Kings Of Leon Announce Opening Bands For Summer

Nashville-based Kings Of Leon have announced the opening lineup for their summer trek through the US. While Built To Spill and The Stills are nice for Chicago on July 24th, it is hard not to look a little further down the list and be mouth-foamingly jealous of the cities that get The Black Keys and The Whigs as opening acts.

w/ The Whigs
6/5 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Event Center

6/6 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/8 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion

w/ Built To Spill and The Features
7/9 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
7/10 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
7/12 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
7/14 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/17 George, WA (Seattle) The Gorge
7/19 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
7/20 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre

w/ The Stills
7/23 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

w/ Built To Spill and The Stills
7/24 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/26 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center

7/28 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre - only The Stills

7/30 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
7/31 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
8/3 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
8/5 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
8/7 Bristow, VA (DC) Jiffy Lube Live

w/ The Black Keys and The Whigs

9/3 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
9/4 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
9/7 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
9/8 Hershey,PA Hershey Park - Pavilion
9/10 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
9/11 Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach Amphitheater
9/13 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Walnut Creek
9/17 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
9/18 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
9/20 Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Music Center
9/22 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
9/23 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center

The Black Keys Announce Tour Dates

Ohio's The Black Keys are gearing up for a spring/summer tour in support of the May 18th release of Brothers. Every ticket you purchase on the band's site includes a copy of the album, and gives you early access to download two new songs, "Next Girl" and the Danger Mouse produced "Tighten Up".

There are no Chicago dates yet, which could indicate a Lollapalooza appearance in August - check the last name on the right, second line for a possible 'hit'.

April 8 University of Iowa Memorial Iowa City, IA*
April 10 Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2010 San Francisco, CA
April 17 Wanee Music Festival Live Oak, FL
April 18 The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater Miami, FL†
April 19 The House of Blues Orlando, FL†
May 20 Madison Square Garden New York, NY
May 25 "Late Show with David Letterman" New York, NY
May 26 "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" New York, NY
June 2 The Depot Salt Lake City, UT†
June 3 The Fillmore Denver, CO†
June 4 The Crossroads Kansas City, MO†
June 8 First Ave Minneapolis, MN†
June 9 First Ave Minneapolis, MN†
June 10 The Pagaent St. Louis, MO†
June 11 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
July 27 Central Park SummerStage New York, NY§
July 28 Central Park SummerStage New York, NY§

*with Mondo Drag

†with Brian Olive

§with The Morning Benders

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This week the guys talk about the re-formed Sublime, discuss new albums from The Black Keys and Kate Nash, and dish out a bunch of shows worth checking out. Oh, and we go skanking...

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The Black Keys Announce New Album

Gritty blues duo, The Black Keys have announced a May 18th release date for Brothers, their sixth LP. The album follows a year of side projects for the band's two members, with Dan Auerbach releasing a solo album, Keep It Hid, and Patrick Carney releasing Drummer's debut LP; a band made up entirely of drummers from other bands. The duo also collaborated with rappers like Mos Def and Q-Tip on Blakroc last year. With tour dates set for announcement shortly, stay tuned for info on when you can catch them in Chicago. In the meantime, here is the setlist for Brothers, recorded at the famous Muscle Shoals Studios in Alabama (The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin) being released by Nonesuch Records.

Everlasting Light
Next Girl
Tighten Up
Howlin’ For You
She’s Long Gone
Black Mud
The Only One
Too Afraid To Love You
Ten Cent Pistol
Sinister Kid
The Go Getter
I’m Not The One
Unknown Brother
Never Gonna Give You Up
These Days