The Black Keys announce Winter tour dates

We already warned you that The Black Keys were hitting the U.K. this November. Now we have learned, via Brooklyn Vegan, that the Ohio-based duo have extended its Winter tour through January, and will hit Australia, followed by one show in New York.

In other Keys news, Billboard reported two weeks back that the duo was headed to L.A. for the weekend to hold some songwriting sessions with ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons and producer Rick Rubin. Rubin is working with Gibbons on a "more back-to-the-basics blues rock album."

"There are so many people who love them and what they did," Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach said about ZZ Top to Billboard. "Billy came to our show in Columbus, Ohio, and played us some new songs, but this will be the first time we've gotten together in a musical way."

It seems the love goes both ways, too. "I'm such a big fan of those guys...it makes total sense," Gibbons said earlier this year about the Black Keys. "And that's pretty down and dirty, which is good for ZZ Top."

The Keys have a couple more production collaborations planned (with Hacienda and Buffalo Killers) and are also set to release a concert DVD, Live at the Crystal Ballroom, on Nov. 18.

Full tour schedule:

November
11 - Nottingham, U.K. @ Rock City
12 - London, U.K. @ Carling Academy Brixton
13 - Sheffield, U.K. @ Carling Academy Sheffield
14 - Newcastle, U.K. @ Carling Academy Newcastle
16 - Edinburgh, U.K. The Queens Hall
17 - Bristol, U.K. Carling Bristol Academy
19 - Milan, Italy @ Magazzini Generali
21 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli
22 - The Hague, Netherlands @ Royal Theatre
23 - Ghent, Belgium @ Vooruit

December
29 - Fremantle, Australia @ Fremantle Arts Centre
30 - Adelaide, Australia @ HQ
31 - Phillip Island, Australia @ Pyramid Rock Festival Grounds

January
3 - Coolangatta, Australia @ Coolangatta Hotel
4 - Bokarina, Australia @ Lake Kawana Community Centre
5 - Fortitude Valley, Australia @ The Arena
7 - Coffs Harbour, Australia @ Ex Services League Club
8 - Newcastle, Australia @ Panthers
9 - Sydney, Australia @ Luna Park Big Top
10 - Wollongong, Australia @ Waves
11 - Melbourne, Australia @ Palais Theatre

February
6 - New York, N.Y. @ Terminal 5

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