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The Kills to tour US with The Raconteurs this summer

The Kills                                                                                   Pic: Andy Willsher

The Kills Pic: Andy Willsher

They'll also play dates with the Black Keys

The Kills have announced that they will tour the US with The Raconteurs later this summer and into the autumn.

The London duo are also set to play a handful of festival dates including Chicago's Lollapalooza on August 1 and San Francisco's Treasure Island on September 21.

The Kills will also open for the in Toledo and Toronto in August.

The band are supporting their third album, 'Midnight Boom', released earlier this year.

The tour dates are:

Chicago, IL Grant Park Lollapalooza (August 1)
Toledo, OH Headliners (2) #
Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre (3) #
Montreal, QC Park Jean Drapeau (4)
Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre (September 14)
Portland, OR Roseland Theatre (16, 17) *
Vancouver, BC Malkin Bowl Stanley Park (18) *
Seattle, WA WaMu Theater (19) *
San Francisco, CA Treasure Island Music Festival (21)
Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre (22, 23) *
San Diego, CA SDSU Open Air Theatre (24) *
Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl (25) *
Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival (28)
Memphis, TN The Cannon Center for the Performing (29) *
Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium (30) *
Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle (October 1) *
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (3, 4)


*- w/ The Raconteurs #- w/ The Black Keys

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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