Review: Machine Gun Kelly’s Lost Americana Tour in Concord
REVIEW
REVIEW
☆ BY ELIJAH CLOWER ☆
THIRTY-SEVEN STOPS INTO THE LOST AMERICANA TOUR and MGK still hasn't let off the gas. Concord was loud, packed, and exactly the energy you’d need, being about only halfway through a long tour.
The night opened with "Fix Ur Face" before launching into "Outlaw Overture," from his seventh studio album Lost Americana and personal favorite. From there, the set moved through "Maybe" and "Starman" and then he hit us with a switch up, going deep into his rap catalog with "Wild Boy," "El Diablo," even his feature on "F*ck You, Goodbye" by Kid Laroi. Access was granted for the first 11 songs from the pit, a rare and genuinely remarkable accommodation in an industry where three songs, no flash, is the gold standard. For context, some shows don't even offer pit access at all, forcing photographers to work from front of house where the sound and production crew are set up, shooting from a distance that tests both gear and patience. Eleven songs from the pit meant eleven songs of real proximity, real energy, and real moments. That kind of access doesn't go unappreciated, and hopefully it shows in every frame.
Co-headliner Wiz Khalifa delivered a strong set of his own, and the chemistry between the two was undeniable on stage. What became clear after the show; and some more research, was just how deep that history between the two actually runs. These two essentially came up in the industry together, building their careers in parallel and maintaining a genuine long-term friendship. That bond translated live. Wiz joined MGK around the tenth song for a collaborative stretch that included "Girl Next Door" and "Everything Tatted," an unreleased track at the time that has since been released on their joint project Blog Era Boyz. Hearing it in that setting before it was officially out made for one of those rare concert moments you don't forget.
Production-wise, this was an amphitheater show, not an arena, so the full catwalk setup from earlier legs of the tour wasn't in play. But MGK and his team clearly didn't treat the format as an excuse to scale back. The theatrics were present, the dancers were there, and the full visual energy that separates a great show from a memorable one was very much alive. Any artist willing to bring that level of commitment to every room regardless of size deserves recognition for it. MGK is a rockstar. Not in the metaphorical, loosely applied way the word gets thrown around. In the truest sense, stage energy, aura, style, and completely at home on a stage.
