Machine Gun Kelly.Photo: Live Nation
Machine Gun Kellyis hitting the road!
Ahead ofmainstream sellout’s release, his forthcoming studio album, Kelly announced he would be embarking on a North American and European tour.
The tour is scheduled to kick off in June in Austin, Texas and will conclude in October in the Netherlands — with ticketsgoing on saleFriday. Kelly, 31, will also have exciting guests joining him on tour, includingAvril Lavigne,Travis Barker, blackbear, Trippie Redd, WILLOW, iann dior, PVRIS and 44phantom.
Kelly’s highly anticipated album,mainstream sellout, drops on Friday and will include previously released singles “maybe,” “emo girl,” “thought it was,” and “ay!.” The album follows Kelly’s 2020 albumtickets to my downfall.
Earlier this month, Kelly released amusic videoto his collaboration titled “ay!” with Lil Wayne. In the single, he tapped into his hip-hop roots and rapped.
mainstream sellout Tour Poster.Live Nation
In the music video opening, the musician is seen in what appears to be a dressing room with various clothing racks in the background. He is on the phone with someone and asks them to “call the boys up” to “see if we can shoot this video for ‘ay!'” because it “comes out in the morning.”
In January, Kelly revealedhe changed the name of the albumafter he and Barker, 46, had already gotten matching tattoos of the original name,born with horns.
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“My bad,” he captioned avideoof his confession on Instagram.
He sat next to Barker in the clip as he prepared to break the news. “Ok, we’re friends no matter what, right?” he asked, to which the Blink-182 drummer said “of course” before they shared a fist bump.
“Remember when we got … the new album name tattooed on her arms?” he asked, before cutting to a throwback clip of them showing off their “born with horns” tattoos.
The friends appear to be just as in tune as ever, as Barker appeared to guess the big news. “You changed the…” he started before bursting out into laughter with Kelly, who confirmed: “I’m changing the album name.”
Meanwhile, the musician said he’sno longer “holding back"with his new music during an interview withWillie GeistonSunday TODAYin October.
“It feels more guitar-heavy for sure, lyrically it definitely goes deeper — but I never like to do anything the same,” Kelly told Geist. “Every album is a juxtaposition of the last album. So I went and studiedtickets, and I heard the bright sound that I had, and for this album I just turned the lights off.”
source: people.com
