2000s Blues Rock Duo Announces New Album 2 Years After Canceling Major Tour

Jacqueline Burt CoteFri, February 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC

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Black Keys fans were devastated when the rock duo canceled a major North American tour before parting ways with their management team in 2024, including power player Irving Azoff. Thankfully, the beloved band has rebounded in the interim, releasing the album No Rain, No Flowers, and hitting the road again. Now, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are back with another new record...this time, of covers.

As Brooklyn Vegan reported, the new album, titled Peaches!, is due out on May 1. The pair started working on the record after Auerbach's father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, though they weren't sure what would become of the material at first.

“We weren’t making a record. We were just jamming, like this is for us,” Auerbach said in a statement shared with the outlet. “Really primal, in a moment when all the nerves were raw, just kinda screaming. We were going through a lot, trying to lift our spirits. I think my dad getting sick made me not give a f—k and just wanna scream for a bit.”

“Everything was all cut live in one with no separation, including vocals,” Carney added. “It was a nightmare to mix but we got it sounding raw and filthy.”

Fans on Instagram made it clear they were looking forward to the upcoming collection of covers.

"You guys are pumping out the jams at a fast pace and I love it," one person wrote, with a second adding, "Amazing!!! Can’t wait and keep 'em coming!"

"I hope the whole album sounds like the single. Feels like the old sound is back!" declared someone else.

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Black Keys opened up about what led to the split with their former management

In a 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, Carney shut down the idea of the band's split with Azoff and their PR team being an "amicable parting."

"I mean, we fired their ass. S—t happens," he said.

"We spent a lot of time making Ohio Players and turned it in in October 2023 and had all this time to plan how we were going to tour," he continued. "Things got off to this weird start where I was waiting for these European dates to pop up because our plan was to go to Europe first. We ended up getting nine shows sent to us [on] a three-week tour. There’s absolutely no way to make money [from] that."

"We kept having to move s—t around for a Manchester show because there was a venue that our management company co-owned and wanted us to play, and it wasn’t ready," Carney added. "After going to Europe 30 times in our career for tours, this was the most poorly orchestrated tour we had been on. The shows were incredible, but [it] just became the first sign that maybe there was some poor organization happening."

The first single on Peaches! is a cover of George Thorogood & The Destroyers’ “You Got To Lose,” which fans can check out now. The Black Keys are also scheduled to play a number of shows and festivals through the summer.

Related: '90s Rocker Announces New Album Featuring Never-Before-Heard Covers for Valentine's Day

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