The Damn Tour

The Damn Tour^[1] (stylized as The DAMN. Tour) was a concert tour by American rapper and songwriter Kendrick Lamar, in support of his fourth studio album, Damn (2017). The tour's North American leg began on July 12, 2017, in Glendale, Arizona and ended on September 2, 2017, in Miami. The European leg of the tour started on February 7, 2018, in Dublin and concluded on March 5, 2018, in Berlin. The tour's Oceanian tour started on July 10, 2018, in Perth, and concluded on July 30, 2018, in Seoul.

The Damn Tour

Tour by Kendrick Lamar
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	Asia Europe North America Oceania
Associated album	Damn
Start date	July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
End date	July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)
Legs	4
No. of shows	64
Supporting acts	Anderson .Paak Dead Obies Travis Scott DRAM YG James Blake SiR
Attendance	700,746 (52 shows)
Box office	$62.7 million (52 shows)
Kendrick Lamar concert chronology

According to Pollstar, The Damn Tour grossed $41.4 million with 452,387 tickets sold in 36 shows only in North America.^[2]

Background

Following a pair of Coachella gigs and a performance at Quebec City Summer Festival, the rapper brought his new album on the road in the summer of 2017. The first announcement had 17 dates across North America slowly adding to 20 after adding shows in Brooklyn and Los Angeles having Travis Scott and DRAM as the opening acts.^[3] The second announcement added 15 shows having YG as the opening act.^[4] On September 30, he added a leg of European dates to the tour with James Blake as the opening act. On April 29, 2018, he added a leg of Oceanian dates to the tour.

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on July 12, 2017, in Glendale. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[5]

1. "DNA."
2. "ELEMENT."
3. "King Kunta"
4. "untitled 07 | 2014 – 2016"
5. "untitled 02 | 06.23.2014."
6. "Mask Off" (Future remix)
7. "Collard Greens"
8. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
9. "Backseat Freestyle"
10. "LOYALTY."
11. "LUST."
12. "Money Trees"
13. "M.A.A.D City"
14. "XXX."
15. "PRIDE."
16. "LOVE."
17. "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe"
18. "Alright"
19. "HUMBLE."

Encore

20. "FEEL."
21. "GOD."

Special guests

• July 23, 2017 – Brooklyn: "4 AM" with 2 Chainz and Travis Scott^[6]
• July 26, 2017 – Auburn Hills: "Deja Vu", "A Tale of 2 Citiez" & "No Role Modelz" with J. Cole^[7]
• July 27, 2017 – Chicago: "No Problem" with Chance the Rapper^[8]
• August 9, 2017 – Los Angeles: "That Part" with Schoolboy Q, "Money Trees" with Jay Rock, "Love Galore" with SZA, "Look at Me!" with XXXTentacion.^[9][10]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1 — North America[1][11]
July 7, 2017[a]	Quebec City	Canada	Plains of Abraham	Anderson .Paak Dead Obies	—	—
July 12, 2017	Glendale	United States	Gila River Arena	Travis Scott DRAM	12,986 / 13,184	$1,050,060
July 14, 2017	Dallas		American Airlines Center		13,362 / 13,362	$1,352,113
July 15, 2017	Houston		Toyota Center		11,441 / 11,441	$1,249,664
July 17, 2017	Duluth		Infinite Energy Arena		9,846 / 9,846	$943,090
July 19, 2017	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		13,513 / 13,742	$1,330,647
July 20, 2017	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		28,174 / 28,174[b]	$3,074,047[b]
July 21, 2017	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	DRAM	12,944 / 13,186	$1,375,048
July 22, 2017	Boston		TD Garden	Travis Scott DRAM	12,773 / 12,889	$1,400,540
July 23, 2017	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		[b]	[b]
July 25, 2017	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		26,473 / 26,473[c]	$2,599,580[c]
July 26, 2017	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills		13,070 / 13,173	$1,301,448
July 27, 2017	Chicago		United Center		24,727 / 26,316[d]	$2,415,331[d]
July 29, 2017	Denver		Pepsi Center		13,140 / 13,266	$1,154,190
August 1, 2017	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome		18,590 / 18,590	$1,278,663
August 2, 2017	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		13,938 / 13,938	$1,228,590
August 4, 2017	Oakland	United States	Oracle Arena		14,179 / 14,179	$1,373,996
August 5, 2017	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena		14,499 / 14,499	$1,439,417
August 6, 2017	Los Angeles		Staples Center		40,425 / 40,425	$3,847,175
August 8, 2017
August 9, 2017
August 11, 2017	Anaheim		Honda Center	YG DRAM	12,275 / 14,443	$1,181,276
August 12, 2017	San Jose		SAP Center		12,713 / 12,971	$1,239,832
August 13, 2017	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center		11,191 / 12,272	$896,190
August 16, 2017	Kansas City		Sprint Center		10,560 / 11,161	$728,344
August 18, 2017	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena		11,140 / 11,554	$677,964
August 19, 2017	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		14,458 / 14,614	$1,079,941
August 20, 2017	Chicago		United Center		[d]	[d]
August 22, 2017	Columbus		Schottenstein Center		11,423 / 11,733	$802,906
August 23, 2017	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		[c]	[c]
August 24, 2017	Montreal		Bell Centre		10,769 / 13,132	$930,271
August 25, 2017	Newark	United States	Prudential Center		10,314 / 10,976	$887,745
August 26, 2017[e]	Monterrey	Mexico	Parque Fundidora	—	—	—
August 29, 2017	Charlotte	United States	Spectrum Center	YG DRAM	10,591 / 11,082	$686,960
August 30, 2017	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		15,206 / 15,206	$949,292
September 1, 2017	Tampa		Amalie Arena		12,103 / 12,353	$834,155
September 2, 2017	Miami		American Airlines Arena		12,256 / 12,718	$1,140,921
Leg 2 — Europe[1][13]
February 7, 2018	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	James Blake	12,644 / 12,644	$1,194,783
February 9, 2018	Birmingham	England	Genting Arena		12,581 / 12,581	$1,229,103
February 10, 2018	Manchester		Manchester Arena		14,485 / 14,485	$1,408,370
February 11, 2018	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro		11,854 / 11,854	$1,089,330
February 12, 2018	London	England	The O2 Arena		34,877 / 34,877	$3,284,010
February 13, 2018
February 15, 2018	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle		11,089 / 11,089	$867,594
February 20, 2018	London	England	Wembley Arena		10,049 / 10,049	$996,903
February 22, 2018	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena		12,593 / 12,593	$949,786
February 23, 2018	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome		16,220 / 16,220	$1,108,958
February 25, 2018	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena		30,970 / 30,970	$3,018,963
February 26, 2018
February 27, 2018	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis		19,424 / 19,424	$1,403,113
March 1, 2018	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena		15,187 / 15,187	$1,470,874
March 2, 2018	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena		21,653 / 21,653	$1,786,295
March 3, 2018	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe		14,064 / 14,064	$1,290,910
March 5, 2018	Berlin	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena		13,977 / 13,977	$1,093,940
Leg 3 — Oceania[1][14][15]
July 10, 2018	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	SiR	13,988 / 13,988	$1,588,770
July 13, 2018	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		25,479 / 25,479	$2,773,000
July 14, 2018
July 15, 2018	Adelaide		Entertainment Centre Arena		—	—
July 17, 2018	Dunedin	New Zealand	Forsyth Barr Stadium		—	—
July 19, 2018	Auckland		Spark Arena		21,803 / 21,803	$1,311,371
July 20, 2018
July 22, 2018[f]	Yelgun	Australia	North Byron Parklands	—	—	—
July 24, 2018	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena	SiR	29,712 / 29,712	$3,455,799
July 25, 2018
Leg 4 — Asia[1]
July 28, 2018[g]	Yuzawa	Japan	Naeba Ski Resort	—	—	—
July 30, 2018	Seoul	South Korea	Jamsil Auxiliary Stadium	SiR	—
Total					—	—

Notes

1. This concert was a part of the Quebec City Summer Festival 2017.
2. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Barclays Center on July 20 and July 23, respectively.
3. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Air Canada Centre on July 25 and August 23, respectively.
4. The score data is combined from the shows held at the United Center on July 27 and August 20, respectively.
5. This concert was a part of the Hellow Festival.^[12]
6. This concert was a part of the Splendour in the Grass Festival.
7. This concert was a part of the Fuji Rock Festival.