The rapper-turned-pop-punk provocateur delivered a career-spanning set that proved his reinvention isn't just a phase.
On December 10, Machine Gun Kelly—now officially just MGK—brought his Lost Americana Tour to the Bell Centre. The tour supports his seventh studio album Lost Americana, released in August 2025, and marks another evolution in a career that's gone from Cleveland battle rap to arena pop-punk.
Opening act Julia Wolf, the Long Island singer-songwriter whose 2025 album Pressure leans darker and heavier than her earlier work, set the tone. By the time MGK hit the stage, the crowd was ready.
The setlist spanned nearly two decades: early bangers like "Wild Boy" and "El Diablo" alongside newer tracks like "Cliché" and "Sweet Coraline." But the backbone was the pop-punk era that turned him into an arena act—"Bloody Valentine," "My Ex's Best Friend," "Forget Me Too"—songs engineered for exactly this kind of communal energy.
The Lost Americana Tour continues through mid-2026, with a second North American leg co-headlined by Wiz Khalifa. But on December 10 at the Bell Centre, it was just loud, messy, and exactly what it needed to be.
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