gdynia, PLHeineken Open##Q##er Festival4Roskilde, DKRoskilde Festival5Zurich, SETouch the Lake Festival6Haachtsesteenweg, BERock Werchter Festival7Arras, FRMain Square Festival8Birmingham, UKAcademy9Manchester, UKApollo10Leeds, UKAcademy11Grafenhainichen, DESplash Festival12Kinross-shire, UKT in the Park Festival13London, UKWireless Festival14Rotterdam, NLNorth Sea Jazz Festival17Montreaux, CHMontreaux Jazz Festival18Molde, NOMolde Jazz Festival19Tonsberg, NOSlottsfjell20Pori, FIPori Jazz Festival27Naeba, JPFuji Rock FestivalAug 2Toronto, CASound Academy3Chicago, ILLollapalooza*4Montreal, CAOsheaga Music Festival8Oslo, NOOya Festival9Helsinki, FIFlow Festival10Gothenburg, SEWay Out West15Hasselt, BEPukkelpop Festival16Biddinghuizen, NLLowlands Festival17Chelmsford, UKV Festival18South Staffordshire, UKV Festival20Glasgow, UKBellahouston Park22Paris, FRStade de France23Paris, FRRock En Seine Festival24Hradec Kralove, CZHip-Hop Kemp Festival