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 2010. Their sixth album, "Mechanical Bull", was released on September 24, 2013. The seventh studio album, "WALLS", was released on October 14, 2016. The group has 12 Grammy Award nominations, including 4 wins. The three Followill brothers (Matthew is their cousin) grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee with their father, Ivan Leon Followill, a United Pentecostal Church preacher, and their mother, Betty-Ann. Nathan was born in Oklahoma, and Jared and Caleb were born in and around Memphis, Tennessee. Jared attended Mount Juliet High School, while Matthew was born and raised in Mississippi. According to "Rolling Stone" magazine, "While Ivan preached