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The Black Keys' 'Turn Blue' Debuts at #1 on Billboard 200

By: Sep. 23, 2014
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The Black Keys performed "Gotta Get Away" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night as well as a cover of Edwyn Collins' "A Girl Like You" as a web exclusive. The band's new single is from their highly acclaimed album, Turn Blue, which debuted earlier this year at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. In celebration of the release, the duo is currently in the midst of an extensive fall North American tour including dates tonight and tomorrow at Brooklyn's Barclays Center as well as upcoming shows at L.A.'s The Forum and Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. See below for complete worldwide tour details. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the tour features special guests Cage The Elephant, Jake Bugg and St. Vincent. (The Barclays Center dates are part of a celebration of their worldwide label's 50th anniversary at Brooklyn Academy of Music: Nonesuch Records at BAM: Celebrating a Label without Labels.)

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Turn Blue is the highest chart debut yet for the band whose previous album, El Camino, debuted at #2 in 2011. It is also the first #1 album for Nonesuch. Turn Blue is the band's highest charting album to date internationally, as well, debuting at #1 in Canada and Australia, #2 in the U.K, New Zealand and Croatia, #3 in Ireland and Hungary, #4 in France and Switzerland and #5 in Austria, Denmark and Holland. Additionally, the album charted in the top ten in Germany, Belgium, Finland, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Turn Blue has already been certified Gold in Canada.

Produced by Danger Mouse, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Turn Blue comprises 11 new tracks, including the first single, "Fever," which is the longest running #1 song this year at both Alternative radio and AAA radio. Additionally, the album has received critical praise, with NPR Music calling it "...expansive and irresistibly catchy," and USA Today saying it is "...an engrossing collection that takes daring leaps while embracing the primal energy and minimalism of the duo's early records."

Earlier this year, the duo returned to Saturday Night Live for their third musical guest appearance, performing "Fever" and "Bullet in the Brain." The band also performed "Fever" and "It's Up to You Now" on Late Show with David Letterman in addition to performing a longer set, from a stage on a closed-down West 53rd Street, for the Live on Letterman online series. The duo concluded their whirlwind release-week schedule with an interview and performance at The Colbert Report.
Turn Blue was recorded at Sunset Sound in L.A. during the summer of 2013 with additional recording at the Key Club in Benton Harbor, MI and Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound in Nashville in early 2014. Of the new album, the band says Turn Blue could refer to:
A: Suffocation
B: Sadness
C: Numbness from extreme cold
D: A Cleveland late night TV host from the 1960s named Ghoulardi
E: All of the above
Carney also adds, "We are always trying to push ourselves when we make a record-not repeat our previous work but not abandon it either. On this record, we let the songs breathe and explored moods, textures and sounds. We're excited for the world to hear Turn Blue."
This is the eighth full-length album from the duo and the fifth on Nonesuch, in collaboration with its parent company Warner Bros. Records. Turn Blue follows 2011's critically and commercially acclaimed El Camino, which is now certified RIAA Platinum. Internationally, El Camino is Gold in Belgium, Spain, Italy and Holland; Platinum in Ireland, France and the U.K.; and double Platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The record also resulted in three awards at the 55th annual Grammy Awards-Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album. The band now has a total of six Grammy Awards including three in 2010 for their breakout, RIAA Platinum album, Brothers.
THE BLACK KEYS TOUR
September 23 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center*
September 24 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center*
September 25 Washington, DC Verizon Center*
September 27 Chicago, IL United Center*
September 28 Chicago, IL United Center*
October 24 Minneapolis, MN Target Center†
October 25 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre†
October 27 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome†
October 28 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place†
October 30 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum†
October 31 Portland, OR Moda Center†
November 1 Seattle, WA KeyArena†
November 3 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena†
November 4 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Arena†
November 6 Los Angeles, CA The Forum†
November 8 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan†
November 9 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl†
November 10 Phoenix, AZ U.S. Airways Center†
November 12 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center†
November 13 Denver, CO Pepsi Center†
November 15 Houston, TX Toyota Center†
November 16 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center†
December 4 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena‡
December 5 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena‡
December 6 Richmond, VA Richmond Coliseum‡
December 8 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena‡
December 9 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center‡
December 11 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena‡
December 12 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena‡
December 13 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena‡
December 15 Sunrise, FL BB&T Center‡
December 16 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena‡
December 17 Orlando, FL Amway Center‡
December 19 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center‡
December 20 Tulsa, OK BOK Center‡
December 21 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center‡
*with special guest Cage The Elephant
†with special guest Jake Bugg
‡with special guest St. Vincent


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