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"Presale tickets for the upcoming North American tour will be available by visiting the presale link of the “shows” section of www.whitestripes.com beginning April 30th at 10 am local venue time.
The single “Icky Thump” can now be heard on the radio and is available on iTunes (US and Canada only), read the lyrics for the song here ."
Another day, another new post. It's hard to keep up with all this information pouring in! Anyways, the White Stripes official website posted some brand new tour dates. A bunch of dates up north in Canada, as well as some east coast dates in the US. Check them out at the official website, or here, on the tour page.
...Icky Thump! That's right, the title track off the upcoming album will be the lead single,per the White Stripes newsletter:
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The White Stripes' first single, 'Icky Thump', will be available exclusively online through the iTunes music stores (US and Canada only) starting at 12:01 am this Thursday, April 26th.
Third Man Records/XL Recordings will also be releasing CD and vinyl versions of the 'Icky Thump' single on June 11th in the UK. The formats and track listings are as follows:
White vinyl 7" (companion to the NME distributed record that will be given away with copies of the magazine on stands June 6th)
A. Icky Thump
B. Etching (no audio)
The White Stripes are set to release the first new material from forthcoming album 'Icky Thump' exclusively with NME.
Jack and Meg White 's new album will be released on June 18. However, beforehand the pair will release the track 'Rag And Bone' on a special seven-inch vinyl that will come exclusively for free with the issue of NME out on June 6.
The track will be pressed onto red vinyl, while the flipside will feature a etching designed exclusively by Jack White and will come in special gatefold packaging featuring more artwork by the band.
It's official. Jack and Meg will make their way to Canada to play the Ottawa BluesFest. They will be playing the MBNA stage on Sunday, July 8th at 9:30PM. Click the link below for more information on the BluesFest, including a full lineup.
NME has had a chance to hear the new album, Icky Thump, and this is their first impression:
NME has heard the eagerly awaited new album by The White Stripes - and below are our first impressions of the full album.
'Icky Thump' , the follow-up to 2005's 'Get Behind Me Satan' , is released on June 18 - and here's a summary of the tracks.
'Icky Thump'
A stomping psychedelic opening, Jack wails streams of consciousness over thumping Latin cousin of 'Ball And Biscuit' .
'You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told')
A beautiful torch song pinned down by a desert thud, the verses recall Springsteen 's 'Born To Run' before giving way to a classic Jack White melody.
'300mph Torrential Outpour Blues'
A low-slung, five minute lament that manages to sound both totally blues and totally Bowie .
'Conquest'
Where the album gets properly playful, this cover of a Corky Robbins song tells a dark tale of sexual politics over a mentalist heavy metal mariachi brass band.
'Bone Broke'
A clattering slow-burner that starts off resembling Queens Of The Stone Age 's 'Little Sister' before giving way to more blues with a hair metal twist as Jack imagines life without the Coke millions.
'Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn'
The next laugh-out-loud moment; a Scottish Highlanders' hoe-down, replete with bagpipes and yodelling.
'St Andrew'
More bagpipes dominate this bizarre prog sequence as Meg recounts a prayer to the patron saint of Scotland.
'Little Cream Soda'
More balls out rock as Jack screeches a song of nostalgia over a thrash metal cousin of 'Seven Nation Army' .
'Rag and Bone'
The album's comic highlight, the song casts Jack and Meg as rag and bone collectors scrambling through neighbours yards for things to sell. Contains as much dialogue as actual singing. "I saw some stuff in the yard, do you think they'll give it to us?" "Oh Meg , don't be rude! They might still want it!"
'I'm Slowly Turning Into You'
A twisted love song built around organ and T-Rex -ish guitar.
'A Martyr For My Love For You'
As things draw to a close the songs slow down; this is 'My Doorbell' gone desert rock.
'Catch Hell Blues'
A stark slide guitar blues workout with a psychedelic twist.
'Effect and Cause'
A return to familiar Stripes ground, this finale recalls the nursery rhyme-like 'It's True That We Love One Another' . But heavier, naturally.
"The White Stripes will hit the road this July in the U.S., according to a source at Warner Bros. Records, with tentative plans to play the 16 states that the duo has not yet performed in. Exact dates and venues are yet to be announced, but the group will play cities in places like Montana and Alaska, with the source saying, "They're doing this one for the fans." Following that run, frontman Jack White will take the month of August off to be home for the arrival of his second child with wife Karen Elson, which is due in late July or early August. The Stripes will resume touring in the fall, returning to the bigger, more frequently visited markets.
The Stripes will be supporting their sixth album, Icky Thump, which is due out on June 19th through Warner Bros. Based on hearing six songs, the album is a return to the bluesy, heavily guitar-drenched sound of the band's earlier records, with the usual White Stripes twists.
We have also exclusively learned that Jack White went into the studio last week to begin recording the second album from his other band, the Raconteurs. The follow-up to last year's debut, Broken Boy Soldiers, will probably surface sometime next year on a yet-to-be-determined label."
04.11.07 // ICKY THUMP PREVIEW / RELEASE DATE INFO
Icky Thump will be released on June 18th in the UK and the following day, June 19th in the US.
John Mulvey of Uncut got to hear the new album, Icky Thump:
"Two and a half minutes into "Icky Thump", something happens which is so perfect, you almost suspect the White Stripes ' press officer magically orchestrated it.
We are sat in the boardroom at XL, listening to "Icky Thump" being played to us at generous volume. The title track comes first, and it sounds terrific. The Stripes have reminded me of Led Zeppelin plenty of times before, but I don't think they've ever sounded quite this big . "Physical Graffiti" comes to mind, but there's also this weird North African riff being played on a synth, and an organ solo which is pure Jon Lord . Meg White is hitting the drums with immense weight, while Jack continues to deconstruct rock structures as he goes along - stuttering when you expect him to charge, messing with the levels."
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