The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney, The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Iggy Pop will all feature on Ke$ha's new album, Warrior.
The album, which is the follow-up to the eccentric pop singer's 2010 debut LP Animal, will be released on December 3 in the UK and December 4 in the US.
'Warrior' contains a star-studded list of guest writers, producers and collaborators, with the likes of Bonnie McKee, Fun's Nate Ruess, Ben Folds, Greg Kurstin, Ammo, Kojak, Max Martin, Billboard and Will.i.am all set to feature. The album has been overseen by songwriting supreme Dr Luke.
Pizza Hut and Home Depot have denied that they produced adverts that used songs by The Black Keys without their permission.
In June of this year, Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, as well as producer Danger Mouse, submitted a lawsuit alleging that Pizza Hut and its advertising agency used "significant portions" of 'Gold On The Ceiling' in an ad for Cheesy Bites Pizza while Home Depot used the track 'Lonely Boy' in an advert for power tools.
Neil Young And Crazy Horse, the Foo Fighters and the Black Keys are due to headline a a one-day concert, The Global Festival, on September 29 at the Great Lawn at New York's Central Park.
Billed as "A free ticketed music festival to help end extreme poverty", the event will coincide with the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York to discuss reducing poverty.
The Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney has hit out at the recent reunions of Black Sabbath and Van Halen and their failure to include all their original members.
The full original line-up of Sabbath reunited last year, but have subsequently parted ways with drummer Bill Ward over a contract dispute. Van Halen released their first album for 14 years earlier this year, but recorded it without long-time bass player Michael Anthony, with mainman Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen taking the role.
The Black Keys held a 'secret' gig last night (June 20) in Nashville.
The band played an hour-long set at the Springwater Supper Club, according to Rolling Stone. The show was ostensibly a video shoot for the band's new single, "Little Black Submarines", taken from their 2011 album, El Camino.
The video is directed by photographer, Danny Clinch.
Along with "Little Black Submarines", which the band played twice, the Black Keys also played "Howlin' For You", "Next Girl", "Nova Baby", "Tighten Up", "She's Long Gone", "Lonely Boy" and "Gold On The Ceiling".
Jack White, Black Keys and Alabama Shakes are among the acts playing this year's Lollapalooza Festival.
The line-up also includes Franz Ferdinand, Gaslight Anthem, Black Sabbath, the Afghan Whigs and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
You can read the full line-up here: http://lineup.lollapalooza.com/
Started in 1991 by Jane's Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, the festival takes place this year on August 3 - 5 in Grant Park, Chicago, where it's been based since 2005.
The Black Keys have released a new video, directed by Harmony Korine.
The clip for "Gold On The Ceiling", taken from the group's 2011 album El Camino, sees the group joined by mini-doppelgangers.
Korine is best known for directing the films Gummo and Mister Lonely, and for writing 1995's controversial Kids.
Watch the video for "Gold On The Ceiling" below.
The Black Keys' forthcoming documentary will be a "buddy movie" rather than a conventional tour film.
Noah Abrams, the director behind the yet-untitled film, has said he had no plans to shoot a straight band documentary and revealed that the movie would be a "buddy movie with perhaps the greatest soundtrack of all time".
The film-maker told Spin: "A lot of music documentaries spend too much time trying to make people cool. I'm fortunate enough to know these guys pretty well and their relationship is pretty incredible and very funny."
Dan Auerbach, frontman of blues duo The Black Keys, has said in a new interview that he and drummer Patrick Carney 'didn't want to be rock stars'.
Speaking to Interview Magazine, Auerbach said that success doesn't matter to the band. He explained: "We don't have expectations or dreams, because those will always just bite you in the ass. We're very content with where we are and the speed we've been going. The only way we got through was by keeping our expectations very low. We didn't want to be rock stars."
