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This fall, Kendrick Lamar will headline the latest installment of BET’s Music Matters tour, reports HipHopDX. Kicking off in Norfolk, VA on September 7th, the 23-city trek will coincide with the release the rapper’s major label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, which is due out October 2nd via Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records. Check out a list of dates and cities below (venues TBA), along with a stream of Lamar’s latest single, “Swimming Pools (Drank)”.

Kendrick Lamar 2012 Tour Dates:
07/25 – Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater *
07/26 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center *
07/27 – Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre *
07/28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center *
07/29 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre *
07/31 – Scarborough, ME @ Scarborough Downs *
08/01 – Boston, MA @ Comcast Center *
08/02 – New York, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater *
08/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center *
08/04 – Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion *
08/05 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre *
08/18 – San Bernardino, CA @ Rock the Bells Festival
08/25 – Mountain View, CA @ Rock the Bells Festival
09/07 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva $
09/08 – Richmond, VA @The National $
09/11 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore $
09/12 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live $
09/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
09/14 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre
09/15 – New York, NY @ TBA
09/20 – Detroit, MI @ TBA
09/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Epic Event Center $
09/22 – Milwaukee, WI @ TBA
09/23 – Chicago, IL @ TBA
09/26 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor $
09/27 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater $
09/30 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues $
10/08 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre $
10/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
10/13 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater $
10/14 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune $
10/16 – San Francisco, CA @ TBA
10/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
10/18 – Pomona, CA @ TBA

* = w/ Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Schoolboy Q, Chiddy Bang, Chevy Woods
$ = w/ Ab-Soul, Jay Rock