Kendrick Lamar Announces ‘The Big Steppers’ 2022 World Tour

17th May 2022 | Category: Concerts

Kendrick Lamar has announced a massive 2022 world tour, which will include several stops in the United Kingdom.

The rapper, who released his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers today last week, is set to hit the road with Baby Keem and Tanna Leone in support of the record.

The jaunt will kick off with a raft of dates in the US on July 19 before reaching European and UK shores in October and November, which include two shows at The O2 in London on November 7-8.

In December, the tour will come to a close with a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand.

Lamar’s fifth studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, which is one of the most eagerly awaited new albums in years, was released on digital services overnight, eliciting high expectations from fans and prompting questions about his next career steps.

The album contains 18 songs and it’s split into two nine-track sides featuring production from a diverse range of musicians across sounds and genres, including Sounwave and Dahi and the songwriting group Beach Noise, the veteran hip-hop beatmaker the Alchemist, Pharrell Williams, and others. Beth Gibbons of Portishead, Sampha, Ghostface Killah, Baby Keem, Summer Walker, and the controversial rapper Kodak Black. 

The new album is the follow-up to the Compton rapper’s 2017 album DAMN, which was the first non-jazz or classical work to earn a Pulitzer Prize for Music. It also won Best Rap Album at the 2018 Grammy Awards, as well as receiving a nomination for Album of the Year at the ceremony. In 2020, the album was ranked 175th on Rolling Stone’s updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

You can find all Kendrick Lamar tour dates details here.

The Big Steppers 2022 World Tour Dates

Show date and time: July 17, 2022 – December 16, 2022

Show location: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK – Spark Arena, Auckland, NZ 

Jack Harlow Announces 2022 Tour Dates

10th May 2022 | Category: Concerts

Jack Harlow has announced a North American tour in support of his newly released album, Come Home the Kids Miss You.

The aptly titled, “Come Home The Kids Miss You Tour,” spans 22 dates kicking off in Nashville on September 6th. Over the next six weeks, Harlow will also play shows in Houston, Phoenix, Vancouver, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Atlanta, and beyond. City Girls will be providing support for the majority of the trek.

Prior to his fall headlining tour, Harlow will hit the global festival circuit with gigs across the US, the UK, Europe, and Australia.

Harlow’s first major breakthrough came with the release of his 2020 single, “Whats Poppin”. Aided by its popularity on TikTok, it peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and went on to receive a Grammy Award nomination. The rapper was included on XXL magazine’s “2020 Freshman Class before he released his debut studio album, Thats What They All Say (2020), which was certified platinum In the US.

In 2021, Harlow released a collaboration with Lil Nas X, “Industry Baby”, which reached number one on the Hot 100, becoming Harlow’s first chart-topper. Harlow released his second album Come Home the Kids Miss You this month, and its single, “First Class”, became his second number-one on the Hot 100 and first to debut atop the chart.

This year, Harlow will also make his acting debut in a reboot of the 1992 film White Men Can’t Jump directed by Calmatic.

All available Jack Harlow tour info can be found here.

Jack Harlow 2022 Tour Dates

Show date and time: May 22, 2022 – October 16, 2022

Show location: Hangout Music Festival, Gulf Shores, AL – State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA

Harry Styles Announces North American ‘Love On Tour’ Dates

9th May 2022 | Category: Concerts

Harry Styles has announced a series of multi-date residencies in cities across North America.

The 32-date “Love On Tour,” includes 10 nights each at New York’s Madison Square in September and at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum in November. Additionally, he’ll play multiple nights in Toronto, Austin, and Chicago. 

Styles will be joined by a different opening act for each of the residencies. Blood Orange will open the MSG shows, while Ben Harper will provide support for the run of dates at the Forum. Other openers include Madi Diaz (Toronto), Gabriels (Austin), and Jessie Ware (Chicago).

Prior to kicking off the “Love On Tour,” Styles will play a record-release show for his new album, Harry’s House, at the UBS Arena in Belmont, NY on May 20th. 

Over the summer, he’ll tour the UK and Europe extensively, including shows with Mitski and Wolf Alice.

The pop star’s highly-anticipated new project will include 13 tracks, multiple outlets have reported, and fans can pre-save the album on Spotify or Apple Music through his website. It arrives nearly two and a half years after he dropped his Grammy-nominated sophomore album, Fine Line, and almost five years since he released his eponymous debut album.

Styles previously opened up about his musical instincts and sensibilities when it comes to album making. 

“People within [the industry] feel like they operate on a higher level of listening, and I like to make music from the point of being a fan of music,” he told Variety in a 2020 interview. “Fans are the best A&R.”

You can get tickets for the upcoming Harry Styles shows here.

‘Love On Tour’ Dates

Show date and time: May 20, 2022 – November 15, 2022

Show location: UBS Arena, Belmont, NY – Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA

Lil Nas X Announces First-Ever Tour

2nd May 2022 | Category: Concerts

Lil Nas X is finally taking his smash debut album, Montero, on the road.

The artist shared the news via his social media, captioning the trailer for the tour:

“i’m having my very first tour. and all of u better come or i will cry on instagram live.”

The trailer for the trek, which is dubbed the Long Live Montero Tour, features highlights from the last few years of the singer’s career.

“Hello, I am Montero, and I welcome you to my event,” the rapper’s voice proclaims in the clip, before throwing in one of his classic jokey comments. “My world. My universe. Everyone’s allowed — except gay people. I am Lil Nas X, and I present to you my first tour.”

The “Long Live Montero Tour” begins with a 14-date North American leg, kicking off in Detroit on September 6th. Lil Nas X is also scheduled to make stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Nashville, Miami, and Los Angeles, among other cities, before wrapping up the leg in San Francisco on October 23rd. 

The European leg of the tour, which will begin on November 8 with a show in Amsterdam, will conclude on November 17 in Barcelona.

Lil Nas X rose to prominence with the release of his country rap single “Old Town Road”, which first achieved viral popularity in early 2019 before climbing music charts internationally and becoming diamond certified by November of that same year. “Old Town Road” spent 19 weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the longest-running number-one song since the chart debuted in 1958. 

Following the success of “Old Town Road”, Lil Nas X released his debut extended play, titled 7, which produced two further singles⁠, with “Panini” and “Rodeo” (featuring Cardi B or Nas). His debut studio album, Montero arrived last September, featuring the chart-topping singles “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” and “Industry Baby” (with Jack Harlow).

Ticket info can be found here.

Long Live Montero Tour Dates

Show date and time: September 6, 2022 – November 17, 2022

Show location: The Fillmore, Detroit, MI – Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain

Stray Kids Announce ‘MANIAC’ US Tour Dates

23rd April 2022 | Category: Concerts

Stray Kids have announced the dates for the North American leg of their upcoming “Maniac” world tour on Monday. The K-pop octet will kick off the outing in Seoul, South Korea at the end of April, before hitting Japan in May and then making it to U.S. shores in June and July.

The Live Nation-promoted U.S. shows are in support of their No. 1 Billboard 200 collection, Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary and they will kick off on June 29 with a gig at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, before moving on to gigs in Chicago, Atlanta, Forth Worth, Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle.

The group — which includes members Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N — launched at No. 1 on the Billboard album charts in March with 110,000 equivalent album units and Top Album Sales with 103,000 in album sales according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. It was the band’s first No. 1 on each chart and also the first title to debut atop the rankings simultaneously since Adele’s 30 in December of last year.

Stray Kids are the fourth K-pop act to hit No. 1 on the Artist 100, which began in 2014, joining BTS (20 total weeks at No. 1), BLACKPINK and SuperM (one week each). The guys were absolutely shocked by the chart double-dip, and in a chat with Billboard on Twitter Spaces they were freaking out about their first entries on the BB tallies. “Woah, so exciting!” the South Korean pop group was heard cheering about the news, before Bang Chan chimed in, “We heard the news a few moments ago and are like, ‘Is this real? Is this actually happening?’ We were really surprised too.”

To see the full list of tour dates below, and pick up the tickets click here.

Stray Kids 2022 Tour Dates:

Show Date and Time: June 29, 2022 – July 14, 2022

Show Location: Prudential Center, Newark, NJ – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA