The Black Keys' eighth studio album is due out May 13 via Nonesuch records. They’ll be touring in support of the effort from mid-May through the end of December, beginning with an appearance at Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The duo will then cross the pond for a string of European festival slots throughout June and July.
Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney announced in a video “press conference” that the band will be returning stateside in September for a 42-date arena tour with St. Vincent, Cage the Elephant and Jake Bugg as openers.
Ever the jokesters and fans of lo-fi television, the video announcement shows Auerbach at Nashville’s J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building addressing the audience as if he were a politician and Carney pretending to be his manager.
“Good morning and thank you for joining me,” Auerbach says melodramatically. “Many of you in this room are my friends. Many of you in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me or worked with me or supported me. And now everyone of you has good reason to be critical of me.”
We’re not sure why we are supposed to be criticizing him, but at the end he gives us some dates for The Black Keys tour.
Turn Blue is now available to stream in full. Check out the schedule below (via Consequence of Sound), and let us know what you think in the comments section!
The Black Keys 2014 Tour Dates:
05/16-18: Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival
06/20:Neuhausen Ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/22: Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/24: Zagreb, CR @ Inmusic Festival
06/27: St. Gallen, CH @ Open Air St. Gallen
06/28: Beuningen, NL @ Down the Rabbit Hole
07/02: Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/04: Arras, FR @ Main Square Festival
07/05: Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/06: Belfort, FR @ Les Eurockeenes
07/08: Rome, IT @ Rock in Roma
07/11: Lisbon, PT @ Optimus Alive! Festival
07/12: Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/15: Nimes, FR @ Festival de Nimes
07/17: Vieilles Charrues, FR @ Les Vieilles Charrues
07/20: Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
09/05: Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center *
09/06: Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena *
09/07: Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena *
09/09: Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center *
09/10: Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center *
09/12: Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena *
09/13: Pittsburgh, PA @ CONSOL Energy Center *
09/14: Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena *
09/16: Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre *
09/18: Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
09/20: Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center *
09/21: Boston, MA @ TD Garden *
09/24: Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center *
09/25: Washington, DC @ Verizon Center *
09/27: Chicago, IL @ United Center *
10/24 : Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center #
10/25: Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre #
10/27: Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome #
10/28: Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place #
10/30: Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum #
10/31: Portland, OR @ Moda Center #
11/01: Seattle, WA @ KeyArena #
11/09: San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl #
11/10: Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center #
11/12: Salt Lake City, UT @ Maverik Center #
11/13: Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center #
11/15: Houston, TX @ Toyota Center #
11/16: Dallas,TX @ American Airlines Center #
12/04: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Arena ^
12/05: Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena ^
12/06: Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum ^
12/08: Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena ^
12/09: St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center ^
12/11: Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena ^
12/12: Charlotte, NC@ Time Warner Cable Arena ^
12/13: Greenville, SC @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena ^
12/15: Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center ^
12/16: Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum ^
12/17: Orlando, FL @ Amway Center ^
12/19: Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center ^
12/20: Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center ^
12/21 : Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center ^
* = w/ Cage the Elephant
# = w/ Jake Bugg
^ = w/ St. Vincent
