This amazing rock band, The Raconteurs, is a spectacular rock outfit that has played with the likes of Bob Dylan and released various albums as well as a number of hit songs. This American band was formed back in the famous city of Detroit by members of other popular bands; back then, this band’s lineup was made up of Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler. Most of the members had previously been part of the Greenhornes or the Deadweather, popular Detroit rock bands. Thus, this band originating from the state of Michigan was born and began playing sensational music as well as performing live shows that were some of the best seen in Detroit.

This rock band is currently situated in the home of American country music, the city of Nashville in the state of Tennessee. This spectacular band was formed when two of its founding members, Brendan Benson and Jack White, met and wrote the song known as Steady, As She Goes. The two artists then hooked up with Keeler and Lawrence and formed a complete band back in 2005 and all of its artists had been highly successful in the world of music as part of popular bands as well as with some solo work. This has even led to many people calling this band a ‘supergroup’ made up of highly successful artists. Thus, this supergroup made up of famous rock artists is definitely a band you nee to listen to live through The Raconteurs tickets for the most rocking time of your life!

Followed by its formation, The Raconteurs played at numerous festivals and at concerts all over the US including a number of shows in Asia, Europe and next door Canada. Some of the music festivals this amazing group of rockers has played in includes the Oxegen festival found in Ireland, some of the best music festivals in the UK Reading Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Leeds Festival and T in the Park, Poland’s Heineken, Las Vegas’s Vegoose, Chicago’s Lollapalooza, Manchester’s Bonnaroo, Austin’s Austin City and the Coachella music festival found in Indio within the state of California. This band wasn’t simply one of the many acts at these festivals; it was also a headline at much of its appearances as well as openers for famous and popular artists as well as bands.

This band is very popular in countries as far as Australia. In fact, the band is known as The Saboteurs in Australia and is very successful. The Raconteurs released their first studio album back in 2006 and was titled as Broken Boy Soldiers. This amazing album was first headed by the single Steady, As She Goes/Store Bought Bones, the first song the band wrote, released on vinyl as well as on CD. The band followed this up by a UK tour starting off with a live show in Liverpool. This was followed by a US tour that started off in New York City at the well known Big Apple venue, the Irving Plaza.

Despite the band being new, its concerts wherever they went were completely sold out. This was not only true in the US but also in many parts of Europe. The band’s debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers, ranked high in the US as well as the UK charts; it debuted at a marvelous second within the UK Charts as well as a seventh position within the Billboard charts in the US. Hardly a year in rock and the band was opening for Bob Dylan in an amazing tour followed by the band’s cover of the song Teenage Kicks, a hit tune by The Undertones, featured within the BBC anniversary show on the band. This American rock band is well known for its unique covers of songs by legends such as Sonny Bono, Nancy Sinatra, Cher, The Flamin’ Groovies, Bo Diddley and Charley Jordan.

The Raconteurs first album, 2006’s Broken Boy Soldiers also won the Album of the Year Award from the Mojo Magazine in the UK. This album also received not one but two Grammy Award nominations; one as the Best Rock Album for the entire album and the other as the Best Rock Performance for the band’s first single, Steady, As She Goes. Their next album was released in 2008 and was titled as Consolers of the Lonely. It contained the hit single Salute Your Solution. At present, the lineup of the band is made up of Jack White as a vocalist as well as playing the guitar, the keyboards, the stylophone as well as a mandolin, Brendan Benson as a vocalist, a guitarist and a keyboardist, Jack Lawrence as the bassist, banjo player and backing vocalist and lastly, Patrick Keeler as the drummer and percussionist. All in all, this is a sensational rock band that you should listen to live through The Raconteurs tickets.

The Raconteurs Announces North American 2019 Tour Dates

American rock band The Raconteurs recently announced a headlining North American tour in support of their new album Help Us Stranger. It is their third studio album and the first one in eleven years. Their previous album Consolers of the Lonely came out in 2008.

The outing is divided into three legs the first of which kick-starts with a concert at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit on July 12. Other notable cities on the itinerary are Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Seattle, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. So get your hands on The Raconteurs tickets and enjoy their new music material live in your city.