By The Related Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recent off their Tremendous Bowl halftime spectacle, Kendrick Lamar and SZA are increasing their upcoming tour to make stops in Europe.
The extra stops introduced Feb. 10 embody a July 4 present in Frankfurt, Germany.
Lamar and SZA are set to kick off their Grand Nationwide Tour in Minneapolis on April 19 and wrap the North American leg in Washington on June 18.
They’ll begin a 13-stop European tour on July 2 in Cologne, Germany, and conclude it on Aug. 9 in Stockholm.
Lamar’s groundbreaking halftime present — he was the primary solo hip-hop performer to headline the coveted halftime slot — was awash in patriotic imagery with dancers in purple, white and blue. Samuel L. Jackson, taking part in Uncle Sam, guided Lamar and viewers via the efficiency. SZA joined Lamar onstage for a part of his efficiency.
Jackson’s interjections — labeling components of the efficiency “too loud, too reckless, too ghetto” and at one level reminding Lamar to “play the sport” — have been consistent with Lamar’s said intent to infuse storytelling into his halftime present and likewise consistent with the Pulitzer Prize winner’s historical past of layering of messages all through his music.
Different European cities that Lamar and SZA plan to go to embody Amsterdam, Paris, London, Rome and Barcelona.
Presales for the exhibits will start Wednesday with normal admission ticket gross sales beginning on Feb. 14. Extra data is accessible on the web site www.grandnationaltour.com.