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Dan Auerbach, left, and Patrick Carney of the Black Keys attend the launch party for their new single “Beautiful People (Stay High)” at Chateau Marmont’s Bar Marmont on Jan. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. The band will be touring behind their new album, “Ohio Players.”

Dan Auerbach, left, and Patrick Carney of the Black Keys attend the launch party for their new single “Beautiful People (Stay High)” at Chateau Marmont’s Bar Marmont on Jan. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. The band will be touring behind their new album, “Ohio Players.” (Rodin Eckenroth, Getty Images/TNS)

Perhaps some of us attended prog legends King Crimson’s final-ever U.S. show. Perhaps some of us own the live album that came from that performance as well as the documentary that chronicled said final tour. And then perhaps some of us were delighted to read about BEAT, a supergroup that announced last week they will launch a fall tour performing only King Crimson material from the 1980s.

Or, perhaps that’s just me.

Either way, the project, featuring Tony Levin, Adrian Belew, Tool’s Danny Carey and Steve Vai, is set to hit a ton of North American venues beginning Sept. 12 when they kick things off in San Jose, Calif. The trek will run all the way until Nov. 8 when they wrap things up in Las Vegas. At more than 40 dates, almost anyone who wants to check it out will have the ability to do so, so ... um ... see you there?

If I don’t then maybe you’re one of the zillions of people who seem to be going to see Luis Miguel these days. The bestselling Latin artist of the 1990s sits atop the latest edition of Pollstar’s Live 75 chart, which ranks worldwide active tours by average tickets sold for shows performed over the last 30 days. Miguel narrowly edged Karol G on the list for the week of April 1, moving about an average of 33,000 tickets. The biggest surprise on this month’s chart? Blake Shelton appears at No. 8 with an average of roughly 12,000 tickets sold over the last 30 days.

I mean, I can’t be the only one who thought he was still leading teams on “The Voice,” can I?

Something tells me Killer Mike would agree. Speaking of the Run The Jewels rapper, he announced last week plans to tour this summer. Dubbed the “Down By Law – Summer 2024 Tour,” Mike is set to kick things off May 4 in Memphis before winding down Oct. 15 in Los Angeles. Maybe the most interesting stop on his journey will be a late May date at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Kendrick Lamar walked so Killer Mike can run.

There will be no running when it comes or Orville Peck’s tour (I mean, come on: Have you ever heard that guy’s drawl?), which he announced last week. Spanning over 43 stops, the masked singer will be on the road from May to October. Slightly more upbeat, but no less unhappy, emo stalwarts Dashboard Confessional will embark on their creatively titled “The Places You Will Come To Hear The Most” tour, playing off the band’s 2001 seminal record. They will be joined by Boys Like Girls and will hit midsized venues far and wide until the end of October.

And then there’s The Black Keys, who in support of their latest album, “Ohio Players,” will head out for 31 shows with The Head And The Heart. Kicking off Sept. 17 in Tulsa, Okla., the jaunt will see the fellas make stops all around North America before heading to Detroit to wrap things up on Nov. 12.

No word on if the actual Ohio Players, one of the 1970s’ best funk bands, will be joining the rockers on stage or in spirit. Oh, well.

Happy concert-ing!

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