Kendrick Lamar and SZA review – powerhouse duo make their mark in Atlanta

<p><strong>Mercedes-Benz stadium, Atlanta</strong></p><p>The record-breaking Grand National tour brings together two stylistically opposed stars and continues an internet-breaking feud</p><p>Just when it seemed as if Kendrick Lamar had dropped his grudge against Drake, it turns out his “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1011643154321607&amp;id=100064277965965&amp;_rdr">game over</a>” coda to the Super Bowl half-time show was just the end of regulation. On the Grand National tour, a four-month stadium circuit for the Grammy-sweeping album GNX and SZA’s reissue album Lana, Lamar takes the music industry’s most bitter rivalry match into overtime.</p><p>The score-keeping has not stopped. The Grand National tour’s opening date in Minneapolis last week totaled more than $9m from more than 47,000 spectators, giving Lamar claim to the highest-grossing hip-hop concert of all time – surpassing the record Eminem set after playing Melbourne, Australia, in 2019. That’s what you get when you pair the hottest rapper in the game with an R&amp;B queen who is coming off the critical and commercial success of the buddy comedy <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/15/one-of-them-days-review-keke-palmer-sza">One of Them Days</a>, SZA’s film acting debut.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/30/kendrick-lamar-sza-tour-review">Continue reading...</a>