LIVE: Machine Gun Kelly @ The Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall welcomed a new kind of monarch through its storied doors; the ever-divisive and much contested Gen Z King of Pop Punk, Machine Gun Kelly, who took to his throne on a warm Wednesday night, addressing his peroxide and pink adorned public. As the gilded hall fills, with no support act to satiate the anticipation, the collective excitement in the room is palpable. A chorus of gentle strings cut through as 9pm hit, alongside dissipating smoke and a spotlight to reveal the already towering Machine Gun Kelly, mounted on the top of elaborate stage set. As lighting dims to a soft pink hue, the delicate introduction to ‘papercuts’ kicks off the evening to roars of adoration. The dedication of his followers is exemplified by the collective chorus being sang back to t...
