The Black Keys have given their first interview since cancelling their 2024 tour and the next separation from their administration firm.
In a brand new interview with Rolling Stone, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney look again on the choice to fireplace Full Cease Administration, an organization chaired by trade veteran Irving Azoff, citing obvious “shared pursuits” between totally different arms of the enterprise.
“Dan and I’ve a fairly good grasp on the music trade,” says Carney, “however to be uncovered firsthand to how issues have modified, it was fairly stunning to know what’s really occurring.
“It’s mind-blowing. And there’s simply loads of shared pursuits throughout the enterprise facet of this.”
Carney goes on to say that the band’s 2024 European tour was poorly orchestrated, with administration calls for to fulfil a reserving at Manchester’s Co-Op Reside (co-owned by Oak View Group, one other Azoff firm), leaving the band with simply 9 dates in three weeks after the venue’s opening was delayed on account of much-publicised technical points. The band have been initially scheduled to play in Manchester on April 27, however weren’t capable of carry out till Might 15.
“The important factor that we realized right here was what number of administration firms are immediately related to an organization that runs each single side of promotion on this nation,” he says. “This entire trade is so intertwined from ticketing to promotion to the administration firm.
“However primarily as artists – and that is the factor that we care essentially the most about – it’s nearly unimaginable to speak about this…. You’re coping with administration firms that co-own festivals with this different firm. You’re on the [whims] of those individuals who produce other pursuits.”
The interview coincides with the discharge of a brand new Black Keys single, The Evening Earlier than, which was co-written with Silver Seas frontman Daniel Tashian.
“It’s so groove-based, says Dan Auerbach. “The Evening Earlier than began with a chord development that Daniel and I got here up with and the remainder simply fell out. It was actually collaborative and all got here collectively in about half-hour.”
“We’ve by no means actually labored with songwriters like that in Nashville,” says Carney. “It’s loopy as a result of Daniel was one of many first folks I met after I moved to city over a decade in the past. However we pushed ourselves to herald some new co-writers, and we actually tapped into one thing cool with Daniel. We’re ending up the album now and plan to launch extra tracks main into the tour.”
Earlier this month, The Black Keysa introduced the No Rain No Flowers tour, which kicks off in Durant, OK on Might 23 on the Choctaw On line casino & Resort’s Grand Theater. The tour arrives in Europe in late June. Full dates beneath.
The Black Keys: No Rain No Flowers tour 2025
Might 23: Durant Choctaw On line casino & Resort Durant: Grand Theater, OK
Might 25: Colorado Springs Ford Amphitheater, CO *
Might 27: Morrison Purple Rocks Amphitheatre, CO *
Might 29: Bonner Kettlehouse Amphitheater, MT *
Might 30: Boise Outlaw Discipline on the Idaho Botanical Backyard, ID *
Might 31: Bend Hayden Houses Amphitheater, OR *
Jun 01: Berkeley Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley, CA ^
Jun 03: Los Angeles The Greek Theatre, CA ^
Jun 07: Austin Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, TX ^
Jun 08: Rogers Walmart AMP, AR ^
Jun 11: Wilmington Reside Oak Financial institution Pavilion, NC ^
Jun 12: Raleigh Purple Hat Amphitheater, NC ^
Jun 14: Asbury Park Stone Pony Summer season Stage, NJ ^
Jun 26: Odense Tinderbox, Denmark
Jun 29: Esch-Sur-Alzette Rockhal, Luxembourg
Jul 01: Berlin Zitadelle Spandau, Germany
Jul 02: Zurich The Corridor, Switzerland
Jul 04: Marmande Garorock, France
Jul 05: Beauregard Competition France
Jul 06: La Nuit De L’Erdre, France
Jul 08: Leeds Millennium Sq., UK
Jul 09: Manchester Castlefield Bowl, UK
Jul 11: London Alexandra Palace Park, UK
Jul 12: Cactus Competition, Belgium
Jul 13: Bospop Competition, Holland
Jul 15: AMA Music Competition, Italy
Jul 16: Rock In Roma, Italy
Jul 19: Benicàssim, Spain
* = with Hermanos Gutiérrez
^ = with The Heavy Heavy
