The Black Keys Announce Show at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena March 3

The Black Keys announced today the first leg of their U.S. tour will include a show at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena on Saturday, March 3 at 8 p.m. with special guests Arctic Monkeys. The tour is in support of their new album, El Camino, due out December 6 on Nonesuch Records.

Tickets ($34.50, $44.50 and $54.50) go on sale Saturday, December 10 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.

In advance of the release, five tracks from the record are currently streaming on the band's web site. El Camino is available for pre-order at www.theblackkeys.com, www.nonesuch.com, and iTunes, with an instant download of the single "Lonely Boy" included. Concert ticket and album packages are available at the band's site. Additionally, The Black Keys are teaming up with Tickets-for-Charity to offer fans access to some of the best seats in the house. Proceeds will benefit Community Support Services in Akron, OH and W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville, TN.

In anticipation of the release, the duo will join Steve Buscemi on tomorrow's episode of Saturday Night Live. This is the band's second time this year as musical guests on the show, a "rare distinction," says Rolling Stone. Other television appearances next week include The Colbert Report on December 6 and the Late Show with David Letterman on December 7. Moreover, the band is being featured on several MTV programs, including the week-long series Road to Release: The Black Keys, an interview with Matt Pinfield on MTV2's 120 Minutes, and a live stream of their album release show at New York's Webster Hall on December 5 exclusively on MTV Hive.

Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, El Camino was recorded in the band's new hometown of Nashville during the spring of 2011. In advance of the release, the album's first single, "Lonely Boy," was released October 26, to acclaim from fans and press; the song has been climbing the radio charts rapidly and is rising toward #1 on the Alternative and AAA charts. Additionally, the accompanying video has been viewed nearly three million times on YouTube. See reverse for complete El Camino track list.

Describing the sound of the album, drummer Patrick Carney tells Rolling Stone, "Every record, we figure out the mood and stick with that. With Brothers, we were listening to a lot of hip-hop and old R&B and drawing from that. This is the first record we've made where it's all rock & roll." And in an interview with Spin Magazine Auerbach says, "I've never been into guitar solos. I really like when every instrument in the band is a rhythm instrument. This record has a lot of that going on-guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards all working together as a rhythm instrument. But unlike Brothers, which has more of these slower songs with an open feeling, [the new LP] is definitely fast."

El Camino follows the most successful two years in The Black Keys' career. In May 2010 they released their breakthrough album, Brothers. Debuting at #2 in the U.S., it went on to win three Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, and topped numerous year-end lists, including iTunes, NPR, and Rolling Stone. Brothers, which included the hit singles "Tighten Up" and "Howlin' for You," has been certified Gold in the U.S. and U.K., and Platinum in Canada. Worldwide sales are now over one million and counting.

The Black Keys-Akron, OH natives Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney-released their debut album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed by Thickfreakness (2003) and Rubber Factory (2004). In 2006 they signed to Nonesuch Records in the U.S. and released their fourth album, Magic Potion, which was followed by the Danger Mouse-produced Attack & Release in 2008. El Camino is the first Black Keys album Nonesuch will release worldwide.

TRACK-LISTING
1. Lonely Boy
2. Dead and Gone
3. Gold on the Ceiling
4. Little Black Submarines
5. Money Maker
6. Run Right Back
7. Sister
8. Hell of a Season
9. Stop Stop
10. Nova Baby
11. Mind Eraser

THE BLACK KEYS TOUR DATES

December 5 New York, NY Webster Hall
December 11 Los Angeles, CA KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas
March 2 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
March 3 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
March 4 Columbus, OH Jerome Schottenstein Center
March 6 Portland, ME Cumberland Co. Civic Center
March 7 Boston, MA TD Garden
March 9 Washington, DC Verizon Center
March 10 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
March 12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena
March 13 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
March 14 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
March 16 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
March 18 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
March 19 Chicago, IL United Center
March 20 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
March 23 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center

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