Black Keys to play sold-out Civic

The Black Keys, who will play to a sold-out house at Akron Civic Theatre on Saturday, rated an Enjoy double truck spread in Enjoy in Thursday’s Beacon with this neat graphic by BJ artist Kathy Hagedorn.

Malcolm X Abram’s review used this quote:

''I was kind of worried, I didn't know how big that place really was,'' Dan Auerbach, guitarist/singer of the West Akron duo the Black Keys, said of the Akron Civic Theatre. The theater seats 2,585 people.

His drumming partner, Patrick Carney, added: ''I haven't been in there in a long time. My dad used to take me to see Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, but I haven't been in the Civic in at least 10 years.''

Carney is the son of Akron Beacon Journal reporter Jim Carney.

For the first time, Akron's most famous blues/rock duo will perform at the Civic on Saturday night for a sold-out show in front of friends, family and fans not afraid of a little snow, wind and freezing rain.


Both Carney, 27, and Auerbach, 28, got married in 2007. Auerbach and his wife, Stephanie, also welcomed their first child, Sadie, into the world in October.

Click on the headline to read the full review by Abram.