THE BLACK KEYS admit they are DESPERATE FOR MONEY after tour cancellation.
Last May after speculation over low ticket sales, The Black Keys announced they would be cancelling their “Ohio Players” tour, which would have seen them play 31 shows across North America. Shortly after, the band split from their management team and promised a new tour in smaller venues.
Months later in October 2024, the duo performed in Akron, Ohio at the “America Loves Crypto” concert – an event organized by the Stand with Crypto Alliance political action committee. Their decision to play the show garnered them a lot of criticism from fans at the time.
Now, in a new interview with Rolling Stone, frontman Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney defended their decision to perform at the event, admitting they did it because they needed money after cancelling their tour.
“It was very simple: We had lost all of our income for the year,” Carny said. “We had retainers for people that we were working with. We got offered a lot of money to play a show, and we saw that the Black Pumas had done the same event and we were like, ‘Book it.’ It’s that simple, bro.”
“Of course we saw all the sh*t coming in, but it was like, ‘What are you going to do?’ We were told it was a bipartisan thing. It was what it is. It was very small. It was in our hometown, so we got to go home and see our folks. I’ve definitely seen my name in bad light in the press before, so it wasn’t anything f*cking new … If us playing a concert for 300 people is going to sway the whole state’s vote, then we have bigger f*cking problems, bro.”
Earlier this week, The Black Keys officially announced a new North American Tour, which will kick off in May of this year.
