CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - The Black Keys, the pride of West Akron, returned to their almost-hometown Friday night at Blossom Music Center to play for the general public on their “No Rain, No Flowers” tour.

The current tour follows a publicly rocky stretch. In 2024, before their “American International Players” tour, the band hired new management, booked and then canceled a U.S. arena tour due to low ticket sales, and subsequently fired that new management. Back on American stages after a successful European tour, drummer Pat Carney and singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach, plus five hired hands, played a one-hour, 45-minute set that touched most of their 13-album catalog, skipping only 2024’s “Ohio Players,” for a packed, all-ages amphitheater and lawn.

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