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El Camino Tour

2012–13 concert tour by the Black Keys

2012–13 concert tour by the Black Keys

FieldValue
concert_tour_nameEl Camino Tour
imageBlackkeys.jpg
image_captionPromotional poster for tour
artistThe Black Keys
album*El Camino*
start_date
end_date
number_of_legs9
number_of_shows129
this_tour**El Camino Tour**
(2012)

(2012)

The El Camino Tour was a worldwide concert tour by American rock duo the Black Keys in support of their 2011 studio album, El Camino. The tour, which spanned 129 shows, began on January 23, 2012, and ended on July 13, 2013. It was the group's first tour playing arenas as a headlining act. The tour grossed $12.7 million in 2012.

Background

In December 2011, the Black Keys announced a 2012 concert tour, their first playing arenas as a headlining act. The tour opened in Europe on January 23, 2012 with three weeks of shows, before visiting North America from March to May. The tour made multiple return visits to Europe and North America throughout the year, while also visiting Australasia from October through November. In total, the group played 112 shows in 2012. Among the support acts that accompanied the band were Band of Skulls, Arctic Monkeys, and Tegan and Sara. After tickets went on sale, the Black Keys' concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City sold out in 15 minutes, resulting in the addition of a second date at the venue to satisfy demand. The tour ended on July 13, 2013, after 129 shows.

Just as it did on its previous tour, the group added bassist Gus Seyffert and keyboardist/guitarist John Wood as touring musicians in order to perform songs as close to their studio arrangements as possible. Guitarist Dan Auerbach explained the decision for the expanded live band: "It wasn't about the size of the venue. It was just that we could afford to do it and our songs deserved it. We wanted to finally present the songs like we'd written them." During the middle portion of each concert, Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney played older material as a duo without the backing musicians. Many critics singled these performances out as the shows' highlights.

The concert stage used an austere setup with a lighting system and video projections designed by Karl Lemieux. The lighting comprised four banks of on-stage vintage spotlights, along with two disco balls and a lighted sign bearing the band's name that were lowered for the encores. Lemieux's video, which was projected onto a white sheet at the stage's rear, incorporated black-and-white footage of junkyards, deserts, and open highways. Carney explained that the band was aiming for a retro aesthetic, saying, "We kind of wanted to make the whole stage look like an old-school rock 'n' roll show, as much as possible. We're referencing bands in the '70s, what they were doing when they were playing arenas." Moreover, the footage was meant to pay homage to the group's origins. Auerbach said, "We wanted it to represent our music and the Midwest where we're from, the Rust Belt and open spaces. We find that stuff beautiful and uplifting."

Support acts

  • Band of Skulls (Leg 1 & 3: Europe)
  • Arctic Monkeys (Leg 2: North America)
  • Tame Impala (Leg 2: Council Bluffs)
  • Tegan and Sara (Leg 4: North America)
  • Royal Headache (Leg 5: Australia)
  • The Maccabees (Leg 6: Europe)
  • Divine Fits (Leg 7: Las Vegas)
  • The Flaming Lips (Leg 9: North America)

Set list

  1. "Howlin' for You"
  2. "Next Girl"
  3. "Run Right Back"
  4. "Same Old Thing"
  5. "Dead and Gone"
  6. "Gold on the Ceiling"
  7. "Thickfreakness"
  8. "Girl Is on My Mind"
  9. "I'll Be Your Man"
  10. "Your Touch"
  11. "Little Black Submarines"
  12. "Money Maker"
  13. "Strange Times"
  14. "Chop and Change" (North America) / "Sinister Kid" (Australasia)
  15. "Nova Baby"
  16. "Ten Cent Pistol"
  17. "Tighten Up"
  18. "Lonely Boy" ;Encore
  19. "Everlasting Light"
  20. "She's Long Gone"
  21. "I Got Mine" Source:

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueLeg 1: EuropeLeg 2: North AmericaLeg 3: EuropeLeg 4: North AmericaLeg 5: Australia / New ZealandLeg 6: EuropeLeg 7: North AmericaLeg 8: South AmericaLeg 9: North America
January 23, 2012AntwerpBelgiumLotto Arena
January 24, 2012LilleFranceZénith de Lille
January 25, 2012ParisZénith de Paris
January 27, 2012HamburgGermanySporthalle
January 28, 2012BerlinArena Berlin
January 30, 2012MilanItalyAlcatraz
January 31, 2012ZürichSwitzerlandMaag Halle
February 1, 2012EindhovenNetherlandsKlokgebouw
February 3, 2012NottinghamEnglandCapital FM Arena
February 4, 2012EdinburghScotlandCorn Exchange
February 6, 2012ManchesterEnglandO2 Apollo
February 7, 2012
February 9, 2012LondonAlexandra Palace
February 10, 2012
February 11, 2012
March 2, 2012CincinnatiUnited StatesU.S. Bank Arena
March 3, 2012DetroitJoe Louis Arena
March 4, 2012ColumbusValue City Arena
March 6, 2012PortlandCumberland County Civic Center
March 7, 2012BostonTD Garden
March 9, 2012Washington, D.C.Verizon Center
March 10, 2012PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center
March 12, 2012New York CityMadison Square Garden
March 13, 2012MontrealCanadaBell Centre
March 14, 2012TorontoAir Canada Centre
March 16, 2012IndianapolisUnited StatesBankers Life Fieldhouse
March 18, 2012Grand RapidsVan Andel Arena
March 19, 2012ChicagoUnited Center
March 20, 2012ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena
March 22, 2012New York CityMadison Square Garden
March 23, 2012NorfolkConstant Convocation Center
March 24, 2012CharlotteBojangles' Coliseum
March 31, 2012New OrleansWoldenberg Park
April 13, 2012IndioEmpire Polo Club
April 20, 2012
April 22, 2012FriscoFC Dallas Stadium
April 24, 2012The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
April 25, 2012AustinFrank Erwin Center
April 27, 2012St. LouisChaifetz Arena
April 28, 2012TulsaBOK Center
April 30, 2012Broomfield[1stBank Center](1stbank-center)
May 1, 2012
May 2, 2012West Valley CityMaverik Center
May 4, 2012OaklandOracle Arena
May 5, 2012SacramentoPower Balance Pavilion
May 7, 2012PortlandRose Garden
May 8, 2012SeattleKeyArena
May 9, 2012VancouverCanadaRogers Arena
May 11, 2012CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome
May 12, 2012EdmontonRexall Place
May 14, 2012WinnipegMTS Centre
May 15, 2012MinneapolisUnited StatesTarget Center
May 16, 2012MilwaukeeBradley Center
May 18, 2012ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
May 19, 2012Atlantic CityOvation Hall
July 20, 2012Dover, DelawareDover International Speedway
July 21, 2012
July 22, 2012
July 28, 2012New York CityRandall's Island
August 1, 2012Council BluffsMid-America Center
August 3, 2012ChicagoGrant Park
August 4, 2012TorontoCanadaMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 5, 2012MontrealParc Jean-Drapeau
August 9, 2012GothenburgSwedenSlottsskogen
August 10, 2012OsloNorwayMiddelalderparken
August 11, 2012HelsinkiFinlandSuvilahti
August 13, 2012CopenhagenDenmarkTap1
August 14, 2012HanoverGermanyAWD Hall
August 15, 2012Sankt PöltenAustriaGreen Park
August 17, 2012BiddinghuizenNetherlandsSpijk en Bremerberg
August 18, 2012HasseltBelgiumKempische Steenweg
August 19, 2012LeipzigGermanyStörmthaler Lake
August 21, 2012BelfastNorthern IrelandBoucher Playing Fields
August 22, 2012DublinIrelandThe O2
August 24, 2012LeedsEnglandBramham Park
August 25, 2012ParisFranceDomaine National de Saint-Cloud
August 26, 2012ReadingEnglandLittle John's Farm
September 29, 2012New York CityUnited StatesCentral Park
October 1, 2012FresnoSave Mart Center
October 2, 2012Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara Bowl
October 4, 2012San DiegoValley View Casino Center
October 5, 2012Los AngelesStaples Center
October 6, 2012
October 8, 2012AnaheimHonda Center
October 9, 2012PhoenixCapital Centre
October 10, 2012Las CrucesPan American Center
October 12, 2012AustinZilker Park
October 14, 2012Mexico CityMexicoAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
October 21, 2012NewcastleAustraliaNewcastle Entertainment Centre
October 22, 2012SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
October 23, 2012
October 26, 2012BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre
October 28, 2012JoondalupArena Joondalup
October 30, 2012AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre
October 31, 2012MelbourneSidney Myer Music Bowl
November 1, 2012
November 3, 2012AucklandNew ZealandVector Arena
November 5, 2012WellingtonTSB Bank Arena
November 27, 2012LisbonPortugalPavilhão Atlântico
November 28, 2012MadridSpainPalacio de Deportes
November 30, 2012LyonFranceHalle Tony Garnier
December 1, 2012TurinItalyTorino Palasport Olimpico
December 3, 2012AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome
December 4, 2012MunichGermanyOlympiahalle
December 5, 2012DüsseldorfISS Dome
December 7, 2012NewcastleEnglandMetro Radio Arena
December 8, 2012GlasgowScotlandS.E.C.C
December 9, 2012BirminghamEnglandNational Indoor Arena
December 11, 2012ManchesterManchester Arena
December 12, 2012LondonThe O2 Arena
December 13, 2012
December 30, 2012Las VegasUnited StatesThe Joint
December 31, 2012
March 30, 2013São PauloBrazilJockey Club
April 2, 2013MontevideoUruguayTeatro de Verano Ramon Collazo
April 3, 2013Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio Costanera Sur
April 7, 2013SantiagoChileO'Higgins Park
April 28, 2013Kansas CityUnited StatesSprint Center
April 30, 2013PittsburghConsol Energy Center
May 2, 2013AtlantaAaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
May 3, 2013NashvilleBridgestone Arena
May 4, 2013MemphisTom Lee Park
May 5, 2013New OrleansFair Grounds Race Course
May 10, 2013Napa ValleyNapa Valley Expo
May 18, 2013IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 4, 2013OttawaCanadaLeBreton Festival Park
July 5, 2013LavalEspace Montmorency
July 6, 2013Quebec CityPlains of Abraham
July 8, 2013BuffaloUnited StatesBuffalo Outer Harbor
July 9, 2013HartfordComcast Theatre
July 11, 2013RaleighTime Warner Cable Music Pavilion
July 12, 2013GreenvilleCharter Amphitheatre
July 13, 2013LouisvilleLouisville Waterfront Park

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances :These concerts were part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. :This concert was part of Edgefest 2012. :These concerts are part of the Firefly Music Festival. :This concert is part of the Catalpa Festival. :This concert is part of Lollapalooza. :This concert is part of the Osheaga Festival. :This concert is part of the Way Out West Festival. :This concert is part of the Øyafestivalen. :This concert is part of the Flow Festival. :This concert was part of the Frequency Festival. :This concert was part of the Lowlands Festival. :This concert was part of Pukkelpop. :This concert was part of the HighField Festival. :This concert was part of Tennent's Vital. :These concerts were part of the Reading and Leeds Festivals. :This concert was part of Rock en Seine. :This concert was part of Global Poverty Project's Global Festival. :This concert was part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. :This concert was part of the Corona Capital Festival. :This concert was part of Rock-It. :This concert is part of Lollapalooza Brazil. :This concert is part of El Festival Mas Grande. :This concert is part of Lollapalooza Chile. :This concert is part of the Beale Street Music Festival. :This concert is part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. :This concert is part of BottleRock Napa Valley. :This concert is part of KROQ Weenie Roast. :This concert is part of Ottawa Bluesfest. :This concert is part of Mondial Choral :This concert is part of Festival d'été de Québec :This concert is part of the Forecastle Festival.

Box office data

VenueCityTickets Sold / AvailableGross Revenue
Lotto ArenaAntwerp7,332 / 7,347 (99%)url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsptitle=Billboard Boxscore: Current Scorespublisher=Prometheus Global Mediadate=16 April 2012access-date=11 July 2012url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016183442/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsparchive-date=October 16, 2012 }}
Capital FM ArenaNottingham7,129 / 7,129 (100%)$236,989
Manchester ApolloManchester6,816 / 6,816 (100%)$226,239
Alexandra PalaceLondon30,259 / 30,259 (100%)$1,105,060
Verizon CenterWashington D.C.12,625 / 12,625 (100%)$616,434
Air Canada CentreToronto14,887 / 14,887 (100%)url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsptitle=Billboard Boxscore: Current Scorespublisher=Prometheus Global Mediadate=26 September 2012access-date=29 September 2012url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016183442/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsparchive-date=October 16, 2012 }}
Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids8,277 / 10,859 (76%)$336,812
United CenterChicago14,386 / 14,386 (100%)$687,274
Constant Convocation CenterNorfolk6,789 / 6,789 (100%)$310,786
Maverik CenterSalt Lake City5,297 / 7,500 (71%)url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsptitle=Billboard Boxscore: Current Scorespublisher=Prometheus Global Mediadate=13 May 2012access-date=11 July 2012url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016183442/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsparchive-date=October 16, 2012 }}
Oracle ArenaOakland12,744 / 12,744 (100%)url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsptitle=Billboard Boxscore: Current Scorespublisher=Prometheus Global Mediadate=21 May 2012access-date=11 July 2012url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016183442/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsparchive-date=October 16, 2012 }}
Power Balance PavilionSacramento9,170 / 9,170 (100%)$434,275
Rogers ArenaVancouver12,483 / 12,483 (100%)$647,977
Scotiabank SaddledomeCalgary12,180 / 12,180 (100%)$637,145
MTS CentreWinnipeg6,856 / 6,856 (100%)$356,750
Bradley CenterMilwaukee7,460 / 8,000 (93%)$274,070
Mid-America CenterCouncil Bluffs4,897 / 6,000 (82%)$227,711
Save Mart CenterFresno4,795 / 6,500 (76%)url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsptitle=Billboard Boxscore: Current Scorespublisher=Prometheus Global Mediadate=8 November 2012access-date=10 November 2012url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016183442/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsparchive-date=October 16, 2012 }}
Santa Barbara BowlSanta Barbara4,965 / 4,965 (100%)url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsptitle=Billboard Boxscore: Current Scorespublisher=Prometheus Global Mediadate=15 October 2012access-date=19 October 2012url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016183442/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsparchive-date=October 16, 2012 }}
Staples CenterLos Angeles24,821 / 26,990 (92%)$1,246,127
Honda CenterAnaheim10,518 / 13,228 (80%)$435,824
Entertainment CentreBrisbane7,753 / 8,505 (91%)$802,857
The O2 ArenaLondon28,723 / 33,898 (85%)$1,384,780
The JointLas Vegas7,237 / 8,024 (90%)$993,107

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