Jack White denies latest White Stripes break-up stories

Jack White told NME.com this week that he doesn't get why people keep asking if the White Stripes are breaking up. White said, "We get asked all the time, 'How long do you guys think it's gonna last?' I'd venture to say that in 90 per cent of interviews, someone has asked us 'Is this the last record?' It's almost as if people want us to stop!" The singer and guitarist added that the debut of his other outfit, the Raconteurs, last year didn't help, explaining, "The Raconteurs came along and people thought, obviously, (the Stripes are) done. But then with this new album people are saying the Raconteurs are done."

White recently returned to the studio with the Raconteurs to begin recording their second album, due out next year. He told us why he thinks people have a hard time understanding how he can play in two groups: "I think it just doesn't happen very often. It doesn't happen very often that people are in two full-time bands, so that's probably why they think that it sounds strange. But there's always time for everything, I always say."

The new White Stripes album, Icky Thump, comes out on June 19th. Jack White said it felt "really comfortable" to record with drummer Meg White again. He said, "There's something special about the band that is hard for me to put into words. We gel effortlessly...We got lucky that way."

The Stripes will begin an 18-city Canadian tour on June 24th in Burnaby, British Columbia. The trek will include a stop on July 14th in Nova Scotia, where the duo will play their 10th anniversary show.

Jack White recently said that he has ancestral roots in Nova Scotia, and a lawyer in the province confirmed for Jam! Music on Tuesday (May 8th) that White is actually a distant cousin to three of Nova Scotia's best-known fiddlers: Grammy nominee Natalie MacMaster, legendary Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster, and two-time Juno winner Ashley MacIsaac.
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