Kendrick Lamar Plotting Arena Tour But Turned Down Coachella
Kendrick Lamar is reportedly readying an enormous tour subsequent yr, however a headlining efficiency at Coachella isn’t a part of his plans.
According to a report from Bloomberg, Coachella have been aiming to safe each Kendrick and Rihanna as headliners for the 2025 version of the Indio, California competition after struggling to promote out tickets during the last two years.
Lamar, who has carried out on the competition twice, together with headlining in 2017, reportedly turned down the slot, as a substitute preferring to concentrate on his Super Bowl LIX halftime present in February and a subsequent stadium tour.
Rihanna can also be stated to rejected the supply as she “didn’t need the money or the exposure” as a result of her billion-dollar Fenty empire.
It’s doable that being a mom to 2 younger youngsters and dealing on her long-awaited ninth album could have additionally factored into her resolution.
Kendrick’s final tour, which accompanied the discharge of his 2022 album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, was an enormous success.
Dubbed The Big Steppers Tour, the huge worldwide trek at one level turned the highest-grossing tour by a rapper in historical past after incomes $110.9 million from 929,000 tickets throughout 73 exhibits.
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Featuring assist from pgLang protégés Baby Keem and Tanna Leone, the tour ran from June 2022 till March 2024, hitting North America, Europe and Oceania.
However, Ok. Dot’s report didn’t stand for lengthy as his fierce rival Drake eclipsed it simply seven months later, shortly earlier than their long-simmering rivalry boiled over into an all-out beef.
The 6 God‘s It’s All a Blur Tour pulled in $129.7 million from simply 30 of its 72 exhibits, earlier than surpassing the $320 million with its ultimate tally.
While a lot has been stated about Kendrick’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime present, a 2025 tour might add additional gasoline his feud with Drake if it finally ends up breaking the Toronto rap star’s ticket gross sales report — particularly if “Not Like Us” rings out in stadiums world wide.
