Watch The Black Keys Announce Turn Blue Tour (With St. Vincent) In Jokey Press Conference

Watch The Black Keys Announce Turn Blue Tour (With St. Vincent) In Jokey Press Conference

The Black Keys are releasing Turn Blue next week — it’s streaming now! — and as monstrously successful rock bands are wont to do, they’ve just announced a North American arena tour that will encompass most of the last four months of the year. They’ve done so with a jokey press conference video that you can watch below.

Cage The Elephant, Jake Bugg, and (most intriguingly) St. Vincent will each open a stretch of dates. Incidentally, the Black Keys are this week’s SNL musical guest, followed by St. Vincent next week. Also, seeing as this is dubbed a “world tour,” ostensibly the Keys will be announcing some visits to other continents for early 2015. In the meantime, here’s the current itinerary in text form; as it should, it kicks off with two dates in Ohio:

9/5 Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center *
9/6 Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena *
9/7 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena *
9/9 Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center *
9/10 Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center *
9/12 Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena *
9/13 Pittsburgh, PA @ CONSOL Energy Center *
9/14 Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena *
9/16 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre *
9/18 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre *
9/20 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center *
9/21 Boston, MA @ TD Garden *
9/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center *
9/25 Washington, DC @ Verizon Center *
9/27 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 †
11/1 Seattle, WA @ KeyArena †
11/9 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 †
12/4 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Arena ‡
12/5 Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena ‡
12/6 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum ‡
12/8 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena ‡
12/9 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 Sunrise, 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 ‡

* Special guest Cage The Elephant
† Special guest Jake Bugg
‡ Special guest St. Vincent

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