The White Stripes
Summer Of 2007 – 16 July – THE WHITE STRIPES Play Shortest Gig Ever
Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history
16 July 2026
On July 16, 2007, today 19 years ago, THE WHITE STRIPES entered the record books
by playing the shortest-ever live gig when they appeared at a Newfoundland venue
called George Street during a Canadian tour.
They played just a single note with a cymbal crash (no encore, I suppose) before
exiting the stage. The “concert” was recognized by the Guinness Book Of World
Records in 2009. Unfortunately, the book’s compilers dropped the category a year
later after being swamped by applications for similar record-breaking attempts.
I want more than one note (fantastic video).
THE WHITE STRIPES Released Their Boiling ‘WHITE BLOOD CELLS’ Album 25 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
3 July 2026
Detroit‘s blues rock tandem THE WHITE STRIPES (1997–2011) released their
superlative album WHITE BLOOD CELLS today 25 years ago, on 3 July 2026.
Not an instant hit record.
#61 in the US and #55 in the UK,
but selling more over the years
when they got bigger.
Pitchfork said: “It’s here that they have finally come into their own, where Jack and Meg White finally seem not only comfortable with the path they’ve chosen, but practiced, precise and able to convey the deepest sentiment in a single bound. It’s hard to know at this point in the game where they’ll head from here, but what matters is right now.”
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ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Reveals 250 Greatest Songs Of The 21st Century
After 25 years of music in this Century Rolling Stone Magazine
looks back and picked their 250 favourite tracks.
As expected hip-hop-pop is the big winner pushing guitar rock into a figurant
role although Radiohead (with surprising track choice, The White Stripes (with
their classic cracker) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs at No. 2 (completely unexcepted)
are in the Top 10.
Full List HERE.
Let’s have a closer at the Top 10.
10. Thinkin’ About You by FRANK OCEAN
More than 1,4 billion streams on Spotify
Album: Channel ORANGE (2012)
9. Toxic by BRITNEY SPEARS
More than 1,7 billion streams on Spotify
Album: In The Zone (2003)
8. Idioteque by RADIOHEAD
More than 47 million streams on Spotify
Album: KID A (2000)
7. Allright by KENDRICK LAMAR
More than 961 million streams on Spotify
Album: To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
6. Dancin’ On My Own by ROBYN
More than 401 million streams on Spotify
Album: Body Talk (2010)
5. All To Well by TAYLOR SWIFT
More than 450 million streams on Spotify
Album: Red
4. Seven Nation Army by THE WHITE STRIPES
More than 2,030 billion streams on Spotify
Album: Elephant (2003)
3. Crazy In Love by BEYONCE
More than 1,8 billion streams on Spotify
Album: Dangerously In Love (2003)
2. Maps by YEAH YEAH YEAHS
More than 278 million streams on Spotify
Album: Fever To Tell (2003)
1. Get Ur Freak On by MISSY ELLIOT
More than 327 on Spotify
Album: Miss E… So Addictive (2001)
16 July 2007 – THE WHITE STRIPES Play World’s Shortest-Ever Gig
16 July 2025
On 16 July 2007, today 28 years ago THE WHITE STRIPES played the shortest gig ever with a single C# note accompanied by a bass drum/crash cymbal hit by Meg, clocking in at just 50 seconds, before exiting the stage in Newfoundland, Canada.
It was at one of their pop-up shows on a Canadian tour. .
Jack White said: “We have now officially played in every province and territory in Canada“,
It was recognized by the Guinness Book Of Records in 2009 but the book’s compilers
dropped the category a year later after being swamped by applications for similar
record-breaking attempts.
They should have record that concert.
THE WHITE STRIPES – Their 5th Album ‘BEHIND SATAN’ Was Released 20 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
7 June 2025
THE WHITE STRIPES – Jack and Meg White released their 5th LP GET BEHIND ME SATAN
n 7 June 2005, today 20 years ago. It peaked at #3 in the US, as well as in the UK.
Pitchfork wrote: “On their fifth album, the White Stripes’ ambitions finally seem to outpace their limited musical vocabulary. Making an almost-entirely clean break with the jet-fueled blues-rock of Elephant and De Stijl, they forsake electric guitar on all but a couple of tracks, working instead with pianos, acoustic guitars, marimbas, and other assorted oddball percussion.”
Singles: Seven Nation Army / Blue Orchid / My Doorbell
– SEVEN NATION ARMY
– BLUE ORCHID –
– MY DOORBELL –
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Picture This – THE WHITE STRIPES Stuff
Cute White Stripes cassettes.
THE WHITE STRIPES – 20th Anniversary Edition Of ‘GET BEHIND ME SATAN’ Out Jan 31st
12 January 2025
Jack White‘ label Third Man Records revealed details of the 20th anniversary
edition of GET Behind Me Satan, the fifth longplayer of The White Stripes,
which came out on June 7, 2005.
ORIGINAL LP
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PRESS INFO
The anniversary edition comes in 2 x LP, 1 x 7-inch, 1 x Blu-Ray and features
Songwriting Demos, Alternate Studio Takes, Get Behind Me Stan Live Album and
more.
More details here.
Former White Stripe MEG About MEG
1 January 2025
Where are you now, Meg?
BIG BLASTS FROM THE PAST – 10 Classic Albums Turning 20 In 2025
Back in time
31 December 2024
Band: THE WHITE STRIPES
Album: Get Behind Me Satan
Their 5rh LP. #3 in the UK and the US.
Pitchfork: “On their fifth album, the White Stripes’ ambitions finally seem to outpace their limited musical vocabulary. Making an almost-entirely clean break with the jet-fueled blues
rock of Elephant and De Stijl, they forsake electric guitar on all but a couple of tracks, working instead with pianos, acoustic guitars, marimbas, and other assorted oddball percussion.”
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Band: EDITORS
Album: The Back Room
Their first one. No. 2 in the UK.
No21 in the USA.
Pitchfork: “They imitate bands with dramatic vocalists … but the best moments
on The Back Room aren’t the theatrical ones—it’s when the four of them are playing
and discovering their own chemistry”.
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Instagram – All Albums
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Band: OASIS
Album: Don’t Believe The Truth
Their 6th. #1 in the UK, #12 in the USA.
AllMusic: “Don’t Believe the Truth the closest Oasis has been to great since the
summer of Britpop, when they were the biggest and best band in the world.”
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Instagram – Website
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Band: dEUS
Album: Pocket Revolution
4th longplayer. No 1 in Belgium.
AllMusic: “The group offers an album that refuses to be pinned down to a single
style. Despite the extended break between albums, dEus picks up right where they
left off with The Ideal Crash.”
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Band: BLOC PARTY
Album: Silent Alarm
Their debut. No. 3 in the UK.
NME: Varied in tone and stylistically uncategorisable, one thing
is clear about Bloc Party’s debut album: it’s bloody brilliant.
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Instagram – Linktree
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Band: HARD-FI
Album: CCTV
1st full length.
No. 1 in the UK.
The Guardian: “Hard-Fi’s edge over more derivative rivals lies in a formula
that delivers old Specials and Clash reggae vibes with the big-tune ratio of
a boy band.”
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Instagram – Linktree
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Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Album: Devils & Dust
The 13th. #1 both in the UK & US.
Rolling Stone: “In striking and affecting ways, his most audacious
record since the home-demo American Gothic of 1982’s Nebraska.”
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Instagram – All Albums
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Band: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Album: Lullabies To Paralyze
4th LP. #5 in the US, #4 in UK.
NME: ‘Lullabies To Paralyze’ will use its enigmatic mysticism to lull you into
a blissful daze so you don’t at first notice that the riffs have broken your neck.
Better. Than. Sex.”
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Instagram – Website
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Band: THE ROLLING STONES
Album: A Bigger Bang
22nd LP. #2 in the UK,
#3 in the US.
The Guardian: “There is a sense of finality about A Bigger Bang. It may not be quite
the blazing ship to Valhalla they intended, but then nor is it the unmarked grave you
might expect.”
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Band: LCD SOUNDSYTEM
Album: LCD Soundsystem
Debut one. #6 in the US,
#20 in the UK.
AllMusic: “Like just about everybody else these days, Murphy’s more skilled at creating isolated tracks than making full-lengths, even though this particular full-length has few weak spots and unfolds smoothly as you listen to it from beginning to end.”
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