Kendrick Lamar will return to Atlanta with SZA, Schoolboy Q and others on Top Dawg roster
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene
The Top Dawg Entertainment roster – Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Sir and Lance Skiiwalker – are taking to the road this summer for "TDE: The Championship Tour."
The show will visit Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood on May 25. Tickets will go on sale at noon Jan. 26 via www.livenation.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are $39.50-$149.50.
Lamar, who is nominated for seven Grammy Awards at this weekend's ceremony in New York, will also perform on the broadcast. The lauded rapper recently made headlines as the first artist to perform during halftime at the College Football Playoff National Championship; he played a free, nine-minute set at Centennial Olympic Park.
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| TDE 2018 TOUR DATES: DATE | CITY | VENUE |
| Fri-May 04 | Vancouver, BC* | Rogers Arena |
| Sat-May 05 | Seattle, WA | White River Amphitheatre |
| Sun-May 06 | Portland, OR | Sunlight Supply Amphitheater |
| Tue-May 08 | Oakland, CA* | Oracle Arena |
| Thu-May 10 | Los Angeles, CA* | The Forum |
| Sun-May 13 | San Diego, CA | Mattress Firm Amphitheatre |
| Mon-May 14 | Phoenix, AZ | Ak-Chin Pavilion |
| Tue-May 15 | Albuquerque, NM | Isleta Amphitheater |
| Thu-May 17 | Dallas, TX | Starplex Pavilion |
| Fri-May 18 | Austin, TX | Austin360 Amphitheater |
| Sat-May 19 | Houston, TX | The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Presented by Huntsman |
| Tue-May 22 | Tampa, FL | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre |
| Wed-May 23 | West Palm Beach, FL | Coral Sky Amphitheatre |
| Fri-May 25 | Atlanta, GA | Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood |
| Sat-May 26 | Raleigh, NC | Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek |
| Sun-May 27 | Virginia Beach, VA | Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach |
| Tue-May 29 | New York, NY* | Madison Square Garden |
| Wed-May 30 | Wantagh, NY | Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater |
| Fri-Jun 01 | Bristow, VA (DC) | Jiffy Lube Live |
| Sat-Jun 02 | Hershey, PA | Hersheypark Stadium |
| Sun-Jun 03 | Buffalo, NY | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |
| Tue-Jun 05 | Boston, MA | Xfinity Center |
| Thu-Jun 07 | Hartford, CT | XFINITY Theatre |
| Fri-Jun 08 | Philadelphia, PA | BB&T Pavilion |
| Sat-Jun 09 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
| Tue-Jun 12 | Toronto, ON | Budweiser Stage |
| Wed-Jun 13 | Detroit, MI* | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| Fri-Jun 15 | Chicago, IL | Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre |
| Sat-Jun 16 | Pittsburgh, PA | KeyBank Pavilion |
About the Author
Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
