The Flaming Lips sharing tourdates with The Black Keys; why that’s hotter than a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos with Lime!®

The Flaming Lips sharing tourdates with The Black Keys; why that's hotter than a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos with Lime!®

I guess it must be pretty rough out there alone for scrappy, obscure, two-bit, DIY acts like The Black Keys and Flaming Lips. Yes, all that playing in basements, sleeping in Walmart parking lots, and using Panera Bread restaurants for their wi-fi can eventually take its toll on even the most staunch and stalwart of starving artists; and these skinny sons of bitches are fucking fed up, man. Clearly, for the good of the music, the only solid solution for bands like these is to pool their resources and hit the road together in hopes of surviving long enough on the road until they can return home to their friends’ couches and bartending gigs.

So, yeah, that’s what they’re doing (But heck, why take my word for it? Here’s someone else’s!). As you can see from the hand-written itineraries that the fine folks at Consequence of Sound generously key-stroked for me, our DIY heros will join forces in Kansas City on April 28 at some UMKC art major’s loft show after initially sharing a bill together at some little art Happening thing called “Lollapalooza Brazil.” After that, they’ll keep pooling resources and Dollar Menu dinin’ together until they pilot their busted-ass Ford Aerostar into Nashville on May 3. Will Patrick Carney recruit both Steve Drozd and Kliph Scurlock for that “drummers” project thing of his? Will Michael Ivins literally “sit” in with Black Keys to add some of that good low end that Dan Auerbach stubbornly refuses to employ?? Will Wayne Coyne be all awesome and impresario-like the whole time??? I can’t wait to find out and then re-report the answers to those questions to each and every one of you!

Black Keys 2013 dates:

03.29-31.13 - Sau Paulo, Brazil - Lollapalooza Brazil
04.02-03.13 - Bueno Aires, Argentina - El Festival Mas Grande de la Historia 2013
04.06-07.13 - Santiago, Chile - Lollapalooza Chile
04.28.13 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center *
04.30.13 - Pittsburgh, PA - CONSOL Energy Center *
05.02.13 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood *
05.03.13 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena *

* The Flaming Lips

Flaming Lips 2013 dates:

03.29-31.13 - Sau Paulo, Brazil - Lollapalooza Brazil
04.28.13 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center *
04.30.13 - Pittsburgh, PA - CONSOL Energy Center *
05.02.13 - Atlanta, GA - Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood *
05.03.13 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena *
05.20.13 - London, UK - Roundhouse
05.21.13 - London, UK - Roundhouse
06.14.13 - Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
06.15.13 - Arhus, Denmark - Northside Festival

* The Black Keys

• The Flaming Lips: http://www.flaminglips.com
• The Black Keys: http://www.theblackkeys.com

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