The announcement of Kendrick Lamar's 2023 tour last year caused a lot of excitement among his supporters and fans, who have been eagerly anticipating, attending, and demanding the additional tour. The tour is currently scheduled to run from June to September 2023, with some of the shows being "To Be Announced."
According to Ticketmaster, Kendrick Lamar's 2023 tour dates, cities, and venues are as follows:
| Date | City | Venue |
| 9 - 11 June | Queens, NY | Flushing Meadows Park |
| 15 - 18 June | Manchester, Tennessee | Great Stage Park |
| 30 June | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
| 17 July | Verona, Italia | Arena Di Verona |
| 3 - 6 August | Chicago, Illinois | Grant Park |
| 11- 13 August | San Francisco, California | Golden Gate Park |
| 22 - 24 September | Munich, Germany | Downtown Las Vegas |
| TBA | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | Grosse Allmend |
| TBA | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | Grosse Allmend |
| TBA | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | Grosse Allmend |
| TBA | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | Grosse Allmend |
| TBA | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | Grosse Allmend |
Kendrick Lamar’s Career
Lamar stopped using his stage name (K. Dot) and began using his first and middle names professionally after joining the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy as a founding member. His first studio album, “Section 80,” a conscious hip-hop record, was made available in 2011. Positive reviews for the album and his debut single, "HiiiPower," were received.
Lamar signed a record deal with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment in 2012 and put out his second studio album, "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," through Interscope Records. The West Coast and gangsta rap album, which also featured the singles "Swimming Pools (Drank)," "Backseat Freestyle," and "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe," received widespread critical acclaim as well as commercial success.
Lamar's jazz-influenced third studio album, “To Pimp a Butterfly” (2015), was inspired by a trip to South Africa. It was universally praised and rose to the top of the Billboard 200 chart, becoming his first. With Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" remix, he reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time that year.
Lamar's fourth studio album, “Damn” (2017), featured R&B, pop, and psychedelic soul experiments. It gave rise to Humble, his first solo number-one single, and was the first non-classical and non-jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
“Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” (2022), the fifth studio album by Lamar, served as his farewell to TDE after a four-year absence. With his creative partner Dave Free, with whom he co-founded the creative collective PGLang, he has directed and produced a number of music videos and movies.
What is Kendrick Lamar’s setlist?
While Kendrick Lamar's concert setlists can vary significantly from one performance to the next, they typically include crowd favorites like:
United in Grief
N95
ELEMENT.
Worldwide Steppers
Backseat Freestyle
Rich Spirit (with 'Rich (Interlude)' outro)
HUMBLE.
Father Time
m.A.A.d city (Part 1)
We Cry Together (Snippet)
Purple Hearts (with ‘We Cry Together’ intro)
King Kunta
LOYALTY. (Snippet)
Swimming Pools (Drank Snippet)
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe
Die Hard
LUST.
DNA.
Count Me Out
Money Trees
LOVE.
Alright
Mirror
Silent Hill
Vent (cover with Baby Keem)
Family ties (cover with Baby Keem)
Crown
Mr. Morale (with Tanna Leone)
Savior (with Baby Keem)
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
Rapper and songwriter Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in the United States on June 17, 1987. He is frequently cited as one of the most important hip hop artists of his generation due to his progressive musical tastes and socially conscious songwriting.
Lamar started his career as a teenager by performing under the stage name K.Dot. He was born and raised in Compton, California. He attracted a lot of local attention quickly, and in 2005, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) offered him a recording deal.
All of Kendrick Lamar's studio albums have received platinum or higher certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) due to domestic sales of over 70 million copies alone. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards, including 14 Grammys, a Primetime Emmy, two American Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, eleven MTV Video Music Awards, a Brit Award, and an Academy Award nomination.
He received the 2012 Hottest MC in the Game award from MTV. Lamar was given the Generational Icon Award by the California State Senate in 2015. He has appeared on lists like the Forbes 30 Under 30 and the Time 100. On Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, published in 2020, three of his studio albums were listed.
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