If there’s one thing The Black Keys can do, it’s play big-riffed blues revival rock. If there’s another thing The Black Keys can do, it’s make a sweet blues face (and, if you don’t know what I mean, just Google “blues face”) while playing the aforementioned big-riffed blues revival rock. If there’s a third thing The Black Keys can do, it’s go on tour playing that big-riffed blues revival rock and make some serious blues faces. The Akron-based duo will end up doing all these things this summer, as they head off to tour all around the United States. Along the way, they’ll hit up some festivals (Bonnaroo, Wanee Music Festival) and some late night shows (Letterman, Fallon) that’ll take them all the way to Fall.
The group has also announced that a limited deluxe-edition of their new record Brothers (out May 18) is available for pre-order at their website. Included in the deluxe edition package will be a 56-page hardbound book of photos, the Brothers album on CD, digital downloads of the tracks “Tighten Up” and “New Girl” delivered to fans upon ordering, a download code for the record, and an exclusive 9 ¾” x 6 ½” lithograph, some of which will be individually numbered by the band.
The Black Keys tourdates:
05.20.10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
05.25.10 - New York, NY - “Late Show with David Letterman”
05.26.10 - New York, NY - “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
06.02.10 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot !
06.03.10 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore !
06.04.10 - Kansas City, MO - The Crossroads !
06.08.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave !
06.09.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave !
06.10.10 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant !
06.11.10 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
07.27.10 - New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
07.28.10 - New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
07.23.10 - Constellation Brands- Marvin Sands PAC - Canandaigua, NY§
07.24.10 - Nautica Amphitheatre - Cleveland, OH
07.26.10 - DAR Constitution Hall - Washington, D.C. #
07.27.10 - Central Park SummerStage - New York, NY#
07.28.10 - Central Park SummerStage - New York, NY#
07.30.10 - Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing - Philadelphia, PA#
07.31.10 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion #
08.01.10 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
08.03.10 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus #
08.06.10 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08.08.10 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom #
08.09.10 - Omaha, NE - The Anchor Inn #
08.11.10 - Louisville, KY - Iroquois Amphitheatre #
08.12.10 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #
08.13.10 - Columbus, OH - The LC Amphitheatre #
08.14.10 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit #
09.03.10 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center ^
09.04.10 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center ^
09.05.10 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom %
09.07.10 - Burgettstown, PA - First Niagara Pavilion ^
09.08.10 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium & Star Pavilion ^
09.09.10 - Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion %
09.10.10 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre ^
09.11.10 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheatre ^
09.13.10 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre ^
09.14.10 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel %
09.15.10 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre ^
09.17.10 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre ^
09.18.10 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre ^
09.20.10 - Birmingham, AL - Verizon Wireless Music Center ^
09.21.10 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues %
09.22.10 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ^
09.23.10 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center ^
09.25.10 - San Diego, CA - Soma §§
09.27.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium §§
09.29.10 - Oakland, CA - The Fox §§
10.02.10 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre §§
10.03.10 - Vancouver, BC - The Orpheum §§
10.04.10 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom §§
10.10.10 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom §§
* Pearl Jam
! Brian Olive
§ The Flaming Lips
# The Morning Benders
^ Kings of Leon
% The Whigs
§§ Nicole Atkins
• The Black Keys: http://www.theblackkeys.com
[Photo: James Carney]