Jack White reveals unconventional tour plans for ‘No Name’
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In line with the unique release of the album, Jack White has revealed his unusual touring plans for his new record, No Name.
No Name marks the sixth solo album from the former White Stripes frontman. In July, the record was handed out for free to customers at several Third Man Records shops. No Name was then officially released on August 2nd, to critical acclaim with Far Out rewarding the album a four-and-a-half star review.
Since the release of No Name, fans have been asking about White’s plans to tour the record. The singer has now revealed his live plans for No Name, which consist of “small clubs, back yard fetes, and a few festivals here and there to help pay for expenses.”
White suggested that the tour kicked off on July 27th, when he played at American Legion Post 82 in Nashville. “People keep saying that these are ‘Pop up shows’ we’ve been playing,” he acknowledged, “well, you can call them whatever you want, but we are on tour right now. These are the ‘shows’.”
Since the Legion gig, White has played shows at small venues such as 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, and The Basement East in Nashville. He has also performed a series of festival slots, filling in for Queens of the Stone Age at Øya Festival in Norway, Syd for Solen in Denmark and Way Out West in Sweden.
The singer explained that shows will be announced as close to the event date as possible. “Some shows we won’t even decide to do until that morning,” he added, “I also want to walk through orchard fields and grab apples off of trees at will and fill my belly full of that fruit if the desire strikes me. I’m looking for that cool breeze you know.”
White concluded the post by sending “lots of love and rock and roll” to his fans and signing off as Johnny Guitar (Archbishop Harold Holm3s) III.
Though fans may have been hoping for a more concrete touring schedule, White’s live plans perfectly align with the ethos of the record. Like No Name, gigs will be announced unexpectedly and delivered as intimate shows to smaller crowds. Fans will have to keep a close eye out on small club listings and local fetes if they hope to catch No Name live.
Far Out said of No Name in a glittering review: “If it was simply Jack White sounding like good old Jack White then that would make for a timely rocket to blast a noteworthy wreckage in today’s pixelated musical landscape, but it’s Jack White in a signature vein that timelessly revitalises the medium of the blues with each stabbing chord—rendering it pretty damn close to the masterpiece the world needs right now.”
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