The Black Keys are launching their 2024 autumn tour in Oklahoma: What you need to know

Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman
Updated ·2 min read

The Black Keys are going to launch their newly announced 2024 North American headline tour in Oklahoma.

The six-time Grammy winners will kick off their fall "International Players Tour" Sept. 17 at the BOK Center in Tulsa. Produced by Live Nation, the coast-to-coast tour will go on to New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, with two dates in the band’s home state of Ohio.

The Head and The Heart will join the tour as direct support for select shows, including the Tulsa kick-off concert.

Fall tour to support The Black Keys' new album 'Ohio Players'

The Black Keys' 31-city autumn tour will support their 12th studio album, "Ohio Players," due out Friday, April 5 via Nonesuch Records.

The follow-up to The Black Keys' 2022 album "Dropout Boogie," "Ohio Players" features collaborations with several of the rockers' friends and colleagues, including Beck, Noel Gallagher, Dan the Automator, Greg Kurstin, Juicy J and Lil Noid.

The album's lead single “Beautiful People (Stay High)" recently reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart and AAA Airplay charts. Additional singles from the new album include “This Is Nowhere” and “I Forgot to Be Your Lover.”

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys performs at Mohawk Austin during South by Southwest on Thursday, March, 14, 2024.
Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys performs at Mohawk Austin during South by Southwest on Thursday, March, 14, 2024.

The tour announcement follows two celebrated performances by The Black Keys at South by Southwest earlier this month in Austin, Texas, where they also debuted their new documentary, "This is a Film About The Black Keys," to rave reviews.

Formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001, The Black Keys are singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. After starting out playing small clubs, the band has gone on to sell out arena tours and has released 11 previous studio albums: their debut "The Big Come Up" (2002), followed by "Thickfreakness" (2003) and "Rubber Factory" (2004), along with their Nonesuch Records releases "Magic Potion" (2006), "Attack & Release" (2008), "Brothers" (2010), "El Camino" (2011), "Turn Blue" (2014), “Let’s Rock” (2019), "Delta Kream" (2021) and "Dropout Boogie" (2022).

Patrick Carney of The Black Keys performs at Mohawk Austin during South by Southwest on Thursday, March, 14, 2024.
Patrick Carney of The Black Keys performs at Mohawk Austin during South by Southwest on Thursday, March, 14, 2024.

When are tickets to The Black Keys' Oklahoma arena show going on sale?

Ahead of the North American leg of the tour, The Black Keys will trek to Europe to debut their new live show. Tickets for the UK and Europe shows are on-sale now.

Tickets to the band's North American tour kick-off show in Tulsa go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 5 and will be available online at www.bokcenter.com.

American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 2 through 10 p.m. Thursday, April 4.

Tulsa ticket prices range from $59.75 to $199.75.

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