Tickets to Black Keys’ Tulsa show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday
The Black Keys (AP file)
Celebrated duo the Black Keys are coming to Tulsa for an April 28 show at the BOK Center.
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. They will be online at www.bokcenter.com, at the Arby’s Box Office, at all Tickets.com outlets, or by calling (866) 7BOKCTR.
Ticket prices are $49.50 and $42.50.
The Black Keys’ new album, “El Camino,” was released Dec. 6 on Nonesuch Records, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200. The duo is currently featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for the first time. And in celebration of the new album release, the duo embarks on the first leg of its North American tour this March, featuring sold-out shows at Chicago’s United Center, DC’s Verizon Center, and two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden, followed by a second batch of April dates, including shows at Austin’s Frank Erwin Center and Tulsa’s BOK Center.
Special guests Arctic Monkeys open on the tour.
Concert ticket and album packages are available at www.theblackkeys.com. 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, Ohio, where the duo was formed, and W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville, Tenn.
In anticipation of the release of “El Camino,” the duo recently joined Steve Buscemi on the Dec. 2 episode of “Saturday Night Live.” This was the band’s second time in 2011 as musical guests on the show, a “rare distinction,” says Rolling Stone. Other recent television appearances include “The Colbert Report” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
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 in October, to acclaim from fans and press; the song climbed the radio charts rapidly and is currently No. 1 on the AAA chart and has spent weeks at No. 1 on the Alternative chart. It also has entered the top 10 at Rock radio. Additionally, the accompanying video has been viewed nearly 6million times on YouTube.
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 vocalist/guitarist Dan 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.” It won three Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, and topped numerous year-end lists. “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. U.S. sales are nearly 1 million and counting.
-BAM
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