Kendrick Lamar Stokes Glastonbury Rumor With London Showcase of Rock Album – Forbes

January 21, 2020

Kendrick Lamar is preparing plans to showcase his new rock-influenced album. The rapper has stoked rumors that he is to appear at Glastonbury, the world’s biggest greenfield music festival, by confirming today that he will close the first weekend of the BST Hyde Park festival in July.

The 32-year-old star is reported to be the likely Friday headliner at Glastonbury. He has announced that the following weekend he will be in London for BST. Lamar will have Brittany Howard, the Alabama Shakes singer also embarking on a solo career, and James Blake in support in the British capital.

Lamar is finishing a sequel to his album DAMN, which was released in 2017 and won five Grammys. He has picked up a total of 13 Grammys. The follow-up album may move in a more rock direction. In 2018, Lamar was the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for music.

Lamar, from Compton, California, is known for the albums To Pimp A Butterfly and DAMN, tracks such as “The Blacker The Berry” “Alright” and “Humble,” and the Black Panther soundtrack in 2018, which he co-produced, working with Blake and many more. Lamar was also No. 8 in the Forbes list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings in 2019 with earnings of $38.5 million.

The BST line-up also includes Little Mix (July 4), Pearl Jam (July 10) and Taylor Swift (July 11).

Reports that Lamar was Glastonbury bound were stoked by co-organizer Emily Eavis, who promised a male solo star making his first appearance at the Somerset event. Swift will be the Sunday night headliner and Paul McCartney tops the Saturday night slot. The two festivals are very different and organized totally separately – “Glasto” is a vast country event, while BST is staged in central London’s Hyde Park — but international stars visiting Britain for one are sometimes known to favor doing the other too.

Tickets for Lamar’s American Express Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park appearance on July 5 go on sale on January 24. His possible Glastonbury performance is on June 26. This is Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary year.

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