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  Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys Extend Arena Tour

  January 9, 2012 – The most riff-roaring double-headed rock arena tour of the upcoming season just added a new leg. Presumably also of the riff-roaring variety. The Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys have tacked on 16 new dates to their schedule of shows together, which means they'll now be playing Houston on April 24, Milwaukee on May 16, and a wide range of North American cities in between. …
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  See the Black Keys Diplomatically Explain Their No-Streaming Policy

  December 13, 2011 – Stephen Colbert forgot to ask the Black Keys the big question: Why did they, like Coldplay and Adele before them, decide not to make their new album available on Spotify, Rhapsody, MOG, Pandora, and other streaming services? Well, the blues-rock heroes' drummer, Patrick Carney, has provided an explanation, and it's refreshingly diplomatic and reasonable. …
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  Watch Stephen Colbert Bromance the Black Keys

  December 7, 2011 – The Black Keys stopped by The Colbert Report once again last night to play music from their pedal-to-the-metal new album El Camino. Though host Stephen Colbert didn't challenge them to a sell-out-a-thon this time, his fake-but-not-really interview generated actual revelations. "I'm a huge fan of you guys," the Comedy Central comedian-pundit acknowledged. …
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  The Black Keys Rev Up New Tracks Live in New York

  December 6, 2011 –  …
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  Watch the Black Keys' Triumphant Return to 'SNL'

  December 5, 2011 – Saturday Night Live occasionally invites a musical guest to also fill the role of the host, but we've never heard of a band performing on the show twice in the same year. …
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  Hear 5 Songs From the Black Keys' Awesome New 'El Camino'

  November 29, 2011 – We've already weighed in with our verdict about the Black Keys' new El Camino (we loved it!). Now, in advance of the album's December 6 release, you can hear a bunch more of the butt-kicking album's tracks for yourself. Enter your email address, country, and postal code at the El Camino website and you'll gain streaming access to five of the album's 11 tracks, including propulsive lead single "Lonely Boy" (of dancing dude video fame). …
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  The Black Keys, 'El Camino' (Nonesuch)

  November 29, 2011 – The same thing keeps happening when I listen to the new Black Keys album. I press play on the first track — lead single "Lonely Boy" — and after a few seconds of Dan Auerbach leaning into his glam-slam guitar and Patrick Carney smacking his snare as if it's the rump of a redheaded stepchild in need of some learnin', I start to imagine I'm a take-no-mess private dick named Sal St. …
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  The Black Keys Debut Fuzzy 'El Camino' Track 'Run Right Back'

  November 11, 2011 – A few weeks back, the Black Keys let loose a viral video for "Lonely Boy," a cut from the forthcoming El Camino that also happens to be the juiced-up A-side to a limited edition 12" scheduled to land in shops November 25 as part of Record Store Day's Black Friday series. That 12" single also features "Run Right Back", a far-fuzzier B-side that appeared yesterday on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1. …
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  How the Black Keys Found Their 'Lonely Boy' Dancing Dude

  October 28, 2011 – Earlier this week, the Black Keys unveiled the video for "Lonely Boy," the hip-shaking first single from the Ohio blues-rock duo's upcoming seventh studio album El Camino. The lo-fi clip shows nothing except for a solitary man dancing enthusiastically outside a motel room, but as of Friday morning, it has already piled up more than 600,000 YouTube views. …
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  Hear a New Black Keys Single, Watch a Dude Dance

  October 26, 2011 – On December 6, the Black Keys will release El Camino, their Danger Mouse-produced follow-up to last year's breakthrough Brothers. …
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