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The Damn Tour
Tour by Kendrick Lamar
Associated albumDamn
Start dateJuly 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
End dateJuly 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)
Legs4
No. of shows
  • 35 in North America
  • 17 in Europe
  • 9 in Oceania
  • 1 in Asia
  • 62 in total
Attendance700,746 (52 shows)
Box office$62.7 million (52 shows)
Kendrick Lamar concert chronology

The Damn Tour[1] (stylized as The DAMN. Tour) is a concert tour by American rapper and songwriter Kendrick Lamar, in support of his fourth studio album, Damn (2017). The tour's North American leg began on July 12, 2017, in Glendale, Arizona and ended on September 2, 2017, in Miami. The European leg of the tour started on February 7, 2018, in Dublin and concluded on March 5, 2018, in Berlin. The tour's Oceanian tour started on July 10, 2018 in Perth, and concluded on July 30, 2018 in Seoul.

According to Pollstar, The Damn Tour grossed $41.4 million with 452,387 tickets sold in 36 shows only in North America.[2]

Background

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Following a pair of Coachella gigs and a performance at Quebec City Summer Festival, the rapper will bring his new album on the road in the summer of 2017. The first announcement had 17 dates across North America slowly adding to 20 after adding shows in Brooklyn and Los Angeles having Travis Scott and DRAM as the opening acts.[3] The second announcement added 15 shows having YG as the opening act.[4] On September 30, he added a leg of European dates to the tour. On April 29, 2018, he added a leg of Oceanian dates to the tour.

Set list

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This set list is representative of the show on July 12, 2017 in Glendale. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[5]

Special guests

Lamar performed duets with musical guests on some dates of the tour.

Shows

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts
Leg 1 — North America
October 24, 2018 Charlotte United States The Fillmore Cassian
Icarus
October 25, 2018 Atlanta Roxy Theatre
October 26, 2018[a] New Orleans City Park
October 27, 2018 Houston House of Blues Cassian
Icarus
October 28, 2018 Austin Emo's
October 30, 2018 Phoenix Van Buren
October 31, 2018 San Diego Valley View Casino Center
November 1, 2018 Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Hall
November 2, 2018
November 3, 2018
November 6, 2018 San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Lane 8
Cassian
November 9, 2018 Salt Lake City The Complex Cassian
Icarus
November 10, 2018 Denver Fillmore Auditorium Lane 8
Cassian
November 11, 2018
November 13, 2018 Minneapolis First Avenue Cubicolor
Icarus
November 14, 2018[b] Chicago Aragon Ballroom
November 15, 2018 Detroit Royal Oak Music Hall
November 16, 2018 Toronto Canada Danforth Music Hall
November 18, 2018 Montreal MTELUS
November 20, 2018 Boston United States House of Blues
November 21, 2018
November 23, 2018 New York Terminal 5
November 24, 2018
November 25, 2018
Leg 2 — Europe
November 29, 2018 London England Printworks Icarus
Zola Blood
November 30, 2018 Birmingham The Mill
December 1, 2018 Glasgow Scotland Queen Margaret Union
December 2, 2018 Manchester England Manchester Academy 2
December 5, 2018 Amsterdam The Netherlands Melkweg Max Zola Blood
December 6, 2018 Paris France Le Trabendo
December 7, 2018 Cologne Germany Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
December 8, 2018 Berlin Gretchen
Leg 3 — North America
December 17, 2018 Chicago United States Aragon Ballroom Motez
Leg 4 — Oceania
January 1, 2019[c] Sydney Australia The Domain
February 14, 2019 Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl Cassian
Lastlings
February 15, 2019
February 16, 2019[d] Riva St. Kilda
February 20, 2019 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre Cassian
Lastlings
February 22, 2019 Perth Fremantle Arts Centre
February 23, 2019 Margaret River 3 Oceans Winery
February 24, 2019 Perth Fremantle Arts Centre
March 1, 2019 Wollongong MacCabe Park
March 2, 2019 Brisbane Riverstage
March 3, 2019
March 8, 2019 Auckland New Zealand The Trusts Arena Cassian
Leg 5 — South America
March 14, 2019 Auckland New Zealand The Trusts Arena

Notes

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  1. ^ This concert was a part of Voodoo Festival.
  2. ^ During this concert both support acts played, but RUFUS DU SOL were then forced to cancel the show due to technical issues. Refunds were issued and a make-up date was rescheduled for December 17.
  3. ^ This concert was a part of Field Day.
  4. ^ This concert was a part of For The Love.

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming Dates". Kendrick Lamar's Official Website. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstar.
  3. ^ Kreps, Daniel (April 24, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar Announces 'The Damn. Tour'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  4. ^ Penrose, Nerisha (May 15, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar Extends DAMN. Tour, Adds YG to Lineup". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  5. ^ Masley, Ed (July 13, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar launches DAMN. Tour in Glendale with triumphant one-man show of force". AZ Central. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  6. ^ Siwek, Nick; Rowe, Amy (July 24, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar puts on a DAMN good show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  7. ^ Weinstein, Max (July 27, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar Brings Out J. Cole at DAMN. Tour Stop in Detroit". XXL. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  8. ^ Fragassi, Selena (July 28, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar unstoppable in Chicago show; Chance the Rapper is guest". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  9. ^ https://hypebeast.com/2017/8/kendrick-lamar-damn-tour-schoolboy-q-sza-jay-rock-performance