The Black Keys to release new album Let’s Rock on June 28th


Black Keys

Alysse Gafkjen




The Black Keys have followed up March’s surprise single Lo/Hi with the announcement of a new album entitled Let’s Rock, set for release on June 28th.

Despite the various side projects which Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have undertaken since 2014’s Turn Blue, and which are still occupying a lot of their time, the pair have said it never quite feels the same than when they’re working together. In doing so for this record, they put the spotlight back on the electric guitar.

“When we’re together we are the Black Keys, that’s where that real magic is and always has been since we were 16,” Auerbach says in a statement. “The record is like a homage to electric guitar.” Carney adds.

“We took a simple approach and trimmed all the fat like we used to.”

Auerbach and Carney wrote, recorded and produced Let’s Rock at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville. Guest backing vocals will come from Leisa Hans and Ashley Wilcoxson.

The Black Keys tour North America with Modest Mouse later this year, starting in Las Vegas on September 21st.

Tour dates:

September
21 – Las Vegas, NV, Life Is Beautiful
23 – Denver, CO, Pepsi Center
24 – Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center
25 – St. Louis, MO, Enterprise Center
27 – Chicago, IL, United Center
28 – Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
30 – Cleveland, OH, Quicken Loans Arena

October
1 – Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
2 – Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena
4 – Milwaukee, WI, Fiserv Forum
5 – Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena
7 – Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
8 – Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena
9 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
11 – Boston, MA, TD Garden
12 – Washington, DC, The Anthem
14 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Arena
15 – Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center

November
5 – Sunrise, FL, BB&T Center
6 – Orlando, FL, Amway Center
8 – Raleigh, NC, PNC Arena
9 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
12 – Houston, TX, Toyota Center
13 – Austin, TX, Frank Erwin Center
14 – Fort Worth, TX, Dickies Arena
16 – Phoenix, AZ, Talking Stick Resort Arena
17 – San Diego, CA, Pechanga Arena
19 – Los Angeles, CA, The Forum
20 – San Francisco, CA, TBA
22 – Portland, OR, Moda Center
23 – Tacoma, WA, Tacoma Dome
24 – Vancouver, BC, Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena


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