Machine Gun Kelly

Machine Gun Kelly Goes Full Rock on New Single ‘papercuts’

Machine Gun Kelly has fully made the pivot from rapper to rocker. On the heels of being nominated (again) in the Best Alternative category at…
SPIN Staff / August 12, 2021

Machine Gun Kelly Announces New Album With Travis Barker born with horns

Less than a year after releasing his first pop-punk album, Machine Gun Kelly will once again reunite with Tickets to My Downfall collaborator Travis Barker for a…
Daniel Kohn / August 9, 2021

Machine Gun Kelly Fires Off Cover of Edwyn Collins’ ‘A Girl Like You’

Hip-hop star turned pop-punk rocker Machine Gun Kelly has gone back to 1994 — he was just 4 years old at the time — to cover…
Katherine Turman / March 24, 2021

Machine Gun Kelly Brings Tickets to My Downfall Tracks to SNL Stage

Machine Gun Kelly made his Saturday Night Live debut last night, with fellow first-timer John Krasinski acting as host. The rapper-turned-punk played "my ex's best friend" and…
SPIN Staff / January 31, 2021

Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Nathaniel Rateliff to Perform on First SNL Episodes of 2021

Saturday Night Live will return to the air on Jan. 30 with a stellar group of musicians heading to 30 Rock. Machine Gun Kelly will perform…
Daniel Kohn / January 22, 2021

Avril Lavigne Teases New Collab With Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun

If you were looking for a cross-generational pop-punk collaboration, here it is. Avril Lavigne offered a tantalizing caption to a photo of her hanging…
Katherine Turman / December 30, 2020

Pop-Punk and Hip-Hop: 2020’s Dynamic Duo

In October, Interscope Records’ Machine Gun Kelly topped the Billboard 200 for the first time with his fifth album, Tickets To My Downfall…
Al Shipley / November 30, 2020

Machine Gun Kelly Picked Up a Guitar to Save Rock — and Himself

The guitar always meant a lot to Machine Gun Kelly. Even as a solidly successful hip-hop star, he passed his time on the tour bus…
Daniel Kohn / November 24, 2020

Metallica, My Chemical Romance Headline Aftershock 2021 Lineup

Aftershock's just-announced 2021 fest is one year away -- Oct 7-10, 2020 -- giving antsy rock fans something to look forward to with sets from…
Katherine Turman / October 22, 2020

Machine Gun Kelly Wins Best Alternative Video at MTV Video Music Awards

When this year's VMAs were first announced, one of the biggest surprises was the inclusion of the Best Alternative category for the first time in…
Daniel Kohn / August 30, 2020

Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly Cover Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’

Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly have shared a video where they cover Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name." In the…
SPIN Staff / June 4, 2020

Young Thug Tainted a Perfectly Good So Much Fun Song With a New Machine Gun Kelly Verse

At some point in the last day or so, Young Thug's pretty good new album So Much Fun changed, subtly but undeniably. The third track, "Ecstasy," a shitkicking…
Andy Cush / August 21, 2019

Young Thug and Machine Gun Kelly Announce Joint Tour

Machine Gun Kelly has announced a brand new run of North American tour dates, co-headlined by none other than Young Thug. The shows are set to kick off in Toronto…
Will Gottsegen / July 24, 2019

Watch Limp Bizkit Cover Nirvana With Marilyn Manson as Billy Corgan Watches

Taylor Swift’s squad has Lorde, Ed Sheeran, and Emma Stone. Limp Bizkit’s squad has Marilyn Manson, Billy Corgan, and Machine Gun Kelly. And during Limp…
Peter Helman, Stereogum / March 6, 2019

Watch the Trailer for the Netflix Mötley Crüe Biopic The Dirt

Netflix has released a trailer for their Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, based on the memoir of the same name. The trailer touches on some…
Maggie Serota / February 19, 2019
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