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The White Stripes
June 17th-July 31st
Tickets: $30-$50
Singer-guitarist Jack White and drummer Meg White are heading way off the beaten track on the White Stripes' first tour in two years. They will play shows in the far north of Canada as well as at Bonnaroo, Madison Square Garden and a blues festival -- a first for the Stripes -- in Ottawa. "A lot of people don't know that we have anything to do with the blues," says Jack. "But every time we sing or play a note, that's the root of it -- the blues."
After the Raconteurs, how does it feel going back to the power of two?
The Raconteurs are more of a conventional band. I play a guitar solo, and the other guys keep going behind it. In the White Stripes, I play rhythm and lead at the same time. I constantly keep the show going. And there is an intensity between Meg and I that I can't comprehend at times. I know it pushes me to do better, to do more than I would. I've got that vibe in my brain: "I got to keep it going."
How will you arrange songs from Icky Thump for the stage? In "I'm Slowly Turning Into You," there's organ and glam guitar. Which will you play live?
Some nights I'll play it on organ, some nights on guitar. Or some nights I'll play one with one hand and one with the other [laughs]. The good thing about the White Stripes is we get to decide when and where to break our own rules.
The tour includes unusual stops like Montana and Alaska -- and the Yukon Territory, which is way uptown.
We're playing the last sixteen states we haven't been to yet, and we're playing every province and territory in Canada. We've never done a tour of Canada, even after all these years.
And the White Stripes are headlining at the Garden for the first time.
I don't even know what the Garden looks like -- I'm not from New York [laughs]. I never imagined the White Stripes, a two-piece band, could play that place. It's unbelievable.
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June 17th-July 31st
Tickets: $30-$50
Singer-guitarist Jack White and drummer Meg White are heading way off the beaten track on the White Stripes' first tour in two years. They will play shows in the far north of Canada as well as at Bonnaroo, Madison Square Garden and a blues festival -- a first for the Stripes -- in Ottawa. "A lot of people don't know that we have anything to do with the blues," says Jack. "But every time we sing or play a note, that's the root of it -- the blues."
After the Raconteurs, how does it feel going back to the power of two?
The Raconteurs are more of a conventional band. I play a guitar solo, and the other guys keep going behind it. In the White Stripes, I play rhythm and lead at the same time. I constantly keep the show going. And there is an intensity between Meg and I that I can't comprehend at times. I know it pushes me to do better, to do more than I would. I've got that vibe in my brain: "I got to keep it going."
How will you arrange songs from Icky Thump for the stage? In "I'm Slowly Turning Into You," there's organ and glam guitar. Which will you play live?
Some nights I'll play it on organ, some nights on guitar. Or some nights I'll play one with one hand and one with the other [laughs]. The good thing about the White Stripes is we get to decide when and where to break our own rules.
The tour includes unusual stops like Montana and Alaska -- and the Yukon Territory, which is way uptown.
We're playing the last sixteen states we haven't been to yet, and we're playing every province and territory in Canada. We've never done a tour of Canada, even after all these years.
And the White Stripes are headlining at the Garden for the first time.
I don't even know what the Garden looks like -- I'm not from New York [laughs]. I never imagined the White Stripes, a two-piece band, could play that place. It's unbelievable.
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