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
Brothers of the Baladi the group and Beach and Kearsey were joined by Attillo (keyboards) and Multi instrumentalist Tariq Banzi (oud, guitar, nay, bouzouki, dumbek, drums and riq). Banzi would later team up with his wife, Julia Banzi, to form the Al Andalus Ensemble. During this time, the Brothers had started to feel confined by traditional Middle Eastern music, and sought to broaden their spectrum by adding other strains of world music, including Celtic, reggae, and Afro-Cuban pop, to klezmer, Cajun, and rock. The band teamed up with former Santana percussionist Michael Shrieve, who produced the Brothers' album "Eye on the World", which includes