Last year, The Black Keys were forced to scrap every date on a scheduled North American arena tour, which raised eyebrows throughout the music industry, given that every album the Ohio two-piece released from 2008's Attack & Release through to 2022's Dropout Boogie penetrating the top 20 of the Billboard 200 chart, and that the band are regularly nominated for major industry awards.
The fall-out from this saw the band sack their managers, industry veterans Irving Azoff and Steve Moir, last June. The following week, drummer Patrick Carney tweeted, "We got fucked. I’ll let you all know how so it doesn’t happen to you. Stay tuned."
