Machine Gun Kelly aka Colson Baker is back with a vengeance! The rapper and actor turned pop-punk rocker has just announced his Mainstream Sellout Tour, a 52-city tour that will span North America and Europe. The tour follows the release of Machine Gun Kelly’s upcoming album Mainstream Sellout, his second collaboration with Travis Barker in two years.<\/p>\n
Originally known as a rapper, Machine Gun Kelly shed his established rap sound when he partnered up with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker on Tickets To My Downfall. Hinted at by a slow shift towards rock towards the end of the last decade, with songs like “I Think I’m Okay” and “Bloody Valentine”, Machine Gun Kelly jumped all in on Tickets To My Downfall, a pop-punk album heavily inspired by the pop-punk Baker enjoyed listening to.<\/p>\n
While genre changes are often very risky, for Baker the risk paid off as the album debuted at #1 and was his first album to be certified platinum. Now he’s ready to catch lightning in a bottle twice, with Mainstream Sellout, an album he describes as “darker” and “guitar-heavier’ than Tickets.<\/p>\n
Kelly will be joined by special guests including Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, blackbear, Trippie Redd, WILLOW, iann dior, IRISV<\/a> and 44phantom on select dates. Machine Gun Kelly will also hold a special hometown performance in his home city of Cleveland, OH at FirstEnergy Stadium.<\/p>\n With Avril Lavigne doing her own nostalgic return to a more pop-punk sound, and the When We Were Young festival happening later this year, this is an exciting time for kids nostalgic for the music they grew up listening to in the early 2000s. Music is cyclical, and it seems pop-punk and emo are ready to take over the airwaves yet again.<\/p>\n Tickets go on sale starting Friday, March 25th at 10AM Local Time at Ticketmaster.com<\/a>, so mark your calendars and get ready to rock out with Machine Gun Kelly this summer!<\/p>\n MACHINE GUN KELLY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n Wed Jun 8 \u2013 Austin, TX \u2013 Moody Center***^ <\/p>\n Fri Jun 10 \u2013 Houston, TX \u2013 Toyota Center***^<\/p>\n Sat Jun 11 \u2013 Dallas, TX \u2013 American Airlines Center***^ <\/p>\n Tue Jun 14 \u2013 Jacksonville, FL \u2013 VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena***^<\/p>\n Wed Jun 15 \u2013 Miami, FL \u2013 FTX Arena***^ <\/p>\n Fri Jun 17 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \u2013 State Farm Arena*^<\/p>\n Sat Jun 18 \u2013 Birmingham, AL \u2013 The Legacy Arena At BJCC*^<\/p>\n Sun Jun 19 \u2013 Manchester, TN \u2013 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival <\/p>\n Tue Jun 21 \u2013 Charlotte, NC \u2013 Spectrum Center*^<\/p>\n Wed Jun 22 \u2013 Raleigh, NC \u2013 PNC Arena*^<\/p>\n Fri Jun 24 \u2013 Washington, DC \u2013 Capital One Arena*^<\/p>\n Sat Jun 25 \u2013 Boston, MA \u2013 TD Garden+$<\/p>\n Sun Jun 26 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 Waterfront Music Pavilion+$ <\/p>\n Tue Jun 28 \u2013 New York, NY \u2013 Madison Square Garden*^ \u2013 (on sale starting 12pm local time)<\/p>\n Fri Jul 1 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI \u2013 Summerfest*<\/p>\n Sat Jul 2 \u2013 Louisville, KY \u2013 KFC Yum! Center*^<\/p>\n Sun Jul 3 \u2013 Detroit, MI \u2013 Little Caesars Arena*^<\/p>\n Tue Jul 5 \u2013 Syracuse, NY \u2013 St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater*^<\/p>\n Wed Jul 6 \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 Scotiabank Arena*^ <\/p>\n Fri Jul 8 \u2013 Kansas City, MO \u2013 T-Mobile Center*^<\/p>\n Sat Jul 9 \u2013 Tulsa, OK \u2013 BOK Center*# <\/p>\n Mon Jul 11 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 Footprint Center*# <\/p>\n Wed Jul 13 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 The Forum*#<\/p>\n Fri Jul 15 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV \u2013 T-Mobile Arena*#<\/p>\n Sat Jul 16 \u2013 Anaheim, CA \u2013 Honda Center*# <\/p>\n Tue Jul 19 \u2013 Oakland, CA \u2013 Oakland Arena*# <\/p>\n Thu Jul 21 \u2013 Portland, OR \u2013 Moda Center*#<\/p>\n Fri Jul 22 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 Climate Pledge Arena*#<\/p>\n Sat Jul 23 \u2013 Vancouver, BC \u2013 Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena*# <\/p>\n Mon Jul 25 \u2013 Spokane, WA \u2013 Spokane Arena*# <\/p>\n Wed Jul 27 \u2013 Fargo, ND \u2013 FargoDome*#<\/p>\n Thu Jul 28 \u2013 St. Paul, MN \u2013 Xcel Energy Center*#<\/p>\n Sun Jul 31 \u2013 Montreal, QC \u2013 Osheaga<\/p>\n Tue Aug 2 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA \u2013 PPG Paints Arena\u201d# <\/p>\n Thu Aug 4 \u2013 Omaha, NE \u2013 CHI Health Center\u201d# <\/p>\n Sat Aug 6 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 USANA Amphitheatre\u201d#<\/p>\n Sun Aug 7 \u2013 Denver, CO \u2013 Ball Arena\u201d# <\/p>\n Tue Aug 9 \u2013 Des Moines, IA \u2013 Wells Fargo Arena\u201d#<\/p>\n Wed Aug 10 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \u2013 Enterprise Center\u201d#<\/p>\n Thu Aug 11 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN \u2013 Ruoff Music Center\u201d# <\/p>\n Sat Aug 13 \u2013 Cleveland, OH \u2013 FirstEnergy Stadium*\u201d$#\u2019<\/p>\n *<\/strong>With support from Avril Lavigne<\/em><\/p>\n