Here’s everything Kendrick Lamar and SZA played to kick off their North American ‘Grand National’ tour
Kendrick Lamar and SZA have kicked off joint Grand National tour across North America – see the full setlist and videos of the gig below.
On Saturday (April 19), Lamar and SZA took over the US Bank stadium in Minnesota, Minneapolis to play the first show of their continent-spanning tour. The set saw them perform together numerous times, throwing out typically separated sets for a mix that would see them take turns performing for the sold-out crowd.
Together, they performed a whopping 52 songs, which included several live debuts from both artists. To kick off the set, Kendrick performed ‘Wacced Out Murals’ off his latest album ‘GNX’ for the first time ever, before playing a series of songs from across his celebrated discography.
SZA then took over to debut ’30 For 30′, which Lamar joined for. Later on, Kendrick would debut songs like ‘Hey Now’ and ‘Reincarnated’, while SZA debuted ‘Scorsese Baby Daddy’, ‘Kitchen’ and ‘BMF’.
To close out the show, they performed a pair of collabs: ‘Luther’ and the live debut of ‘Gloria’.
Check out more footage of the gig below, and see their full setlist below.
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National tour setlist was:
Act 1: Kendrick Lamar
‘Wacced Out Murals’ (live debut)
‘Squabble Up’
‘King Kunta’
‘ELEMENT.’
‘TV Off’
Act 2: SZA
’30 For 30′ (live debut, with Kendrick Lamar)
‘Love Galore’
‘Broken Clocks’
‘The Weekend’
Act 3: Kendrick Lamar
‘Euphoria’
‘Hey Now’ (live debut)
‘Reincarnated’ (live debut)
‘HUMBLE.’
‘Backseat Freestyle’
‘Family Ties’
‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’
‘m.A.A.d city’
‘Alright’
‘Man at the Garden’
Act 4: SZA
‘Scorsese Baby Daddy’ (live debut)
‘F2F’
‘Garden (Say It Like Dat)’
‘Kitchen’ (live debut)
‘Blind’
‘Forgiveless’
‘Low’
Act 5: Kendrick Lamar & SZA
‘Doves in the Wind’
‘All The Stars’
‘LOVE.’
Act 6: Kendrick Lamar
‘Dodger Blue’ (live debut)
‘Peekaboo’
‘Like That’
‘DNA.’
‘Good Credit’
‘Count Me Out’
‘Money Trees’
‘Poetic Justice’
Act 7: SZA
‘Diamond Boy (DTM)’
‘Shirt’
‘Kill Bill’
‘Snooze’
‘Crybaby’
‘Saturn’
‘Good Days’
Rich Baby Daddy’
‘BMF’
‘Kiss Me More’ (Doja Cat cover)
Act 8: Kendrick Lamar
‘Unknown’ (unreleased song)
‘TV Off’
‘Not Like Us’
Act 9: Kendrick Lamar & SZA
‘Luther’
‘Gloria’ (live debut)
Shortly after Kendrick Lamar’s viral Super Bowl performance, he and SZA – who also joined him for a song at the showcase – announced the joint ‘Grand National’ North American stadium tour, which will see them perform until June. Visit here to purchase tickets. They also announced a UK and European run set to take place later this year.
In a glowing five-star review of ‘GNX’, NME‘s Kyann-Sian Williams wrote: “Lamar channels what could be interpreted as hate and negativity into a teachable moment, leading you to draw upon the purest emotion known to man: love. In a year that started with so much venom, Kendrick Lamar shares the antidote on ‘GNX’.”
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NME
