Kendrick Lamar coming to Milwaukee for ‘The Big Steppers Tour’

One of many biggest rappers of all time is coming again to Milwaukee for his first present within the metropolis in seven years. 

Kendrick Lamar on Friday introduced his “Massive Steppers Tour” — a globe-trekking run throughout North America, Europe and Australia this July by way of December — with a cease at Fiserv Discussion board on Aug. 18. 

Lamar’s cousin Child Keem — who simply offered out a present on the Rave in April — and Tanna Leone will open the Milwaukee date. 

Tickets go on sale to most people at midday Might 20 on Lamar’s web site, oklama.com, and on the field workplace and thru Ticketmaster. Presales start Might 19 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for Money App customers. Ticket costs have but to be introduced.

Lamar’s final present was headlining Summerfest in 2015 at what was then often known as the Marcus Amphitheater, for a particular one-off present only a couple months after releasing his instant-classic third album “To Pimp a Butterfly.” 

In 2017, he launched “Rattling.,” which grew to become the primary non-classical or jazz work to win a Pulitzer Prize for music. (The tour in help of that album by no means got here by way of Milwaukee.) 

On Friday, Lamar additionally launched his extremely anticipated fifth studio album “Mr. Morale & the Massive Steppers,” a surprising double album largely knowledgeable by the lingering injury of trauma. 

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