White Stripes' ICKY THUMP confirmed for June

[abcdefz]

Yay!

Hello All,

With unbridled enthusiasm for the June release of 'Icky Thump', NME.com has printed a North American tour routing that holds no semblance of reality. Indeed, it looks like their journalists simply found and printed the tour routing the band did in support of their 2005 release, 'Get Behind Me Satan'.

In fact, The White Stripes have yet to confirm their North American routing as of yet. But we are happy to say that it will include all 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada, as well as the remaining 16 states of the United States the band have yet to play. A few major markets that have been journeyed to in the past will be also be included.

The North American tour will start in the state of Tennessee.

Best Regards,
The White Stripes Management

[sercomdj01]

I'm off to see them headline wireless leeds :)

[abcdefz]

(y)


Hope it's a good show.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

(y) Excellent news.

[paulb]

Cant wait to hear the new cd, and see them live again. They are sooo awesome live.

[DroppinScience]

FUCK. YEAH. (y) (y) (y)

[beastiedan]

3 territories of Canada??

All 3 territories in Canada have a combined population of about 100 000, and are far from fuck all. That statement makes me question the validity of the remark.

[DroppinScience]

3 territories of Canada??

All 3 territories in Canada have a combined population of about 100 000, and are far from fuck all. That statement makes me question the validity of the remark.

I could see them wanting to go out on a limb and play Whitehorse, Yukon and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, but playing Nunavut? What venues would they have in their biggest town? An industrial strength igloo? :eek:

But if they're gonna come to Edmonton (DON'T play Reds, play Starlite or New City or Winspear or somewhere), fuck yeah! (y)

[beastiedan]

I could see them wanting to go out on a limb and play Whitehorse, Yukon and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, but playing Nunavut? What venues would they have in their biggest town? An industrial strength igloo? :eek:

But if they're gonna come to Edmonton (DON'T play Reds, play Starlite or New City or Winspear or somewhere), fuck yeah! (y)

I agree eh.

I live in Winnipeg and we've been lucky to get some huge acts come through in the last year or two, clapton is coming up, roger waters, van morrisson, even Christina Augulera.. but were hungry for more acts like the White Stripes. Interpol is coming which is a good start.

[Be16]

super exciting news! thanks!

Various songs sound like: 1993, Cake, Braveheart the movie, "Aqualung," Citizens Band, that Heart song "Barracuda," Metallica's "Unforgiven," a Blind Melon B-side.
fromhttp://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/03/23/white-stripes-icky-thump
no fking image i can get from this.

[TurdBerglar]

the white stripes annoy me

[abcdefz]

It's your lot in life.

[abcdefz]

Very very cool cover.




White Stripes newsletter:


Hello Children,

The White Stripes will release their sixth album, 'Icky Thump', on XL Recordings in UK/Europe on June 18th and on Warner Brothers Records in North America, SE Asia and Japan on June 19th. You can view the album's cover art HERE (http://www.whitestripes.com/IckyThump/cover_art/).

Jack and Meg have also confirmed they will be performing at Zenith in Paris, France on June 11th. For tickets, please visit Le-Zenith.com

Thanks,
The White Stripes newsletter team

[DroppinScience]

That's one messed up looking cover, but I have full confidence in the album's awesomeness

[cosmo105]

i just can't get excited about the white stripes. they're in the "listenable" pile.

[afronaut]

that album cover gives me a boner.

[Parkey]

The NME are giving away a free 7" off the new White Stripes album - here (http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/27857) (y)

[abcdefz]

That's kind. (y)

[Be16]

you might know this but;
“Icky Thump” Likely to Rock Your World (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/04/26/icky-thump-likely-to-rock-your-world/?utm_source=weekly-newsletter&utm_medium=email)
from rollingstone.

[abcdefz]

Cool indeed.

I'm sure that only Pitchfork and Turd will hate it.

[yeahwho]

I just hurled up last nights soup.

Here is the presale page with Canadian dates (http://www.whitestripes.musictoday.com/WhiteStripes/calendar.aspx)

[abcdefz]

I just hurled up last nights soup.

Here is the presale page with Canadian dates (http://www.whitestripes.musictoday.com/WhiteStripes/calendar.aspx)


Yeah -- they're making a point to hit every Providence, they said.

[DroppinScience]

Cool indeed.

I'm sure that only Pitchfork and Turd will hate it.

I dunno, Pitchfork has usually approved of the Stripes, n'est pas?

[abcdefz]

Have they? I'd have to look.

Sometimes, though, it seems like they give something a bad review just to be contrary. I've seen reviews on there for stuff where they pretty much say "This is so well--reviewed we're obligated to pan it."

[DroppinScience]

Have they? I'd have to look.

Sometimes, though, it seems like they give something a bad review just to be contrary. I've seen reviews on there for stuff where they pretty much say "This is so well--reviewed we're obligated to pan it."

The Pitchfork review is an unpredictable beast. If I see something get around the 7-ish rating, I figure chances are high that it's good, and they're attempting to be reasonable. As far as my best recollection, the Stripes usually are 7's or 8's in the Pitchfork world, and that's not half bad.

[abcdefz]

....for some reason, I reach their site and things are all fucked up right now. :confused:

[HEIRESS]

I dont think you understand the significance of this

6/27/2007 Arctic Winter Games Arena Iqaluit, NU

like you dont, you just dont

[ToucanSpam]

I dont think you understand the significance of this

6/27/2007 Arctic Winter Games Arena Iqaluit, NU

like you dont, you just dont


:D


God I can't wait for this retarded Canadian tour. Why come to the hinterlands?


BECAUSE WE ROCK HARDER

[HEIRESS]

"Having never done a full tour of Canada, [we] thought it was high time to go whole hog. We want to take this tour to the far reaches of the Canadian landscape. From the ocean to the permafrost."


this is Iqaluit (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/2/28/Iqaluit-aerial.jpg), in all its pop. 6,000 glory

seriously, white stripes <3

[abcdefz]

Iqaluit (http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/2/28/Iqaluit-aerial.jpg), in all its pop. 6,000 glory




If you look carefully, you can see me waving.

[Be16]

just heard the single...
now i'm not sure if i eagerly wait for the album release...jack's gone mad, really, or i'm just being amazed by this weird heavy sound.

anyway here's to share. someone seems to have air-checked the first time British on-air. says posted 3 days ago, so you all might hear this already.
Icky Thump (single) (http://www.megaupload.com/jp/?d=BQH6FFM1)

[FunkyHiFi]

Icky Thump on vinyl (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=112807) (the entire album):
So, the new White Stripes album is delivered on four master reels of analog tape. (Jack is an audiophile and loves recording and mixing in analog.) In Nashville (where this new album was recorded) the engineer used a special tape recorder with a gigantic one inch width tape to capture the mix........The tapes by the way sound wonderful; very dynamic, big gigundo bass drum, great punchy sounds.Unfortunately the CD version will almost certainly be mastered* to sound better when heard via 96kbps MP3 files, $5 earbuds or a laptop's 1" speakers, so most of that punchy & dynamic sound will be lost.

BTW: big Warner/Reprise/Elektra vinyl reissue series (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=112018) coming.

* by someone else - Steve Hoffman won't do the "modern" things to music that make it sound bad on home audio systems

[mathcart]

BTW: big Warner/Reprise/Elektra vinyl reissue series (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=112018) coming.


* by someone else - Steve Hoffman won't do the "modern" things to music that make it sound bad on home audio systems
This is GREAT news! Thanks. Can't wait to expand my vinyl collection
On the White Stripes front- I'm still psyched to hear it, sounds like it will be magnificent.

[hpdrifter]

I heard Icky Thump on the radio and it sounded gooooooood.

[HEIRESS]

Im going to the June 24th show

birthday present from my ex.

[abcdefz]

(y)

[Mr Films]

so fucking ready for this record.

probably more than any other known 2007 release.

cept maybe Radiohead.

[DroppinScience]

Im going to the June 24th show

birthday present from my ex.

Got tickets for their June 30th show! (y)

[MC Moot]

Got tickets for their June 30th show! (y)

yeah,I'm in for the 29th but may miss a private show with The Boredoms cause of it.....(n).....big things going on down here....(y)

www.sledisland.com

[Manticore]

Preorderd on Itunes :D

[jackrock]

Damn, they played at my local bowling alley a few hours before the concert. just sort of a quick, hi we're gonna pop in and play, k?

awesomeness.

[Jitters]

they played at my local bowling alley a few hours before the concert.

That's nuts, when's the last time a famous band played anybody's bowling alley?

[Mr Films]

just bought my ticket to see them in september at austin city limits fest

[beastiedan]

I was lucky enough to see the stripes on a bus on July 2nd. You can check out the video if you search "white stripes winnipeg" on youtube. or click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOl1e5FRAUc

I can also post a shoutout to the msg board on youtube if I need to prove I shot that lol.

[HEIRESS]

whoops forgot to post about the concert.

it was unreal.
I loved every second of it, and it was outside and the noise was just ridiculous

and they even had custom amps for this tour that were white with a red maple leaf on them
<333333

[abcdefz]

Very cool.

The only live stuff I've heard of there's is the Glasgow Lights (?) DVD. Just an electric blues noise freakout in great hands.

What was your show like?

[HEIRESS]

It was a straight up hit parade. threw in goodies from all the albums
though they only played 3 songs from the new album

and the sound quality was awesome.
I respect them even more now because of their ability to reproduce their sound so well in concert, outdoor no less.

[HEIRESS]

ps.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/poopoo/whitestiprsss.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/poopoo/whitesstripes3-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/poopoo/whitestripes2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/poopoo/whitestripes.jpg

[abcdefz]

Very cool.

I particularly like


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/poopoo/whitesstripes3-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/HEIRESS/poopoo/whitestripes2.jpg






....boy, their stage designers must go through living hell. :D