The White Stripes Releasing Live Album Of Final Show

by Nick Neyland

from http://www.prefixmag.com/

It seems unlikely that we’ll get any new White Stripes material in the near future following their split in February, but the band are giving us a few farewell gifts. A live album from the duo’s final show together is set to be released on Jack White’s Third Man label, and will simply be titled Live in Mississippi. The vinyl-only release was recorded at Southaven on July 31, 2007, and you can check out the full set list below. There’s also a live DVD by the band in the works, which was recorded at Ralph’s Corner Bar in Moorhead, Minnesota on June 13, 2000, and will be titled Under Moorhead Lights All Fargo Night. No release date for that is forthcoming just yet, but keep an eye on the Third Man website for more details.

Track listing for Live in Mississippi:

Stop Breaking Down (Robert Johnson cover)

Let's Build A Home

When I Hear My Name

Icky Thump

Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground/As Ugly As I Seem

The Same Boy You've Always Known

Wasting My Time

Phonograph Blues (Robert Johnson cover)

Cannon'/'John The Revelator

Death Letter (Son House cover)

Astro

Apple Blossom

You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)

In the Cold, Cold Night

I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart

Hotel Yorba

A Martyr For My Love For You

Ball And Biscuit

300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues

Blue Orchid

I'm Slowly Turning Into You

Boll Weevil

THE WHITE STRIPES

White Stripes Call It Quits

by Beca Grimm

from http://www.npr.org/

Enlarge Ewen Spencer/Courtesy of the artists

Ewen Spencer/Courtesy of the artists

 

Meg and Jack White of White Stripes broke two years of silence within the band and announced on their website today that the duo is splitting up.

The release says that their decision to end a 13-year run isn't attributable to classic reasons like artistic differences, lost interest, etc. Instead, the Whites cite conservancy as the main rationale. "It is for a myriad of reasons," the note reads. "But mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band and have it stay that way."

Jack White's Third Man Records, however, will continue issuing previously unreleased White Stripes material from throughout the band's history.

The band had this to officially say in the news release:

"The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful."

Source: YouTube

Exclusive First Listen: Under Great White Northern Lights

npr.org — The White Stripes first ever live album won't debut until March 16, but NPR scored an "exclusive first listen" of the blistering barreling through of a decade-spanning assortment of newer songs and older fan favorites.

Click here to listen now: Exclusive First Listen: Under Great White Northern Lights

Jack White forms yet another new band, new CD

The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- No one can accuse Jack White of being lazy.

The rocker is already a member of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, and now White says he's formed a third band, The Dead Weather.

White announced the project Wednesday in Nashville and hosted a private party to hear the new CD and see a performance by the group. He says The Dead Weather's debut album, "Horehound," will be released in June on his Third Man record label.

Besides White, the new group includes Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Jack Lawrence of The Greenhornes.

Both Fertita and Lawrence perform with White in The Raconteurs.

Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride and White's partner in the White Stripes, Meg White, were among more than 150 guests at the party.

Afterward, White said the group began as friends getting together to make music.

"The idea was to do a 7-inch single and be done with it, but we started writing songs and something happened," he said.

White says the band plans to tour this year.