The White Stripes put the disappointment of last year's cancelled Oxegen performance behind them when they jet in for two shows in Ireland
The shows are set for Dublin's Marlay Park on August 24 and an as-yet-unspecified Belfast venue on the 25th.
Tickets for both gigs go on sale on June 25.
Meanwhile, Jack White has said that despite breaking a finger and getting done for assaulting Jason Stollsteimer, "It's been the best year of my life. I've gotten the chance to play with or be on the same stage as Bob Dylan, Loretta Lynn, Beck, Jeff Beck, David Bowie and Iggy Pop. These are things that I never thought would be possible."
Asked to whittle that list down to the one highlight, he goes for helping Loretta Lynn come up with her Hotpress-endorsed Van Lear Rose.
"I couldn't believe they let me do it. We got really, really close to the real Loretta making that record."
One thing he hasn't enjoyed is his higher public profile.
"I hate the word 'celebrity'," White concludes. "Celebrity is very empty. It's like all the people talking about Paris Hilton or whatever."
For those who thought the Stripes had become overrated, tedious nonsense (just me then? Right.) ‘My Doorbell’ was something of a revelation. ‘Denial Twist’ is great too, not least because it’s essentially the same record with different lyrics.
Read More The suspicion that The White Stripes are a conceptual prank masquerading as a rock group intensifies with each outing. For their fifth dispatch, Jack and Meg contort their beaten up, gut-bucket blues into wrenching, subversive shapes. A feral heckle as much as a pop record, it flaunts its weirdness gleefully and capriciously.
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Read More Jack and Meg round off a phenomenally successful twelve months with this limited edition release from Elephant.
Read More Laced with Jack’s usual lyrical oddities and vocal roughage, and Meg’s giving it loads on the toms.
Read More Jack White has apologised to fans for the band's recent no show at Witnness
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Read More Jack wailing like a preacher, each phrase getting its own gasp of breath, Meg's familiar pound-and-smash speeding and slowing as his fervent blues-gospel erupts and subsides
Read More Like The White Stripes? You'll love their mates the Von Bondies, the Detroit Cobras and the Dirtbombs - all fellow Detroiters, all helping the Stripes bring the Motor City to Dublin Castle for the Green Energy Festival
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Whether or not you want to swallow the hype, it cannot be denied that a mere duo simply aren't supposed to be capable of making this kind of racket!
Read More Whether or not you want to swallow the hype, it cannot be denied that a mere duo simply aren't supposed to be capable of making this kind of racket.
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