The Black Keys Plot Summer Tour, New Album
After abruptly canceling a planned North American tour last May, the Black Keys are returning to the road in the territory.
After abruptly canceling a planned North American tour last May, the Black Keys are returning to the road in the territory starting May 23 in Durant, Ok. The duo of Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are also planning to release a new album later this year through the former’s Easy Eye Sound and Warner Records.
The 2024 tour cancelation was the result of “a dispute with their former management company,” per a statement. Afterwards, “the consensus was, ‘Shit happens, and you just have to move through it.’ We were already on a creative streak, and the best thing we could do, rather than sit at home, was just go back in the studio,” Carney says. “Get back to work. So, that’s how the record started.”
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“Writing and recording has always been therapy for us, from the very beginning. We communicate best that way,” says Auerbach. “It has always been the thing that’s brought us together, so I’m not surprised at all that we ended up back there so quickly after the last album.”
The as-yet-untitled new album is said to contain an “eclectic, at times unexpected sound” with an emphasis on “grooves and danceability,” inspired by the duo’s vintage vinyl-soundtracked dance parties. “We’ve been collecting hundreds of these obscure records [for the Record Hangs], and the one thing they all have in common is that they have to work on the dance floor,” Auerbach says. “It’s really, really been focused on that, and you can definitely hear that influence in what’s coming.”
Hermanos Gutierrez and the Heavy Heavy will support on the summer North American dates, which are sandwiched between previously announced visits to South America and Europe. Tickets go on sale Friday (Feb. 7).
Here are the Black Keys’ tour dates:
March 27 – Lima, Peru – Arena 1
March 29 – Bogota, Colombia – Estereo Picnic Festival
April 2 – Mexico City, Mexico – Pepsi Center
April 5 – Monterrey, Mexico – Tecate Pa’l Norte
May 23 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Casino & Resort Durant – Grand Theater
May 25 – Colorado Springs, CO – Ford Amphitheater
May 27 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
May 29 – Bonner, MT – Kettlehouse Amphitheater
May 30 – Boise, ID – Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
May 31 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
June 1 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
June 3 – Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
June 7 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
June 8 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
June 11 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion
June 12 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
June 14 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
June 26 – Odense, Denmark – Tinderbox
June 29 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhall
July 1 – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau
July 2 – Zurich, Switzerland – The Hall
July 4 – Marmande, France – Garorock
July 5 – Herouville Saint Clair, France – Beauregard Festival
July 6 – Nort Sur Erdre, France – La Nuit De L’Erdre
July 8 – Leeds, England – Millennium Square
July 9 – Manchester, England – Castlefield Bowl
July 11 – London, England – Alexandra Palace Park
July 12 – Bruges, Belgium – Cactus Festival
July 13 – Bospop, Netherlands – Bospop Festival
July 15 – Vicenza, Italy – AMA Music Festival
July 16 – Rome, Italy – Rock In Roma, Ippodromo delle Capannelle
July 19 – Benicassim, Spain – FIB Benicassim
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