Jack White

 

 

Latvian alternative rock band “Bēdu Brāļi” are the confirmed special guests to support Jack White. 

 

 

Born and raised in Detroit as the youngest of 10 siblings, Jack White’s utilitarian approach filters through all of his work, from self-producing his own music to the Third Man empire he founded (which currently includes a pressing plant, a record label, three physical retail stores, a photo lab, a lounge/bar, and more), his upholstery and various other art and design pursuits, and anything else that crosses his desk. Over a quarter century into his professional musical career, White’s ability to weave relevant, compelling, and poignant artistry into his music leaves him unparalleled.

 

Having gone through the typical independent band experience of many young musicians, Jack founded The White Stripes in 1997 with his then-wife Meg White, but no one, least of all themselves, ever expected that a red, white and black two-piece band would take hold in the mainstream world. The band's self-titled debut and sophomore effort De Stijl amassed critical acclaim and built a passionate underground following, but it was the release of 2001’s White Blood Cells that thrust the White Stripes onto magazine covers as they captivated larger audiences through worldwide touring. “Fell in Love With a Girl” served as the band’s breakthrough hit and its accompanying Michel Gondry Lego clip was chosen by Pitchfork as the #1 music video of the 2000s.

 

The release of Elephant in 2003 not only cemented the band’s reputation, but also offered the #1 hit single “Seven Nation Army,” which has since been appropriated as arguably the most popular chant in sports stadiums around the world. Many may not even heard anything about The White Stripes, but every sports fan will recognize the exciting “Ooo-oho-ho-hoo” from the first seconds.

 

With the following two The White Stripes albums - “Get Behind Me Satan” (2005) and “Icky Thump” (2007) - Jack White established himself as one of the brightest and most recognized personalities in 21st century rock music, especially in the indie and garage rock genres.

 

In 2004, White teamed up with Loretta Lynn to produce and perform on her “Van Lear Rose” album, an effort that won 2 Grammy Awards. Or, together with Alicia Keys, he wrote and recorded the title track Another Way to Die for the Bond film “Quantum of Solace.”
To date, White has won total 12 Grammys in eight different categories with 34 career nominations, and was honored with the Producers & Engineers Wing “President’s Merit Award” in 2017. Rolling Stone magazine has twice included him in the list of the world's greatest guitarists and at the end of 2025, Jack, along with Meg, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

 

After The White Stripes, Jack White's creative path has led through 2 other groups - The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather (both of which he was a co-founder) - until he started a solo career. As part of this, six studio albums have been released, of which critics especially emphasize the first 2 ("Blunderbuss" (2012) and "Lazaretto" (2014)) and so far the last ("No Name" (2024)).

 

Fans of analog sound will certainly appreciate the fact that Jack White is a proponent of this recording format, as well a strong advocate of the vinyls: “I love analog because of what it makes you do. Digital recording gives you all this freedom, all these options to change the sounds that you are putting down, and those are for the most part not good choices to have for an artist," and "Mechanics are always going to provide inherent little flaws and tiny little specks and hisses that will add to the idea of something beautiful, something romantic. Perfection, making things perfectly in time and perfectly free of extraneous noise, is not something to aspire to! Why would anyone aspire to such a thing?”

 

Jack White also expresses a similar opinion regarding concerts, where he still does not have a strict set list: “Where for set you are doing by the book where you have the lasers and the pyro, all happens right at the chorus, to make the mistake would be deadly. But what we're doing and playing live, I think those are beautiful things. And they can change the whole way that we swerve the songs. And now everyone in the rooms is in the whole new thing we never knew was going to happen 10 seconds ago.” 
Consequently, each performance of this eccentric talent turns into a unique, unpredictable experience even for him, and for that reason alone it is worth visiting.

 

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Video:
Seven Nation Army - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ehxW9MKRH0
Another Way To Die (duo with Alicia Keys) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM5UJvnbbuY