Machine Head Performs First Full Show with New Touring Guitarist Ben Eller
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Fan-filmed video of MACHINE HEAD's June 3 performance at The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan can be seen below.

It marked the band's first full concert with new touring guitarist Ben Eller.

Eller is a YouTuber and session musician who previously toured with MASTODON after Brent Hinds' departure in early 2025.

In a video message shared on MACHINE HEAD's social media just hours before the Detroit show, frontman Robb Flynn expressed excitement about bringing out Eller to do the whole show.

The band has been throwing many songs at him, but "tonight's gonna be the first full show that he does with the band," Flynn said.

The June 2025 European tour saw MACHINE HEAD play without their regular guitarist Reece Scruggs, who sat out due to his father's diagnosis with lung cancer.

Zack Ohren and Vogg Kiełtyka filled in for Scruggs on guitar at various shows on the trek.

Kiełtyka joined MACHINE HEAD prior to their 2019 tour but left the band in February 2024, only to return for most of the April/May 2026 "An Evening With…" European tour.

Reece made his live debut with MACHINE HEAD in November 2022 at Strummer's in Fresno, California.

MACHINE HEAD's eleventh studio album, "Unatoned", came out in April 2025 via Nuclear Blast/Imperium Recordings.