Mechanical Bull Tour

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Mechanical Bull Tour
Worldwide tour by Kings of Leon
Mechanical Bull Tour poster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationWorldwide
Associated album Mechanical Bull
Start dateFebruary 5, 2014
End dateMarch 15, 2015
Legs7
No. of shows53 in North America
1 in Asia
12 in Europe
4 in South America
70 total
Kings of Leon concert chronology

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.

Contents

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

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
  1. "Crawl"
  2. "Black Thumbnail"
  3. "Sex on Fire"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
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, 2014Chicago Lollapalooza
August 5, 2014TorontoCanada 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, 2014Atlanta 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 StatesSI 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

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills5,954 / 13,185$263,380
Wells Fargo CenterPhiladelphia9,909 / 12,500$547,480
Air Canada CentreToronto10,247 / 11,054$795,142
Moda CenterPortland6,737 / 8,873$275,536
HallenstadionZurich12,405 / 13,000$1,239,060
DTE Energy Music TheatreClarkston8,738 / 15,038$246,708
Arena VFGGuadalajara9,160 / 11,584$472,821
TOTAL63,150 / 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]

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