Kendrick Lamar is reportedly readying an enormous tour subsequent yr, however a headlining efficiency at Coachella isn’t a part of his plans.
In response to a report from Bloomberg, Coachella had 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 deal with his Tremendous Bowl LIX halftime present in February and a subsequent stadium tour.
Rihanna can be mentioned to rejected the provide as she “didn’t want the cash or the publicity” because of her billion-dollar Fenty empire.
It’s attainable that being a mom to 2 younger kids and dealing on her long-awaited ninth album might have additionally factored into her choice.
Kendrick’s final tour, which accompanied the discharge of his 2022 album Mr. Morale & The Large Steppers, was an enormous success.
Dubbed The Large Steppers Tour, the large worldwide trek at one level grew to become the highest-grossing tour by a rapper in historical past after incomes $110.9 million from 929,000 tickets throughout 73 exhibits.
That includes assist from pgLang protégés Child Keem and Tanna Leone, the tour ran from June 2022 till March 2024, hitting North America, Europe and Oceania.
Nonetheless, Okay. 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 last tally.
Whereas a lot has been mentioned about Kendrick’s upcoming Tremendous Bowl halftime present, a 2025 tour might add additional gas 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 all over the world.
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