New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The
Black Keys kick off a world tour in support of their highly acclaimed new album, Turn Blue, with a month of European summer festival dates, starting with two sets in Germany this weekend: at the Southside Festival in Neuhausen Ob Eck tonight and its sister Hurricane Festival in Eichenring in Scheeßel on Sunday. The band goes on to play festivals in Croatia, Switzerland, and Holland, before rounding out the month with a set at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK. An extensive tour of North
America begins this fall with special guests Cage The Elephant, Jake Bugg, and St. Vincent. See below for all of the currently announced dates; for additional details, visit www.top40-charts.com.
Earlier this week, The
Black Keys performed two songs off of Turn Blue live for the French TV show Le Grand Journal on the Canal+ channel: "
Fever" and a web-exclusive take on "Bullet in the Brain." You can watch both below.
"
Fever"
"Bullet in the Brain"
Turn Blue debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart upon its release, marking the highest chart debut yet for the acclaimed duo, whose previous album, El Camino, debuted at #2 in 2011. The new album is also the band's highest charting album to date internationally.
The
Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney recently spoke with the Wall Street Journal about the making of Turn Blue and walks readers through the recording process. You can read the article at online.wsj.com.
THE BLACK KEYS ON TOUR
Jun 20 Southside Festival Neuhausen Ob Eck, GERMANY
Jun 22 Hurricane Festival Scheessel, GERMANY
Jun 24 INmusic Festival Zagreb, CROATIA
Jun 27 Open Air St. Gallen St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND
Jun 28 Down the Rabbit Hole Beuningen, HOLLAND
Jun 29 Glastonbury Pilton, UK
Jul 2 Open'er Festival Gdansk, POLAND
Jul 4 Main
Square Festival Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
Jul 5 Rock Werchter Werchter, BELGIUM
Jul 6 Eurockéennes Belfort, FRANCE
Jul 8 Rock in Roma Rome, ITALY
Jul 11 Optimus Alive Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Jul 12 Bilbao BBK Live Bilbao, SPAIN
Jul 15 Festival de Nîmes Nîmes, FRANCE
Jul 17 Festival les Vieilles Charrues Vielles Charrues, FRANCE
Jul 20 Latitude Festival Suffolk, UK
Jul 22 Paleo Festival Nyon, SWITZERLAND
Sep 5 Schottenstein Center* Columbus, OH
Sep 6 Quicken Loans Arena* Cleveland, OH
Sep 7 Van Andel Arena* Grand Rapids, MI
Sep 9 BMO Harris Bradley Center* Milwaukee, WI
Sep 10 KFC Yum! Center* Louisville, KY
Sep 12 Joe Louis Arena* Detroit, MI
Sep 13 CONSOL
Energy Center* Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 14 Blue Cross Arena* Rochester, NY
Sep 16 Air Canada Centre* Toronto, ON
Sep 17 Canadian Tire Centre* Ottawa, ON
Sep 18 Bell Centre* Montreal, QC
Sep 20 Wells Fargo Center* Philadelphia, PA
Sep 21 TD Garden* Boston, MA
Sep 23&24 Barclays Center* Brooklyn, NY
Sep 25 Verizon Center* Washington, DC
Sep 27&28 United Center* Chicago, IL
Oct 24 Target Center† Minneapolis, MN
Oct 25 MTS Centre† Winnipeg, MG
Oct 27 Scotiabank Saddledome† Calgary, AB
Oct 28 Rexall Place† Edmonton, AB
Oct 30 Pacific Coliseum† Vancouver, BC
Oct 31 Moda Centers† Portland, OR
Nov 1 KeyArena† Seattle, WA
Nov 3 Oracle Arena† Oakland, CA
Nov 4 Sleep
Train Arena† Sacramento, CA
Nov 6 The Forum† Los Angeles, CA
Nov 9 Viejas
Arena at Aztec Bowl† San Diego, CA
Nov 10 US Airways Center† Phoenix, AZ
Nov 12 Maverik Center† Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 13 Pepsi Center† Denver, CO
Nov 15 Toyota Center† Houston, TX
Nov 16 American Airlines Center† Dallas, TX
Dec 4 Baltimore Arena‡ Baltimore, MD
Dec 5 PNC Arena‡ Raleigh, NC
Dec 6 Richmond Coliseum‡ Richmond, VA
Dec 8 Bridgestone Arena‡ Nashville, TN
Dec 9 Scottrade Center‡ St. Louis, MO
Dec 11 Philips Arena‡ Atlanta, GA
Dec 12 Time Warner Cable Arena‡ Charlotte, NC
Dec 13 Bon Secours Wellness Arena‡ Greenville, SC
Dec 15 BB&T Center‡ Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Dec 16 Tampa Bay Times Forum‡ Tampa, FL
Dec 17 Amway Center‡ Orlando, FL
Dec 19 Frank Erwin Center‡ Austin, TX
Dec 20 BOK Center‡ Tulsa, OK
Dec 21 Sprint Center‡ Kansas City, MO
* w/special guest Cage The Elephant
† w/special guest Jake Bugg
‡ w/special guest St. Vincent.
