Black Keys begin world tour Sept. 5

The Black Keys, formed by two Firestone High graduates into Grammy winners, will begin their Turn Blue World Tour Sept. 5 in Columbus at the Schottenstein Center on the Ohio State campus. Tomorrow Patrick Carney, son of former (after today) BJ reporter Jim Carney, and Dan Auerbach will take their tour to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland the next night.

Jim will be free to attend the Cleveland performance, and even the one in Columbus is he hurries.

The Turn Blue tour schedule:

September 5 | Columbus, OH | Schottenstein Center *
September 6 | Cleveland, OH | Quicken Loans Arena *
September 7 | Grand Rapids, MI | Van Andel Arena *
September 9 | Milwaukee, WI | BMO Harris Bradley Center *
September 10 | Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center *
September 12 | Detroit, MI | Joe Louis Arena *
September 13 | Pittsburgh, PA | CONSOL Energy Center *
September 14 | Rochester, NY | Blue Cross Arena *
September 16 | Toronto, ON | Air Canada Centre *
September 18 | Montreal, QC | Bell Centre *
September 20 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center *
September 21 | Boston, MA | TD Garden *
September 24 | Brooklyn, NY | Barclays Center *
September 25 | Washington, DC | Verizon Center *
September 27 | Chicago, IL | United Center *
October 24 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center †
October 25 | Winnipeg, MB | MTS Centre †
October 27 | Calgary, AB | Scotiabank Saddledome †
October 28 | Edmonton, AB | Rexall Place †
October 30 | Vancouver, BC | Pacific Coliseum †
October 31 | Portland, OR | Moda Center †
November 1 | Seattle, WA | KeyArena †
November 9 | San Diego, CA | Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl †
November 10 | Phoenix, AZ | US Airways Center †
November 12 | Salt Lake City, UT | Maverik Center †
November 13 | Denver, CO | Pepsi Center †
November 15 | Houston, TX | Toyota Center †
November 16 | Dallas,TX | American Airlines Center †
December 4 | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Arena ‡
December 5 | Raleigh, NC | PNC Arena ‡
December 6 | Richmond, VA | Richmond Coliseum ‡
December 8 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena ‡
December 9 | St. Louis, MO | Scottrade Center ‡
December 11 | Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena ‡
December 12 | Charlotte, NC | Time Warner Cable Arena ‡
December 13 | Greenville, SC | Bon Secours Wellness Arena ‡
December 15 | Sunrise, FL | BB&T Center ‡
December 16 | Tampa, FL | Tampa Bay Times Forum ‡
December 17 | Orlando, FL | Amway Center ‡
December 19 | Austin, TX | Frank Erwin Center ‡
December 20 | Tulsa, OK | BOK Center ‡
December 21 | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center ‡

* Special guest Cage The Elephant
† Special guest Jake Bugg
‡ Special guest St. Vincent

Pre-sale begins Tuesday, May 13th at 10am local. General on sale starts Friday, May 16th at 10am local. For access to the pre-sale, pre-order Turn Blue from www.theblackkeys.com. Please note that pre-orders from iTunes or any other retailers will not grant access to the tour pre-sale.

To prevent scalping, paperless ticketing will be utilized for all floor seats and the majority of the lower bowl seats.