Posts with tag "Jack White"

Jack White and Karen Elson Celebrate Their Divorce

Posted Jun 10th 2011 at 12:39 PM by Elizabeth Yun

In sad news, Jack White, frontman of the now defunct White Stripes and the mastermind behind The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, is splitting up with his wife Karen Elson. White met the British model/singer when she appeared in the music video for the White Stripes single 'Blue Orchid.' The pair married in June 2005 in Brazil and went on to have two children, Scarlett Teresa and Henry Lee. In ...

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Jack White Entertains Fans with Surprise SXSW Performance

Posted Mar 17th 2011 at 02:00 AM by Spinner Editors

Former White Stripes mastermind Jack White played a surprise two-song set at the launch of his Third Man Rolling Record Store at SXSW in Austin yesterday. Setting up in the corner of a parking lot, White and his Third Man crew -- including former Soledad Brothers drummer Ben 'Swank' Smith -- declared the opening of their roving record store (it's a big yellow truck) by setting up a microphone ...

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The White Stripes Split for 'Myriad of Reasons'

Posted Feb 2nd 2011 at 01:48 PM by Spinner Editors

The White Stripes anounced their split today. Our friends at Spinner write that the duo of Jack and Meg White -- who released six studio albums, the last of which was 2007's 'Icky Thump' -- announced the breakup via a statement on their website. "The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine and in ...

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Conan O'Brien Teams with Jack White for New Recording...About Frankenstein

Posted Aug 21st 2010 at 10:05 AM by Christine Fenno

With the 'Tonight Show' debacle now a distant memory and a new TBS late-night show on the horizon, Conan O'Brien seems to have embraced his wonderfully weirder-than-ever persona as a rockabilly raconteur. Along for the ride is Jack White, whose indie record label Third Man has announced the release of 'And They Call Me Mad?' -- Conan O'Brien's "recently recorded, spoken-word, improvised narrative ...