Kendrick Lamar adds new dates to UK and Europe tours after overwhelming demand

Tour is in support of his acclaimed, No. 1 album

Kendrick performs at Coachella 2017 (Getty)

Kendrick Lamar has announced new dates for his UK and Europe tours after overwhelming demand.

The DAMN. artist has added a third show at the O2 Academy in London and a second show in Paris. Tickets for the first shows went on sale last week.

The tour is in support of Kendrick's critically acclaimed fourth record DAMN., which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 - his third time at the top spot - and has shifted around 2.3 million album equivalent units to date.

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER

The DAMN. tour dates in full are as follows:

February 2018

Wednesday 7th Dublin, Ireland 3Arena

Friday 9th Birmingham, UK Genting Arena

Saturday 10th Manchester, UK Arena

Sunday 11th Glasgow, UK SSE Hydro

Monday 12th London, UK The O2

Tuesday 13th London, UK The O2

Thursday 15th Frankfurt, Germany Festhalle

Tuesday 20th London, UK The SSE Arena, Wembley

Thursday 22nd Cologne, Germany Lanxess Arena

Friday 23rd Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome

Sunday 25th Paris, France AccorHotels Arena

Monday 26th Paris, France Accorhotels Arena

Tuesday 27th Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis

March 2018

Thursday 1st Copenhagen, Denmark Royal Arena

Friday 2nd Oslo, Norway Telenor Arena

Saturday 3rd Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe

Monday 5th Berlin, Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena

Got sweaty palms already? Check out our handy tips for dealing with the demand:

1) Make sure you are ready and waiting with the web page up at least five minutes before 9am.

2) Do not let your computer, phone or whatever device holds the key to your happiness run out of battery.

3) Register your details with the website you are booking from in advance, if you can, but don’t panic if you haven’t left enough time as your tickets will be held while you fill out your information

4) Check how many tickets you are allowed to buy in one purchase. If you try to buy more than the limited number, your booking may be cancelled without notice, meaning no-one gets to go.

5) Get your friends to try too, but stay in contact in case you all succeed and end up with a bunch of tickets you didn’t want. If you do need to sell any on, do so at face value. No-one likes a tout.

6) Be patient and avoid refreshing or switching between browsers. Stick with one tab and have some faith! Be prepared to wait for an hour to get tickets.

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