Kings of Leon Tour Openers Revealed: Built to Spill, the Black Keys

No wonder the Kings of Leon have been pounding away in the studio (as per Nathan Followill’s Twitter page at least) for their follow-up to 2008’s multi-platinum Only by the Night, as there’s less than a month to go until they embark on an American tour that scatters across the summer and into September. One of the biggest rock bands in the country going on an amphitheater tour isn’t big news, but what if I told you that Built to Spill (one of our personal favorite bands of all time) and the Black Keys (one of the best live bands around) are joining KoL for different legs of the tour? Yeah…

From early July until August, Built to Spill will open for the Followill boys, while Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney will be KoL’s September tour mates. Check out the full schedule and list of openers (Whigs, the Stills, and the Features, as well) below:

6/5  Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Event Center w/The Whigs
6/6  Saratoga, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
w/The Whigs
6/8 Scranton, PA -Toyota Pavilion
w/The Whigs
7/9  San Diego, CA
Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre w/Built To Spill, The Features
7/10 Phoenix, AZ
Cricket Wireless Pavilion w/Built To Spill, The Features
7/12 Los Angeles, CA
Hollywood Bowl w/Built To Spill, The Features
7/14 Irvine, CA
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater w/Built To Spill, The Features
7/17 George, WA
The Gorge w/Built To Spill, The Features
7/19Salt Lake City, UT
USANA Amphw/Built To Spill, The Features
7/20 Denver, CO
Comfort Dental Amphitheatre w/Built To Spill, The Features
7/23 St. Louis, MO
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater w/The Stills
7/24 Chicago, IL First
Midwest Bank Amphitheater w/Built To Spill and The Stills
7/26 Cleveland, OH
Blossom Music Center w/Built To Spill, The Stills
7/28 Toronto, ON
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre w/The Stills
7/30 Darien Center, NY
Darien Lake PAC w/Built To Spill, The Stills
7/31 Detroit, MI
DTE Energy Music Theatre w/Built To Spill, The Stills
8/3 Hartford, CT
Comcast Theatre w/Built To Spill, The Stills
8/5 Camden, NJ
Susquehanna Bank Center w/Built To Spill, The Stills
8/7 Bristow, VA (DC)
Jiffy Lube Live w/Built To Spill, The Stills
9/3 Indianapolis, IN 
Verizon Wireless Music Centerw/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/4 Cincinnati, OH
Riverbend Music Center w/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/7 Pittsburgh, PA
First Niagara Pavilion w/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/8 Hershey, PA
Hershey Park – Pavilion w/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/10Charlotte, NC
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatrew/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/11 Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Beach Amphitheaterw/The Black Keys, The Whigs 9/13 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Amphitheater w/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/17 West Palm Beach, FL
Cruzan Amphitheatre w/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/18 Tampa, FL
Ford Amphitheatre w/The Black Keys and The Whigs
9/20Birmingham, AL
Verizon Wireless Center w/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/22 Houston, TX
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Paviliw/The Black Keys, The Whigs
9/23Dallas, TX
Superpages.com Center w/The Black Keys, The Whigs