The Damn Tour

The Damn Tour
Tour by Kendrick Lamar
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America • Europe • Oceania • Asia
Associated albumDamn
Start dateJuly 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
End dateJuly 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)
Legs4
No. of shows64
Attendance700,746 (52 shows)
Box office$62.7 million (52 shows)
Kendrick Lamar concert chronology

The Damn Tour[1] (stylized as The DAMN. Tour) was 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

Following a pair of Coachella gigs and a performance at Quebec City Summer Festival, the rapper brought 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 with James Blake as the opening act. On April 29, 2018, he added a leg of Oceanian dates to the tour.

Set list

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]

  1. "DNA"
  2. "Element"
  3. "King Kunta"
  4. "untitled 07 | 2014 – 2016"
  5. "untitled 02 | 06.23.2014."
  6. "Mask Off" (Future remix)
  7. "Collard Greens"
  8. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
  9. "Backseat Freestyle"
  10. "Loyalty"
  11. "Lust"
  12. "Money Trees"
  13. "M.A.A.D City"
  14. "XXX"
  15. "Pride"
  16. "Love"
  17. "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"
  18. "Alright"
  19. "Humble"
Encore
  2. "Feel"
  3. "God"
Special guests

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 — North America[1][11]
July 7, 2017[a] Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham Anderson .Paak
Dead Obies 		— —
July 12, 2017 Glendale United States Gila River Arena Travis Scott
DRAM 		12,986 / 13,184 $1,050,060
July 14, 2017 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,362 / 13,362 $1,352,113
July 15, 2017 Houston Toyota Center 11,441 / 11,441 $1,249,664
July 17, 2017 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 9,846 / 9,846 $943,090
July 19, 2017 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 13,513 / 13,742 $1,330,647
July 20, 2017 Brooklyn Barclays Center 28,174 / 28,174[b] $3,074,047[b]
July 21, 2017 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center DRAM 12,944 / 13,186 $1,375,048
July 22, 2017 Boston TD Garden Travis Scott
DRAM 		12,773 / 12,889 $1,400,540
July 23, 2017 Brooklyn Barclays Center [b] [b]
July 25, 2017 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 26,473 / 26,473[c] $2,599,580[c]
July 26, 2017 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,070 / 13,173 $1,301,448
July 27, 2017 Chicago United Center 24,727 / 26,316[d] $2,415,331[d]
July 29, 2017 Denver Pepsi Center 13,140 / 13,266 $1,154,190
August 1, 2017 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 18,590 / 18,590 $1,278,663
August 2, 2017 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 13,938 / 13,938 $1,228,590
August 4, 2017 Oakland United States Oracle Arena 14,179 / 14,179 $1,373,996
August 5, 2017 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 14,499 / 14,499 $1,439,417
August 6, 2017 Los Angeles Staples Center 40,425 / 40,425 $3,847,175
August 8, 2017
August 9, 2017
August 11, 2017 Anaheim Honda Center YG
DRAM 		12,275 / 14,443 $1,181,276
August 12, 2017 San Jose SAP Center 12,713 / 12,971 $1,239,832
August 13, 2017 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 11,191 / 12,272 $896,190
August 16, 2017 Kansas City Sprint Center 10,560 / 11,161 $728,344
August 18, 2017 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 11,140 / 11,554 $677,964
August 19, 2017 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,458 / 14,614 $1,079,941
August 20, 2017 Chicago United Center [d] [d]
August 22, 2017 Columbus Schottenstein Center 11,423 / 11,733 $802,906
August 23, 2017 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre [c] [c]
August 24, 2017 Montreal Bell Centre 10,769 / 13,132 $930,271
August 25, 2017 Newark United States Prudential Center 10,314 / 10,976 $887,745
August 26, 2017[e] Monterrey Mexico Parque Fundidora — — —
August 29, 2017 Charlotte United States Spectrum Center YG
DRAM 		10,591 / 11,082 $686,960
August 30, 2017 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 15,206 / 15,206 $949,292
September 1, 2017 Tampa Amalie Arena 12,103 / 12,353 $834,155
September 2, 2017 Miami American Airlines Arena 12,256 / 12,718 $1,140,921
Leg 2 — Europe[1][13]
February 7, 2018 Dublin Ireland 3Arena James Blake 12,644 / 12,644 $1,194,783
February 9, 2018 Birmingham England Genting Arena 12,581 / 12,581 $1,229,103
February 10, 2018 Manchester Manchester Arena 14,485 / 14,485 $1,408,370
February 11, 2018 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 11,854 / 11,854 $1,089,330
February 12, 2018 London England The O2 Arena 34,877 / 34,877 $3,284,010
February 13, 2018
February 15, 2018 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle 11,089 / 11,089 $867,594
February 20, 2018 London England Wembley Arena 10,049 / 10,049 $996,903
February 22, 2018 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 12,593 / 12,593 $949,786
February 23, 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 16,220 / 16,220 $1,108,958
February 25, 2018 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 30,970 / 30,970 $3,018,963
February 26, 2018
February 27, 2018 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 19,424 / 19,424 $1,403,113
March 1, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 15,187 / 15,187 $1,470,874
March 2, 2018 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 21,653 / 21,653 $1,786,295
March 3, 2018 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 14,064 / 14,064 $1,290,910
March 5, 2018 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 13,977 / 13,977 $1,093,940
Leg 3 — Oceania[1][14][15]
July 10, 2018 Perth Australia Perth Arena SiR 13,988 / 13,988 $1,588,770
July 13, 2018 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 25,479 / 25,479 $2,773,000
July 14, 2018
July 15, 2018 Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena — —
July 17, 2018 Dunedin New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium — —
July 19, 2018 Auckland Spark Arena 21,803 / 21,803 $1,311,371
July 20, 2018
July 22, 2018[f] Yelgun Australia North Byron Parklands — — —
July 24, 2018 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena SiR 29,712 / 29,712 $3,455,799
July 25, 2018
Leg 4 — Asia[1]
July 28, 2018[g] Yuzawa Japan Naeba Ski Resort — — —
July 30, 2018 Seoul South Korea Jamsil Auxiliary Stadium SiR —
Total — —

Notes

  1. ^ This concert was a part of the Quebec City Summer Festival 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the shows held at the Barclays Center on July 20 and July 23, respectively.
  3. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the shows held at the Air Canada Centre on July 25 and August 23, respectively.
  4. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the shows held at the United Center on July 27 and August 20, respectively.
  5. ^ This concert was a part of the Hellow Festival.[12]
  6. ^ This concert was a part of the Splendour in the Grass Festival.
  7. ^ This concert was a part of the Fuji Rock Festival.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ "Kendrick Lamar Closes His 'DAMN.' Tour by Bringing Out ScHoolboy Q, SZA and Jay Rock". August 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "D.R.A.M. Brings Out XXXTentacion at DAMN. Tour Stop in L.A. – XXL". August 10, 2017.
  11. ^ North American box score:
  12. ^ Dávalos, Feli (August 28, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar en México: Todo va a estar bien". Vice (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  13. ^ European box score:
  14. ^ Brandle, Lars (April 26, 2018). "Kendrick Lamar Sets 'DAMN.' Tour of Australia and New Zealand". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  15. ^ Oceania box score: