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=== 2007–2008: ''Icky Thump'' and hiatus === [[File:HMP & White Stripes (749441118).jpg|left|thumb|Promotional posters for the ''[[Icky Thump]]'' tour in Canada, 2007]] On January 12, 2007, V2 Records announced that, due to being under the process of reconstruction, it would no longer release new White Stripes material, leaving the band without a label.<ref>Christman, Ed (January 12, 2007), [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1063253/v2-restructured-white-stripes-moby-become-free-agents "V2 Restructured, White Stripes, Moby Become Free Agents"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118172327/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1063253/v2-restructured-white-stripes-moby-become-free-agents |date=January 18, 2016 }}. ''Billboard''. Retrieved January 22, 2007.</ref> However, as the band's contract with V2 had already expired, on February 12, 2007, it was confirmed that the band had signed a single album deal with [[Warner Bros. Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/White_Stripes_Sign_to_Warner_Bros_#41119 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214084013/http://pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/White_Stripes_Sign_to_Warner_Bros_ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |title=White Stripes Sign to Warner Bros. |access-date=February 12, 2007 |author=Amy Phillips |date=February 12, 2007 |work=Pitchfork }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nylon/0607/index.php?startid=76 |title=NYLON – June/July 2007 |work= nxtbook.com |access-date=August 30, 2008}}</ref> Their sixth album, ''[[Icky Thump]]'', was released on June 19, 2007.<ref name="changing" /><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1075093|pure_url=yes}} |title=Icky Thump – Review |website=Allmusic |author=Heather Phares |access-date=August 30, 2008}}</ref> Following the well-received ''Get Behind Me Satan'', ''Icky Thump'' marked a return to the punk, garage rock and blues influences for which the band is known.<ref name="changing">{{cite magazine| last= Pastorek| first= Whitney |date= May 25, 2007| title= Changing Their Stripes| magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]| volume= 935| pages= 40–44}}</ref> It was recorded at [[Blackbird Studio]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] and took almost three weeks to record—the longest of any White Stripes album. It would also be their first album with a title track. The album's release came on the heels of a series of concerts in Europe and one in North America at Bonnaroo.<ref>[http://www.whitestripes.com/lo-fi/news.html News page, The White Stripes website news] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422022042/http://www.whitestripes.com/lo-fi/news.html |date=April 22, 2015 }}. Retrieved April 10, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.whitestripes.com/lo-fi/news.html News page, The White Stripes website show list] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422022042/http://www.whitestripes.com/lo-fi/news.html |date=April 22, 2015 }}. Retrieved April 13, 2007.</ref> Prior to the album's release, three tracks were previewed to ''[[NME]]'': "[[Icky Thump (song)|Icky Thump]]", "[[You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)]]" and "[[Conquest (song)|Conquest]]". ''NME'' described the tracks as "an experimental, heavy sounding 70s riff", "a strong, melodic love song" and "an unexpected mix of big guitars and a bold horn section", respectively.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2, 2007 |title=Exclusive – NME.COM hears new White Stripes songs |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/26791 |access-date=August 30, 2008 |work=NME.COM}}</ref> On the US Billboard Charts dated May 12, 2007, "Icky Thump"—the first single—became the band's first Top 40 single, charting at number 26, and later charted at number 2 in the UK. ''Icky Thump'' entered the [[UK Albums Chart]] at number one,<ref name="acharts">[http://acharts.us/album/26528 "The White Stripes – Icky Thump global chart positions and trajectories"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012103336/http://acharts.us/album/26528|date=October 12, 2014}}. aCharts.us. Retrieved June 30, 2007.</ref> and debuted at number two on the [[Billboard 200]] with 223,000 copies sold.<ref name="acharts" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Hasty |first=Katie |date=June 27, 2007 |title=Bon Jovi Scores First No. 1 Album Since 1988 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051279/bon-jovi-scores-first-no-1-album-since-1988 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119205121/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051279/bon-jovi-scores-first-no-1-album-since-1988 |archive-date=January 19, 2016 |work=Billboard.com}}</ref> By late July, ''Icky Thump'' was certified gold in the United States. As of March 8, 2008, the album has sold 725,125 copies in the US. On February 10, 2008, the album won a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Alternative Music Album. On April 25, 2007, the duo announced that they would embark on a tour of Canada, performing in all 10 provinces, plus [[Yukon]], [[Nunavut]] and [[Northwest Territories]]. In the words of Jack: "Having never done a tour of Canada, Meg and I 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. The best way for us to do that is ensure that we perform in every province and territory in the country, from the Yukon to Prince Edward Island. Another special moment of this tour is the show which will occur in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on July 14, the White Stripes' Tenth Anniversary." Canadian fiddler [[Ashley MacIsaac]] opened for the band at the [[Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay]] show; earlier in 2007, MacIsaac and Jack had discovered that they were distantly related.<ref name="macisaac">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/halifax-fans-chase-white-stripes-around-town-1.639459 |date= July 14, 2007| title= Halifax fans chase White Stripes around town| website= cbc.ca| publisher= CBC|url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702190933/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/07/14/whitestripes-halifax-bar.html |archive-date=July 2, 2009 }}</ref> It was also at this time that White learned he was related to Canadian fiddle player [[Natalie MacMaster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=111&csid2=778&fid1=25803 |title= The White Stripes: Manifest Destiny| first= Jason |last= Schneider |work= Exclaim.ca |access-date=April 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015063231/http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=111&csid2=778&fid1=25803 |archive-date=October 15, 2007 }}</ref> [[File:Jack & Meg, On The Bus.jpg|thumb|The White Stripes giving an impromptu show for fans on a bus in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba in 2007]] On June 24, 2007, just a few hours before their concert at Deer Lake Park, the White Stripes began their cross-Canada tour by playing a 40-minute set for a group of 30 kids at the Creekside Youth Centre in [[Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby]]. The Canadian tour was also marked by concerts in small markets,<ref name=eels/> such as [[Glace Bay, Nova Scotia|Glace Bay]], [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]] and [[Iqaluit]], as well as by frequent "secret shows" publicized mainly by posts on The Little Room, a White Stripes fan messageboard. Gigs included performances at a bowling alley in [[Saskatoon]], a youth center in [[Edmonton]], a [[Winnipeg Transit]] bus and [[The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba|The Forks]] park in [[Winnipeg]], a park in Whitehorse, the [[YMCA]] in downtown Toronto, the Arva Flour Mill in [[Arva, Ontario]],<ref name=eels/> and Locas on Salter (a pool hall) in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Nova Scotia. They also played a historic one-note show on [[George Street, St. John's|George Street]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], in an attempt to break a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the shortest concert.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hopper |first=Alex |date=2024-07-16 |title=On This Day: The White Stripes Play the Shortest Concert Ever |url=https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-the-white-stripes-play-the-shortest-concert-ever/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref> Though it was denied induction as a record, media publications have called it the shortest concert.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-16 |title=The White Stripes and the shortest show of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/white-stripes-shortest-concert-ever/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-17 |title=Guinness won't add Jack White's one-note concert as world's shortest |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/guinness-wont-add-jack-whites-one-note-concert-worlds-shortest-flna777761 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> They played a full show later that night at the [[Mile One Centre]] in downtown St. John's.<ref name=":8">{{cite news |title=And on that note, The White Stripes tour is over |publisher=CBC News |date=July 17, 2007 |access-date=December 13, 2007 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/and-on-that-note-the-white-stripes-tour-is-over-1.664256 }}</ref> Video clips from several of the secret shows have been posted to YouTube.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070705.wstripes05/BNStory/Entertainment/home "Jack and Meg go back to school"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 5, 2007.</ref> As well, the band filmed its video for "[[You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)]]" in Iqaluit. After the conclusion of the Canadian dates, they embarked on a brief U.S. leg of their tour, which was to be followed by a break before more shows in the fall.<ref name="eels">{{Cite news |last=Eells |first=Josh |date=2012-04-05 |title=Jack Outside the Box |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/magazine/jack-white-is-the-savviest-rock-star-of-our-time.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |access-date=2025-03-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> But before their last show—in [[Southaven, Mississippi]]—[[Ben Blackwell]] (Jack's nephew and the group's archivist) says that Meg approached him and said, "This is the last White Stripes show". He asked if she meant of the tour, but she responded, "No. I think this is the last show, period."<ref name=eels/> On September 11, 2007, the band announced the cancellation of 18 tour dates due to Meg's struggle with acute [[Anxiety disorder|anxiety]].<ref name=shelve>(September 12, 2007), [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6990982.stm "White Stripes shelve US concerts"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802103554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6990982.stm |date=August 2, 2016 }}. BBC. Retrieved November 24, 2014.</ref> A few days later, the duo canceled the remainder of their 2007 UK tour dates as well.<ref name=cancel>(September 13, 2007), [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6993047.stm "The White Stripes cancel UK tour"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306062318/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6993047.stm |date=March 6, 2016 }}. BBC. Retrieved November 24, 2014.</ref> In his review of ''Under Great White Northern Lights'' for [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|''Vanity Fair'']], Bill Bradley commented on the tour cancellations, saying that it was "impossible" not to see Meg as "road-weary and worn-out" at the end of the film.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2010-03-15 |title=Buy It, Steal It, Skip It: The White Stripes' Under Great White Northern Lights |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/03/buy-it-steal-it-skip-it-the-white-stripes-under-great-white-northern-lights |access-date=2024-02-20 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> The band was on hiatus from late 2007 to early 2011. While on hiatus, Jack formed a group called [[the Dead Weather]], although he insisted that the White Stripes remained his top priority.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jack_white_works_with_bob_dylan.html |title=Jack White Works With Bob Dylan |work= Ultimate-Guitar.Com |date=February 26, 2008 |access-date=August 30, 2008}}</ref> Dominique Payette, a Quebecois radio host, sued the band for $70,000 in 2008 for sampling 10 seconds of her radio show in the song "Jumble Jumble" without permission.<ref>NME New York staff (February 5, 2008), [https://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/34127 "White Stripes sued for sampling radio show"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011734/http://www.nme.com/news/the-white-stripes/34127|date=March 5, 2016}}. NME. Retrieved March 16, 2015.</ref> The matter was ultimately settled out of court.<ref>Schneider, Jason (April 30, 2012), [http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/jack_white-third_man "Jack White—The Third Man"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104183853/http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/jack_white-third_man|date=January 4, 2016}}. ''Exclaim!''. Retrieved March 16, 2015.</ref>
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