Stories are sweeping in about those stranger tour locations on the Stripes’ North American tour:
Daycamp and a young R. Kelly impersonator!
Bagpipes, kilts and a cannon!
Fiddling at the Savoy Theatre!
And finally…
A fishing boat?
The gig spots just keep getting charmingly wackier.
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Welcome, Yorbites, and witness the birth of a new tradition at the Hotel Yorba: Fanart Fridays!
Every Friday, I’ll serve up some delightful artistic renderings of Jack and Meg for your viewing pleasure.
Today:
“the white stripes” by koosh-llama
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How do you come up with those savage riffs, Jack? Why the brother-sister approach in the early days, Meg? What about that number three fixation?
There are thousands of questions for Jack and Meg burning in the brains of Yorbites everywhere. If only they could be answered…
Now they can be!
Looks like the Stripes will be interviewed on ABC News Now, ABC’s twenty-four hour news channel, on Monday, July 23rd. The News Now site says that curious fans can email video footage of their questions and have them answered during the program!
You can send in your queries by way of …read more
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Now that the new Stripes’ album Icky Thump has been out for nearly a month, let’s take a look at the reviews that have accumulated via Metacritic:
THE PROS ->
musicOMH.com
It’s eccentric, it’s exhilarating, it is, in parts, absolutely insane. Yet it’s never less than absolutely compelling, which is what makes the White Stripes one of the greatest bands of modern times.
Lost At Sea
At 48 minutes, Icky Thump has enough genre-hopping, rip-roaring tunes to get even the 70s rock purist nodding his head again.
The Guardian
Icky Thump positively swarms out of the speakers.
Entertainment Weekly [22 Jun 2007, p.68]
Despite all the distortion …read more
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Word from the official White wire:
The spot for the Stripes’ Anchorage gig has been changed to the George M. Sullivan Sports Arena. Apparently, more space was needed to accommodate all those screaming fans! Don’t worry if you’ve already purchased tickets. They’ll be accepted for GA floor seats.
But that’s not all! New items have been added to the Stripes’ web store: t-shirts featuring a “button horse” (somewhat reminiscent of a similar creature in The Science of Sleep) and a penguin, the Jack & Meg flash drives finally available for international customers and official tablature books for the albums White Blood Cells …read more
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Something occurred to me today:
I’ve been posting at the Hotel Yorba for a few days and there’s not a single entry so far about the titular tune!
So, in lieu of any news right now, I offer the memorable lyrics to “Hotel Yorba” (track deux on the album White Blood Cells.)
I was watchin’
with one eye on the other side.
I had fifteen people telling me to move.
I got moving on my mind.
I found shelter
in some thoughts turnin’ wheels around.
I said thirty-nine times that I love you
to the beauty I had found.
Well, it’s…
one, two, three, four,
take the elevator
at the Hotel Yorba.
I’ll be …read more
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Word from the official White wire:
The Stripes will return to the United Kingdom this fall for a headline tour across the country. Here’s a listing of the gigs:
24 Oct. – Glasgow SECC
25 Oct. – Manchester MEN Arena
26 Oct. – Newcastle Metro Arena
28 Oct. – Birmingham NEC
29 Oct. – Cardiff Int. Arena
31 Oct. – Sheffield Hallam Arena
1 Nov. – Nottingham Arena
2 Nov. – London O2 Arena
Tickets for every show except the Glasgow one can be purchased from a 24-hour credit card hotline (0871 2200 260) or online at gigsandtours.com
Glasgow tickets will be sold from pclpresents.com
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Another queer spot for a gig on the Stripes’ North American tour. Last Sunday, Jack and Meg performed a short set at the Eastview Bowling Alley in Saskatoon. Check out the video below for “Let’s Build a Home” and Jack’s bowling chops!
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The Stripes are looking to liven up their North American tour with a few shows in some strange locations.
On July 2nd, Jack and Meg played for a small group of fans onboard a bus in the city of Winnipeg. The set was acoustic, naturally, with such songs as “Hotel Yorba” and “Wheels on the Bus,” a children’s classic, making an appearance.
This isn’t the first unconventional show during their 2007 tour. The sites of previous performances include a classroom in Barnaby, British Columbia, London’s Royal Hospital and even “Icky Thump Records,” a Tower Records renamed for a day in Los Angeles.
Not …read more
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