Kendrick Lamar Teams Up With BET Music Matters For Fall Tour; Dates And Cities Announced

Added: 20 July 2012 | Read 233 times

Kendrick Lamar has teamed up with BET’s Music Matters campaign for an upcoming fall tour in support of his major label debut, good kid, m.a.a.d city, which is currently set for release on October 2 via TDE, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

“Kendrick is one the most prolific and phenomenal artists emerging today,” said Kelly Griffin, Senior Director of Music Programming at BET.

“His music, style and flow brings a fresh and important perspective to Hip Hop and we are proud to leverage the BET Music Matters brand to expose his amazing talents to the masses,” Griffin added.

The 23-city tour is set to kick off on September 7 in Norfolk, Virgina and hit cities throughout North American such as Baltimore, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and Seattle before coming to a close on October 18 in Pomona, California.

Check out a full list of tour dates below:

9/7 – Norfolk, VA
9/8 – Richmond, VA
9/11 – Charlotte, NC
9/12 – Baltimore, MD
9/13 – Philadelphia, PA
9/14 – Washington, DC
9/15 – New York, NY
9/20 – Detroit, MI
9/21 – Minneapolis, MN
9/22 – Milwaukee, WI
9/23 – Chicago, IL
9/26 – Tampa, FL
9/27 – Miami, FL
9/28 – Orlando, FL
9/29 – Atlanta, GA
9/30 – New Orleans, LA
10/8 – Denver, CO
10/11 – Phoenix, AZ
10/13 – Portland, OR
10/14 – Seattle, WA
10/16 – San Francisco, CA
10/17 – Los Angeles, CA
10/18 – Pomona, CA

For tickets and information, visit BET.com.


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