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The White Stripes split

By | Published on Thursday 3 February 2011

The White Stripes

The White Stripes have finally announced that they have split up, almost four years since the release of their last album, ‘Icky Thump’, in June 2007. The duo also cancelled numerous tour dates the same year after it was announced that Meg White was suffering from acute anxiety. They’ve done very little together since then, and Jack White has since formed The Dead Weather and continued to perform with The Raconteurs.

A statement issued on the band’s website yesterday read: “The White Stripes would like to announce that today, 2 Feb 2011, their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live. The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine. It is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band and have it stay that way”.

The full statement can be seen at www.whitestripes.com.



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