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Well, Jack White just gave fans the surprise of a lifetime!
The 46-year-old singer unexpectedly popped the question to his girlfriend and fellow musician Olivia Jean during his concert in front of a sold-out crowd at the Masonic Temple in Detroit on Friday night. According to the Detroit News, the whirlwind moment all started when Jack brought the 32-year-old on stage in order to perform a rendition of The White Stripes‘ 2001 single Hotel Yorba. While introducing her to the audience, he told Olivia he had a question and pulled out a ring, asking:
Of course, she said yes. But there is more…
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After getting engaged, the artist asked everyone if they could get married right then and there!
Trying to top Bennifer, huh! LOLz!
His mother and her father soon joined them onstage for the ceremony. He also brought along an officiant, who WXYZ reported was Third Man Records co-founder Ben Swank. In true rocker fashion, he apparently quoted Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy, saying:
Unfortunately, fans in attendance were not able to capture the moment on video since Jack notoriously does not allow cell phones at his concerts. But many later tweeted out about how thrilled they were to be invited to the couple’s big day. One fan wrote:
Another concertgoer commented:
And a third social media user declared:
Understandable! We mean, it is not every day people get to experience a famous musician’s wedding in IRL! On Saturday, Jack also shared a picture from the special on-stage moment, writing in the caption:
This wedding marks his third marriage, as he was previously wed to both Meg White and Karen Elson. Congrats to the happy couple!
[Image via Olivia
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Jack White and Olivia Jean’s same-day engagement and marriage was more of an impulse than anything
Jack White performed his song ‘What’s The Trick’ on last night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (April 20) – you can watch his performance and interview with Colbert below.The track is taken from the guitarist’s recently released solo album ‘Fear Of The Dawn’, the first of two LPs that are set to be released by the White Stripes musician in 2022.White and his live band delivered an electric performance of ‘What’s The Trick’ during yesterday’s episode of The Late Show following an interview with host Colbert.White spoke to Colbert about his recent on-stage marriage to Olivia Jean and recalled a piece of advice he once received from the late Prince: “Don’t let anyone tell you how to play your guitar, Jack.”You can watch White’s performance of ‘What’s The Trick’ in the above clip, and see White’s interview with Colbert below.White has also this week shared the Jason Lester-directed video for ‘What’s The Trick’, which you can only watch on White’s Facebook page here.The clip features a host of Nashville musicians, including Regina McCrary (of the McCrary Sisters) and the singer-songwriters Adia Victoria and Lola Kirke. Recordings of shows from Jack White‘s ongoing world tour are currently being made available to stream or download via the live concert streaming platform Nugs.net.White’s tour will visit London for two dates in late June, with support from Chubby and The Gang and Yard Act.
Jack White‘s current world tour are being made available to listen to as soundboard recordings.Coinciding with the release of his fourth solo album, ‘Fear Of The Dawn’, the tour kicked off in Detroit on April 8 at the Masonic Temple Theatre, where the former White Stripe frontman proposed to and married his partner, singer-songwriter Olivia Jean.Earlier that day, White performed the US national anthem to open the Detroit Tigers’ baseball game against the Chicago White Sox.Now, shows from the ‘Supply Chain Issues’ tour has been made available to download or stream via live concert streaming platform Nugs.net, which is available to access for a subscription of $12.99 per month (£9.99).Fans with a subscription can access shows from White’s current run, with more to be added over the course of the tour, along with shows from previous tours. White’s tour runs to the end of August, including appearances in the UK on June 27 and 28 in London and throughout Europe across July.
Stevie Nicks, Jack White and Pink have been announced to headline Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival in California this autumn.Vedder, who will also play a solo headline set, topped the bill on all three nights of last year’s event after it returned following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.The festival at Dana Point will also feature Broken Social Scene performing ‘You Forgot It In People’, and other sets by St. Vincent, Khruangbin, Brittany Howard, Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Morby, Gang Of Youths, Bomba Estereo, Noga Erez, Billy Strings and many others.Ohana Festival, which launched in 2016, runs from August 30-September 2, 2022. Pre-sale tickets go live tomorrow (April 13) at 10am PT/6pm BST.
Wet Leg are currently leading the pack in the race for this week’s Number One album in the UK.On Friday (April 8), the Isle of Wight indie duo – comprising Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – released their self-titled debut LP.The 12-track project featured the singles ‘Chaise Longue’, ‘Wet Dream’, ‘Too Late Now’, ‘Oh No’, ‘Angelica’ and ‘Ur Mum’.In the midweeks, the Official Charts Company has revealed that ‘Wet Leg’ is outselling its closest competition – Father John Misty’s ‘Chloë And The Next 20th Century’ – 4:1. If it holds on until Friday (April 15), it will be the band’s first UK Number One album.There are three other new entries – including Father John Misty at Number Two – that have cracked the Top Five in the midweeks: Jack White’s ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ (Three) and Kae Tempest’s ‘The Line Is A Curve’ (Four).Rounding out the rest of the Top Five is last week’s Number One, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love’.Elsewhere in the Top 10, Camila Cabello’s third album ‘Familia’ sits at Number Seven, while Joe Santriani‘s latest release, ‘The Elephants Of Mars’, is Number Nine.Pavement also look set to make a return to the chart for the first time in 23 years with a reissue of their 1999 album ‘Terror Twilight’.
Gallery: 20 celebs who dated teenagers (Espresso)White has not yet commented further on the seemingly impromptu nuptials. However, Jean took to Instagram over the weekend to share a snap from the concert.
Jack White has suggested that The Rolling Stones copied The Beatles in a new interview.Speaking to MOJO, White praised frontman Mick Jagger saying that he was “smart” and was always “feeing whatever the hippest thing was” in the 1960s, including, he went on, “copying” The Beatles – their biggest rivals of the day.White explained: “People want The Rolling Stones to be cool, dirty, raucous. They don’t want to understand that The Rolling Stones were chasing a hit constantly and feeding off whatever the hippest thing was, copying whatever The Beatles did last week.“That disrupts the fantasy. And the fantasy’s amazing – I have indulged many times with those kinds of bands. That’s not an insult.
White Stripes' singer Jack White shocked fans on Friday night when he proposed to and married his girlfriend on stage during a show. White invited Olivia Jean, a songwriter and producer, on stage to play with the band during the gig, introducing her to fans as his girlfriend.
The White Stripes’ Jack White surprised fans by marrying musician Olivia Jean on stage during his homecoming show in Detroit, in the US, on Friday. The singer, songwriter and producer invited Jean on stage to join his performance and introduced her as his girlfriend.
Jack White took to the field at Comerica Park in Detroit yesterday (April 8) to perform the US national anthem – you can watch his performance below.The former White Stripes frontman played an instrumental version of the anthem before the Detroit Tigers’ baseball game against the Chicago White Sox. The performance coincided with the release of his fourth solo album, ‘Fear Of The Dawn’.For the performance, White was backed by bassist Dominic Davis, keyboardist Quincy McCrary, and drummer Daru Jones – the same trio set to accompany White on his ‘Supply Chain Issues Tour’.It comes after White previously threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Tigers game against the White Sox back in 2014.You can see White’s performance below:Native Detroiter Jack White performs the national anthem on Opening Day.
Jack White, 46, wowed a sold out crowd on Apr. 8, when he reportedly proposed to and then immediately married Olivia Jean Markel, 32, while on stage at his show at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, MI. The singer got the exciting night started when he brought the beauty up next to him and in front of his fan during the White Stripes song, “Hotel Yorba,” and put a ring on her finger. “It’s been such a great day, mind if we get married right now?” Jack then asked, according to Page Six, before the rest of his band and his parents joined the couple on stage as they exchanged vows.
Detroit Free Press, the proposal took place near the end of the show, and a wedding ceremony was held during the encore five minutes afterward. Producing a “jubilant jolt for the crowd,” the onstage ceremony was officiated by Third Man Records’ Ben Swank.
DETROIT -- Jack White surprised fans by marrying musician Olivia Jean on stage during his Detroit homecoming show Friday.The Detroit-born singer, songwriter and producer invited Jean onstage to join his performance and introduced her as his girlfriend.White asked her to marry him during a rendition of song ‘Hotel Yorba' and right before the lyric “let's get married."Jean, a fellow Detroit native, teared up and said yes, the Detroit Free Press reported. White then carried her offstage.The two later re-emerged for an encore and married in an onstage ceremony officiated by Ben Swank, a co-founder of White's record label.Jean is part of the label's garage goth rock band Black Belles, which is on hiatus, and is also signed by his label as a solo artist.White, who founded the White Stripes, was previously married twice.
Jack White is married!
Jack White, is consistently surprising his fans with new music, new collaborators and new looks. On Friday (April 8), the iconic singer/songwriter had a whopper of a surprise for everyone attending his concert in Detroit: a new wife! During his show at the Masonic Temple, Jack got engaged to his girlfriend, singer Olivia Jean, and then immediately married her in front of the sold-out crowd, according to WXYZ.
Chris Willman Music WriterJack White’s to-do checklist was a busy one Friday: Release new album. Sing the National Anthem for the Detroit Tigers’ opening day.
Jack White got a two-for-one special when he proposed to his girlfriend and married her on the same night!The 46-year-old singer popped the question to his girlfriend, singer Olivia Jean, on Friday in front of his sold-out crowd at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. According to the, White, who had just embarked on his Supply Chain Issues tour, brought up Olivia for a duet of the White Stripes' 2001 hit «Hotel Yorba,» and while introducing her to the crowd he told her he had a question.«Will you marry me?» asked White after pulling out a ring.