Mechanical Bull Tour

The Mechanical Bull Tour was the third headlining tour by American rock band Kings of Leon. The tour was in support of their sixth studio album, Mechanical Bull (2013) and began on February 5, 2014, in Atlanta, and ended on March 15, 2015, in Santiago.

Mechanical Bull Tour

Worldwide tour by Kings of Leon
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	Worldwide
Associated album	Mechanical Bull
Start date	February 5, 2014
End date	March 15, 2015
Legs	7
No. of shows	53 in North America 1 in Asia 12 in Europe 4 in South America 70 total
Kings of Leon concert chronology
Come Around Sundown World Tour (2010–11) Mechanical Bull Tour (2014)

Background

The tour was first announced in October 2013.^[1] In November 2013, while in Australia, Caleb Followill confirmed to triple j's Veronica and Lewis that the band would be returning there in 2014 for the tour. ^[2] In December 2013, dates for the second North America leg were announced.^[3] The third North America leg was announced on April 21, 2014^[4] Due to an injury to Nathan Followill, eleven shows in August were canceled.^[5]

Opening acts

• Baba Shrimp (Zurich)
• Gary Clark, Jr. (North America leg 1)
• Haim (Milton Keynes Bowl – England)
• Kongos (North America leg 3)
• The Last Internationale (Milton Keynes Bowl – England)
• Local Natives (North America leg 2)
• searching Alaska
• Twin Atlantic (Milton Keynes Bowl – England)
• White Lies (Europe leg)
• Young the Giant (North America leg 3)

Setlist

^[6]

1. "Charmer"
2. "Rock City"
3. "My Party"
4. "Temple"
5. "On Call"
6. "Family Tree"
7. "Closer"
8. "The Immortals"
9. "Back Down South"
10. "Wait for Me"
11. "Supersoaker"
12. "Milk"
13. "Pyro"
14. "Tonight"
15. "Radioactive"
16. "The Bucket"
17. "Don't Matter"
18. "Molly's Chambers"
19. "Four Kicks"
20. "Be Somebody"
21. "Notion"
22. "Cold Desert"
23. "Use Somebody"

Encore

24. "Crawl"
25. "Black Thumbnail"
26. "Sex on Fire"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America Leg 1^[1]
February 5, 2014	Atlanta	United States	Philips Arena
February 7, 2014	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
February 9, 2014	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center
February 11, 2014	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 14, 2014	New York City		Madison Square Garden
February 15, 2014	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
February 18, 2014	Columbus		Schottenstein Center
February 19, 2014	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center
February 21, 2014	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
February 23, 2014	London	Canada	Budweiser Gardens
February 24, 2014	Montreal		Bell Centre
February 26, 2014	Toronto		Air Canada Centre
February 28, 2014	Boston	United States	TD Garden
March 5, 2014	Kansas City		Sprint Center
March 6, 2014	Minneapolis		Target Center
March 8, 2014	Chicago		United Center
March 19, 2014	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion
March 21, 2014	Inglewood		The Forum
March 25, 2014	San Jose		SAP Center
March 27, 2014	Portland		Moda Center
March 30, 2014	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena
April 1, 2014	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
April 2, 2014	Edmonton		Rexall Place
April 4, 2014	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
April 8, 2014	Tulsa	United States	BOK Center
April 10, 2014	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 11, 2014	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center
Asia
May 28, 2014	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Atlantis, The Palm
Europe
May 31, 2014	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	St James' Park
June 2, 2014	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
June 4, 2014	Hanover	Germany	Expo Plaza
June 9, 2014	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
June 11, 2014	Wiesen		Ottakringer Arena
June 13, 2014	Warsaw	Poland	Orange Warsaw Festival
June 17, 2014	Sheffield	England	Motorpoint Arena
June 18, 2014	Manchester		Phones 4u Arena
June 20, 2014	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro
June 22, 2014	Milton Keynes	England	Milton Keynes Bowl
June 25, 2014	Riga	Latvia	Meža Parks
July 2, 2014	Swansea	Wales	Liberty Stadium
July 4, 2014	Dublin	Ireland	Marlay Park
North America Leg 2^[4]
July 31, 2014	Maryland Heights	United States	Verizon Amphitheater
August 1, 2014	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 3, 2014	Chicago		Lollapalooza
August 5, 2014	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 7, 2014	Hartford	United States	Xfinity Theatre
August 9, 2014	Mansfield		Xfinity Center
September 3, 2014	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live
September 5, 2014	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
September 6, 2014	West Palm Beach		Cruzan Amphitheatre
September 9, 2014	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre
September 10, 2014	Birmingham		Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
September 12, 2014	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion
September 13, 2014	Austin		Austin360 Amphitheatre
September 16, 2014	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion
September 17, 2014	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
September 24, 2014	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 26, 2014	Albuquerque		Isleta Amphitheater
September 27, 2014	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 30, 2014	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
October 1, 2014	Concord		Concord Pavilion
October 3, 2014	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
October 5, 2014	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 11, 2014	Guadalajara	Mexico	Arena VFG
October 12, 2014	Mexico City		Corona Capital
South America Leg 1
November 1, 2014	São Paulo	Brazil	Circuito Banco do Brasil
November 8, 2014	Rio de Janeiro
North America Leg 3
February 11, 2015	Nashville	United States	SI Swimsuit
March 1, 2015	Honolulu		Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
South America Leg 2
March 13, 2015	Bogotá	Colombia	Estéreo Picnic
March 15, 2015	Santiago	Chile	Lollapalooza Chile

Canceled shows

• 8/10: Saratoga Springs, New York
• 8/13: Wantagh, New York
• 8/15: Bristow, Virginia
• 8/16: Bethel, New York
• 8/19: Darien, New York
• 8/20: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
• 8/22: Cincinnati, Ohio
• 8/23: Noblesville, Indiana
• 8/26: Gilford, New Hampshire
• 8/28: Holmdel, New Jersey
• 8/29: Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
The Palace of Auburn Hills	Auburn Hills	5,954 / 13,185	$263,380
Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia	9,909 / 12,500	$547,480
Air Canada Centre	Toronto	10,247 / 11,054	$795,142
Moda Center	Portland	6,737 / 8,873	$275,536
Hallenstadion	Zurich	12,405 / 13,000	$1,239,060
DTE Energy Music Theatre	Clarkston	8,738 / 15,038	$246,708
Arena VFG	Guadalajara	9,160 / 11,584	$472,821
TOTAL		63,150 / 85,234	$4,041,568

Tour bus accident

On August 9, 2014, drummer Nathan Followill was injured in a tour bus accident. On their way to their hotel after their show in Mansfield, "a pedestrian jumped in front of their bus, causing the bus to stop short." Followill suffered from broken ribs. Due to the injury the band had to cancel eleven shows from August 10–31.^[5]

References

1. Pose, Chris. "Kings of Leon Announce Mechanical Bull Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
2. Amos, Mary (November 19, 2013). . Rip It Up. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
3. Reed, Ryan (December 19, 2013). "Kings of Leon Announce Second Leg of 'Mechanical Bull' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
4. Letekemann, Jessica. "Kings of Leon Announce U.S. Summer/Fall Tour". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
5. Coleman, Miriam (August 10, 2014). "Kings of Leon's Nathan Followill Injured in Tour Bus Accieden". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
6. VanDeburgh, Barbara (March 20, 2014). "Review:Kings of Leon not on fire in Phoenix". AZ Central/Gannett. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

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