Essentially as artists ... it’s almost impossible to talk about this," Patrick Carney said about ties between management companies and concert promotion. "You’re dealing with management companies that co-own festivals with this other company.

The Black Keys promised fans the canceled dates would be rebooked in smaller venues — as they’d initially been told by Full Stop. But “there were no holds on rooms,” Carney said now. “It was bullshit.

The Black Keys have given their first interview since — as the band’s Patrick Carney put it in a since-deleted tweet — they “got fucked.” As a refresher: Last year, Carney and bandmate Dan Auerbach scrapped an entire arena tour due to low ticket sales and subsequently parted ways with their manager,