The Black Keys announced the Peaches ‘n Kream World Tour, a six-month run across North America and Europe that hits Place Bell in Laval on October 16. The tour launches April 24 in Fort Lauderdale and wraps October 18 in Windsor, Ontario, supporting the duo’s 14th studio album Peaches!, arriving May 1 via Easy Eye Sound/Warner Records.
The tour follows the band’s No Rain, No Flowers run last year, which moved over 250,000 tickets across North America and Europe with sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, and London’s Alexandra Palace Park. All support acts on the new tour come from Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label, with lineups varying by city. Jeremie Albino opens the Canadian leg, including the Place Bell date.
Peaches! was recorded live in one room with minimal overdubs, the first album the band has mixed entirely themselves since 2006’s Magic Potion. Dan Auerbach described it as the band’s “most natural record” since their 2002 debut The Big Come Up. The sessions happened while Auerbach’s father was staying in his Nashville home in the final stages of esophageal cancer. Patrick Carney, Auerbach’s bandmate and longtime friend, knew “it would be good for Dan to have something to do.”
“We weren’t making a record. We were just jamming, like this is for us,” Auerbach said in a statement. “Really primal, in a moment when all the nerves were raw, just kinda screaming. I think my dad getting sick made me not give a fuck and just wanna scream for a bit.” Carney added, “Everything was all cut live in one with no separation, including vocals. It was a nightmare to mix but we got it sounding raw and filthy.”
The band released the single You Got To Lose last week. The album features cover art by Memphis photographer William Eggleston, who also shot the cover for their 2021 album Delta Kream. Patrick Carney’s brother Michael designed the package, as he did for early Black Keys albums including Brothers, which won a Grammy for its cover.
Artist pre-sale starts Thursday, February 12 at 10am local. General on-sale starts Friday, February 13 at 10am local.
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