Machine Gun Kelly coming to Pittsburgh in August

Musician and actor Colson Baker, known professionally as Machine Gun Kelly (MGK), will play PPG Paints Arena on Aug, 2 in Pittsburgh as part of a North America and European tour.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour features special guests Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker among others.

It’s the first ever arena tour for Machine Gun Kelly — a Cleveland native. He has claimed to have sold over 20 million records worldwide.

He successfully transitioned from hip hop to pop punk with the release of his fifth album “Tickets to My Downfall” in 2020. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, the only rock album to do so that year, and contained the single “My Ex’s Best Friend” which reached number 20 on the Hot 100.

The first single from the album, “Bloody Valentine,” stars Megan Fox as Machine Gun Kelly’s lover. It won the award for “Best Alternative” at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.

Prior to that he had a number 4 single on the Hot 100 “Bad Things” which featured Camila Cabello.

Machine Gun Kelly had his first starring role as an actor in the drama “Beyond the Lights” in 2014. He has since appeared in the techno-thriller “Nerve,” in 2016 and the horror movie “Bird Box” in 2018.

In 2019 he appeared in the comedy “Big Time Adolescence” and also he portrayed Tommy Lee in the biopic “The Dirt.”

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at ticketmaster.com.