“It’s my dumb ass for being involved in this stupid industry. It’s evil”: The Black Keys reflect the reasons for their 2024 tour cancellation
The Black Keys have reflected on the cancellation of their entire 2024 North America tour, commenting on the “poisonous” nature of the modern-day music industry.
When the duo – comprising guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney – announced the cancellation of their 2024 tour supporting Ohio Players, many speculated it was due to poor ticket sales. Carney later expressed dissatisfaction with the band’s management, saying they had booked “rooms they shouldn’t have been in”.
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“Everything went tits up,” Carney tells The Times, elaborating further on the reasons for the tour’s cancellation.
“Live Nation owns a piece of almost every management company, and they own Ticketmaster, and they even scalp their own tickets – which they just got sued for [by the Federal Trade Commission in September 2025].
“So I’m an artist managed by Live Nation, trying to negotiate with Live Nation, being promoted and ticketed by Live Nation? It’s insane, man!”
The situation ultimately led the duo to have to fire their crew months before the trek was scheduled to start.
“We had to fire our whole crew. Why? Because Live Nation cancelled four months before the first show without a single call,” Carney continues. “It’s my dumb ass for being involved in this stupid industry. It’s evil.”
Guitarist Dan Auerbach chimes in: “Poisonous.”
Elsewhere, the duo speak on the current state of social media, and how artists are somewhat required to play the social media game.
“When you get famous real quick, you’re suddenly surrounded by people who seem like they’re your buddies but they’re not,” Carney says.
“That’s when you start asking yourself, what does it all mean? I don’t want to be a content creator. I don’t think it’s cool to be on Instagram all the time. We’re interested in the natural state of things, which you can hear on the first album – and the last.”
“Junior Kimbrough [legendary blues musician] never made a TikTok video,” Auerbach adds.
View a full list of upcoming Black Keys tour dates via their official website.
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