Kendrick Lamar live in concert.
ON TOUR

Kendrick Lamar

281
critic concert reviews
rap

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

99
%
Based on 
281
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
92
%
Based on 
39
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critics Consensus

Based on 281 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Kendrick Lamar is rated as an almost perfect live performer, phenomenal in almost every aspect. Kendrick Lamar concert reviews describe live shows and performances as emotional, stunning, crowd-pleasing, pleasing, dazzling, dramatic, and captivating. Kendrick Lamar is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 1% of all live performers.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Kendrick Lamar concerts? Kendrick Lamar concerts usually last from one and a half hours to up to three hours long.

How much to book?

How much does it cost to book Kendrick Lamar? To hire for a live performance or concert, the booking fees for Kendrick Lamar range from $500,000 - $6,000,000, with Kendrick Lamar's current estimated booking fee to be around $2,500,000.

On tour

Vive Claro, Bogotá, Colombia, (September 27); Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil, (September 30); Estadio River Plate, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, (October 4); ESTADIO MONUMENTAL, Región Metrolpolitana, Chile, (October 7); Estadio Monumental, Macul, Chile, (October 7); AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, (December 3); AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia, (December 4); Victoria Park, Ballarat, Australia, (December 6); Claremont Showground, Perth, Australia, (December 7);

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
Compton, United States (6/17/1987)
Bio
Kendrick Lamar (born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth June 17, 1987) is a rapper from Compton, California. He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy collective along with members Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q.
Has Performed With
Snoop Dogg, ScHoolboy Q, Kanye West, ​Florence and The Machine, Eminem, Earl Sweatshirt, SZA
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

The AU Review (Australia)

December 13, 2025
100
%
Kendrick Lamar Live In Concert

Rolling Stone (Australia)

December 12, 2025
80
%
Rolling Stone AU/NZ was at Kendrick’s first of two shows at Allianz Stadium as he wrapped his Australia tour in Sydney

Scenestr (Australia)

December 11, 2025
%
Ever since the inception of hip hop culture, rappers have used their razor-sharp poetic skills accompanied by bass-heavy beats to cast a mirror across the realities of life in all its facets – be it personal, political or the subtle truths that lie between.

The Guardian (UK)

December 5, 2025
100
%
Rap’s ‘swamp princess’ had the audience in the palm of her hand before Lamar dazzled with pyrotechnics and Drake disses

Rolling Stone (Australia)

December 4, 2025
100
%
Kendrick reminded fans why he is one of the best to do it at AAMI Park in Melbourne on Wednesday night

Evening Standard (UK)

September 12, 2025
60
%
This joint show by Lamar and SZA was something of a mismatch

The Telegraph (UK)

July 23, 2025
80
%
Two modern music titans come together for a night of spectacular stadium entertainment

Past critic reviews published in

NME (UK), The Guardian (UK), Chicago Tribune (USA), Riff Magazine (USA), Mercury News (USA) and more

Image Credit

Kenny Sun [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

watch the party die (11 September 2024)