advertisement
Concerts

Kendrick Lamar Is Coming to Toronto for 'Grand National Tour' in June 2025

The rapper is coming to Drake's home turf to play a show at the Rogers Centre on June 12 and 13 along with SZA.

Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
Dave Free

UPDATE: Due to demand, a second date of Kendrick Lamar and SZA's Grand National Tour has been added to Toronto's Rogers Centre on June 13.

Well, this is interesting. Kendrick Lamar just announced the Grand National Tour with SZA, and it has one lone Canadian date: June 12 at Rogers Centre.


Toronto, of course, is his rival Drake's home turf. The rapper has recently been amping up his resistance to Kendrick's diss tracks, launching legal actions accusing Universal Music Group and other stakeholders of inflating the numbers of "Not Like Us." He's also been taking shots against former friends with connections to Toronto who have appeared to show support for Kendrick.

advertisement

Kendrick, meanwhile, has been riding high. The beef with Drake has pushed him to the height of his popularity. His new album GNX is currently No. 1 on both the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and the Billboard 200, while songs from the album hold all top 5 spots on the Hot 100. In February, he'll play the Super Bowl halftime show.

SZA and Drake have a longtime collaborative history, and their 2023 song "Slime You Out" was a No. 1 hit of its own. SZA also appears on two songs on GNX, "Luther" and "Gloria."

The Grand National Tour is named for the same car that inspired the name of the album GNX, and it's presented by Live Nation, pgLang and Top Dawg Entertainment.

The tour starts in April 2025 and runs until June, with 19 stadium dates across North America.

A Cash App Visa Card pre-sale starts on Wednesday (Dec. 4) at 10 a.m. local time on the Grand National Tour website, while general on sale starts Friday, December 6th at 10am local time.

advertisement
Coldplay at Toronto's Rogers Stadium on July 8, 2025.
Anna Lee

Coldplay at Toronto's Rogers Stadium on July 8, 2025.

Concerts

Coldplay Calls Rogers Stadium 'A Very Bizarre Stadium a Million Miles From Earth' at Second Toronto Concert

In their second of four shows on Tuesday night (July 8), the British band said "we are testing the premise, 'if you build it they will come.' But their majestic Music of the Spheres show also showed off the new venue's unique strengths.

Coldplay took the stage for the second of four concerts at Rogers Stadium in Toronto on Tuesday night (July 8), which also held the distinction of being the third overall show at the brand new 50,000-capacity Downsview venue.

If you ask Live Nation Canada's President of Music, Erik Hoffman, they are also one of the major reasons it was built. In their first two shows, though, Chris Martin hasn't exactly had flattering things to say about it. On night one, he called it a "weird stadium in the middle of nowhere," and he went even further on the second night calling the venue a "very bizarre stadium a million miles from Earth."

keep readingShow less
advertisement