Back in December, just at the start of winter, when Kendrick Lamar and longtime collaborator SZA announced the Grand National Tour, we used it to cross off two potential names from Boston Calling’s rumored headliner board for 2025. But so much has gone down since — we’re still thinking about that Super Bowl performance, and we got our festival lineup locked in — that we kinda can’t believe that tonight show (May 12) at Gillette Stadium is finally here.
But it has arrived, and should be a spectacle. The 21-date Grand National Tour runs to June and takes its name from the Billboard chart-topping November record GNX, is presented by Live Nation, pgLang, and Top Dawg Entertainment. And it won’t be the first time Lamar and SZA have toured together, as the previously took on North America back in 2018 — the same year they collaborated together on “All The Stars” — for Top Dawg Entertainment’s Championship Tour.
SZA is also featured on two GNX tracks — smooth R&B jam “Luther” and dramatic album closer “Gloria” — and both should sound huge filling the open air of Foxborough, Massachusetts. It feels like winter is finally over.
KENDRICK LAMAR AND SZA: GRAND NATIONAL TOUR :: Monday, May 12 at Gillette Stadium, One Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages :: Event info and tickets