The Black Keys: A Decade of Hard Work Pays Off

Carney and Auerbach hanging out backstage before performing at the 3rd Annual Shortlist Concert at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on October 5th, 2003.

Patrick takes a leap while waiting backstage before The Black Keys to perform at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colo., on February 28th, 2004.

Carney and Auerbach perform during the Rothbury Music Festival at the Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Mich., on July 5th, 2008.

Carney and Auerbach perform at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., on December 12th, 2010.

Auerbach gets lost in the music at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas in Universal City, California on December 12th, 2010.

Auerbach and Carney at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13th, 2011. The Black Keys took home Grammys for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Tighten Up" and Best Alternative Music Album for Brothers.

The Black Keys perform during the 2011 Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Ala., on May 22nd, 2011.

The Black Keys perform during the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on August 13th, 2011.

The Black Keys play SNL with host Steve Buscemi on Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Auerbach performs at the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Amaze 4G launch at Espace in New York City on October 12th, 2011. 

Auerbach and Carney play to a sold-out house of fans to celebrate the release of their album, El Camino, at Webster Hall in New York City on December 5th, 2011.

Dan Auerbach serenades the packed house at The Black Keys El Camino album release show at New York City's Webster Hall on Monday, December 5th, 2011.

Patrick Carney of the Black Keys performs during KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on December 11th, 2012.

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys performs at the Arena in Berlin on January 28th, 2012.

Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys perform at the Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, United Kingdom on February 3rd, 2012.