Mechanical Bull Tour 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. The tour was first announced in October 2013. 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. On August 9, 2014, drummer Nathan Followill was injured in a tour bus accident. On their way
Kings of Leon number of music labels and eventually signed with RCA Records, which initially insisted on putting a band together for the two of them. In an interview with "Billboard", however, Nathan outlined how they told RCA, "We don't want to be Evan and Jaron. We're going to buy our little brother a bass, he's a freshman in high school. Caleb will teach himself the guitar, Matthew played guitar when he was 10 and I'll play the drums. They said, 'All right, we'll come down in one month and see you guys.'" Later in the interview Caleb admitted to the brothers "kidnapping"