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99-678: The facility's original name was the Charlottetown Civic Centre (1989–2013). It was built in 1989–1990 and opened in the fall of 1990 as the principal venue for the 1991 Canada Winter Games which Prince Edward Island hosted in February 1991. The facility's location was the subject of significant controversy during its planning stages as various sites were being considered within the City of Charlottetown and surrounding communities; Charlottetown having argued that as host city for

198-554: A 22" 2002 Ride. On the Icky Thump tour, the bass drum head design was switched to a button inspired by the Pearlies clothing Jack and Meg wore for the album cover. The White Stripes have been described as garage rock , blues rock , alternative rock , punk blues , and indie rock . They emerged from Detroit's active garage rock revival scene of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their contemporaries included bands such as

297-671: A Biblical quotation Jesus made to the Apostle Simon Peter from the Gospel of Matthew 16:23 of the New Testament (in the King James Version , the quotation is slightly different: "Get thee behind me, Satan" ). Another theory about this title is that Jack and Meg White read James Joyce's story collection "Dubliners" (published 1914) and used a line from the final story "The Dead" to title this album. The title

396-677: A Randy Parsons custom guitar, a 1964 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline , a Harmony Rocket, a 1970s Crestwood Astral II, and a 1950s Kay Hollowbody. Also, while playing live, he used an MXR Micro-Amp, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi distortion/ sustainer , and an Electro-Harmonix POG (a polyphonic octave generator). He also used a Boss TU-2 tuner pedal. He plugged this setup into a 1970s Fender Twin Reverb, and two 100-Watt Sears Silvertone 1485 amplifiers paired with two 6x10 Silvertone cabinets. In addition to standard guitar tuning , Jack also used several open tunings . He also played other instruments such as

495-547: A band and, while they considered calling themselves Bazooka and Soda Powder, they settled on the White Stripes. Jack explained the name's origin: "Meg loves peppermints, and we were going to call ourselves the Peppermints. But since our last name was White, we decided to call it the White Stripes. It revolved around this childish idea, the ideas kids have—because they are so much better than adult ideas, right?" From

594-495: A black F-Style Gibson mandolin , Rhodes bass keys, and a Steinway piano. He played a custom-made red and white marimba on "The Nurse", "Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)" as well as on the non-album tracks "Who's A Big Baby" and "Top Special". Meg extensively used the Ludwig Classic Maple kit with Paiste cymbals, and also used Remo and Ludwig drumheads, various percussion instruments and Vater drumsticks. From

693-525: A book featuring lyrics written during the band's activity in addition to rough drafts and unseen content. When compiling the lyrics, Jack said that "I couldn’t get through any of those songs; I would cry halfway through each of those songs… some of them are the first songs I really had ever written, or among the earliest… humbly, I don't really know why anyone would get anything out of them… but people reflect back at you and keep mentioning that and you go 'OK, I guess people are getting something out of that.'" It

792-916: A bowling alley in Saskatoon , a youth center in Edmonton , a Winnipeg Transit bus and The Forks park in Winnipeg , a park in Whitehorse, the YMCA in downtown Toronto, the Arva Flour Mill in Arva, Ontario , and Locas on Salter (a pool hall) in Halifax , Nova Scotia. They also played a historic one-note show on George Street in St. John's , Newfoundland , in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for

891-515: A cappella version, as performed by House, of the traditional American gospel blues song " John the Revelator ". The White Stripes also covered House's song " Death Letter " on their follow-up album De Stijl . Looking back on their debut during a 2003 interview with Guitar Player , Jack said, "I still feel we've never topped our first album. It's the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit-sounding record we've made." AllMusic said of

990-490: A concert film about the band titled Nobody Knows How to Talk to Children . It chronicles the White Stripes' four-night stand at New York City's Bowery Ballroom in 2002, and contains live performances and behind-the-scenes footage. Its 2004 release was suppressed by the band's management, however, after they discovered that Roca had been showing it at the Seattle Film Festival without permission. According to

1089-531: A counterclaim on May 16 of that year, requesting damages against Diamond and an official court declaration denying him rights to the material. Diamond lost the suit, with the jury determining that he was not instrumental in crafting the band's sound. The White Stripes released a cover version of Tegan and Sara 's song " Walking with a Ghost " on iTunes in November 2005. The song was later released in December as

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1188-712: A history book for the 25th anniversary of the Canada Games in 1992. Over the course of the history of the Canada Games, a variety of sports have been added and dropped at various points within the Summer Games and Winter Games programs. The winter games include some sports not associated with winter. Fencing was previously a Winter Games sport before it was moved to Summer program for the Sherbrooke 2013 games and then removed altogether following those games. BMX , field hockey , and water polo were formerly in

1287-492: A joint post on the White Stripes Facebook page, stating that they were "disgusted by this association, and by the illegal use of their song" and that they had "nothing whatsoever to do with this video". They also released a limited edition T-shirt that read "Icky Trump" on the front, which was wordplay on Trump's last name. On October 6, 2020, a greatest hits album titled The White Stripes Greatest Hits

1386-509: A leading group of the 2000s indie rock and garage rock revival . Beginning in the late 1990s, the White Stripes sought success within the Detroit music scene , releasing six singles and two albums. They found commercial success with their third album, White Blood Cells (2001), which received critical acclaim and propelled them to the forefront of the garage rock revival. Their fourth album, Elephant (2003), drew further success and gave

1485-593: A little under a day. The project was conceived by Richard Russell , founder of XL Recordings , who co-produced the album with Joby Talbot . It was recorded between August 2005 and February 2006 at Intimate Studios in Wapping , London using an orchestra. Before the album went out of print, it was available exclusively through the Aluminium website in a numbered limited edition of 3,333 CDs with 999 LPs. On January 12, 2007, V2 Records announced that, due to being under

1584-412: A local music lounge soon after they separated. Jack assumed the band was over and asked Buick and nephew Ben Blackwell to perform with him in the slot that had been booked for the White Stripes. However, the day they were supposed to perform, Meg convinced Jack that the White Stripes should continue and the band reunited. The White Stripes' second album, De Stijl (Dutch for "The Style"), was released on

1683-423: A melding of garage rock and blues influences and a raw simplicity of composition, arrangement, and performance. The duo were noted for their mysterious public image, their fashion and design aesthetic which featured a simple color scheme of red, white, and black—which was used on every album and single cover they released—and their fascination with the number three. They made selective media appearances , and were

1782-484: A music video. It was additionally featured on Jack's compilation album Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 and received a nomination for Best American Roots Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards . During the campaigning for the 2016 United States presidential election , then Republican candidate Donald Trump used " Seven Nation Army " in a campaign video against the Stripes' wishes. Jack and Meg reunited to make

1881-640: A number of concerts, trade shows, wrestling shows and tournaments such as the 1999 Scott Tournament of Hearts , 2003 Royal Bank Cup , and 2006 Telus Cup . The facility also hosted the 2006 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft. In 2011, the facility hosted the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts from February 19 to 27. The facility has hosted numerous concerts over the years, including The Tragically Hip , Bryan Adams , The Guess Who , Willie Nelson , The White Stripes , George Jones , and Girlicious on their first tour . On November 3, 2009, magician David Copperfield performed there. Stompin' Tom Connors

1980-451: A possible White Stripes reunion in a 2010 interview with Vanity Fair . He said, "We thought we'd do a lot of things that we'd never done: a full tour of Canada, a documentary, coffee-table book, live album, a boxed set   ... Now that we've gotten a lot of that out of our system, Meg and I can get back in the studio and start fresh." On February 2, 2011, the duo announced that they had officially ceased recording and performing music as

2079-676: A return to the punk, garage rock and blues influences for which the band is known. It was recorded at Nashville 's Blackbird Studio and took almost three weeks to record—the longest of any White Stripes album. It would also be their first album with a title track. The album's release came on the heels of a series of concerts in Europe and one in North America at Bonnaroo. Prior to the album's release, three tracks were previewed to NME : " Icky Thump ", " You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) " and " Conquest ". NME described

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2178-560: A second night, what is going on? Is everybody out of their minds?" Elephant was released in 2003 on V2 in the US, and on XL Recordings in England. It marked the band's major label debut and was their first UK chart-topping album, as well as their first US Top 10 album (at number six). The album eventually reached double platinum certification in Britain, and platinum certification in

2277-582: A simple, primitive sound full of unfettered zeal." White Blood Cells peaked at number 61 on the Billboard 200 , reaching Gold record status by selling over 500,000 albums. It reached number 55 in the United Kingdom, being bolstered in both countries by the single " Fell in Love with a Girl " and its accompanying Lego -animation music video directed by Michel Gondry . The video won three awards at

2376-445: A source of tension when the duo was together, as she had little to say about the band's success. He spoke positively, however, of her musical acumen, saying "She was the antithesis of a modern drummer. So childlike and incredible and inspiring. All the not-talking didn't matter, because onstage? Nothing I do will top that." Several unreleased recordings and memorabilia of the band have been released through Third Man, typically through

2475-414: A war that we do not support." In November 2010, the White Stripes contributed a previously released cover version of the song "Rated X" to the compilation album Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn . In late 2010, the White Stripes reissued their first three albums on Third Man Records on a 180-gram vinyl along with 500 limited-edition, "split-colored" records to accompany it. Jack hinted at

2574-418: Is Bob Dylan; Jack has performed live with him, and has claimed "I've got three fathers—my biological dad, God and Bob Dylan". With few exceptions, Jack displayed a continued partiality towards amps and pedals from the 1960s. Jack used a number of effects to create his sound, such as a DigiTech Whammy IV to reach pitches that would be otherwise impossible with a regular guitar. When performing live, Jack used

2673-610: Is also a direct quotation from Who bassist John Entwistle 's solo song "You're Mine". With its reliance on piano-driven melodies and experimentation with marimba on "The Nurse" and "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)", Get Behind Me Satan did not feature the explicit blues and punk styles that dominated earlier White Stripes albums. However, despite this, the band was critically lauded for their "fresh, arty reinterpretations of their classic inspirations." It has garnered positive reactions from fans, as well as critical acclaim, receiving more Grammy nominations as well as making them one of

2772-478: Is established 2–4 years prior to the event. The Host Society functions in accordance with an agreement between the Canada Games Council, the government of Canada, the government of the province or territory and the government of the municipality. The Canada Games Council maintains and secures long-term partnership agreements with governments, corporations and national sport organizations. Funding for

2871-514: Is filled with the same detail, wit, and willingness to subvert expectations that made the band so dynamic when they were active… the collection's hand-curated feel is much more personal than the average best-of or streaming play list." The New Yorker ' s Amanda Petrusich called the album "a good reminder of how odd and inventive the band was… It feels old-fashioned, even deliberately so, but it sounds awfully good." In May 2023, Third Man Books announced The White Stripes Complete Lyrics 1997-2007 ,

2970-438: Is the last show, period." On September 11, 2007, the band announced the cancellation of 18 tour dates due to Meg's struggle with acute anxiety . A few days later, the duo canceled the remainder of their 2007 UK tour dates as well. In his review of Under Great White Northern Lights for Vanity Fair , Bill Bradley commented on the tour cancellations, saying that it was "impossible" not to see Meg as "road-weary and worn-out" at

3069-516: The Walking with a Ghost EP featuring four other live tracks. In October 2006, it was announced on the official White Stripes website that there would be an album of avant-garde orchestral recordings consisting of past music written by Jack called Aluminium . The album was made available for pre-order on November 6, 2006, to great demand from the band's fans; the LP version of the project sold out in

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3168-505: The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards : Breakthrough Video, Best Special Effects, and Best Editing, and the band played the song live at the event. It was also nominated for Video of the Year, but fell short of winning. Stylus Magazine rated White Blood Cells as the fourteenth greatest album of 2000–2005, while Pitchfork Media ranked it eighth on their list of the top 100 albums from 2000 to 2004. In 2002, George Roca produced and directed

3267-585: The 2027 Canada Winter Games , will be hosted in Quebec City, Quebec . The dates are to be announced. The first Canada Summer Games was the 1969 Canada Summer Games . The most recent Canada Summer Games was the 2022 Canada Summer Games which took place August 6–21, 2022 in the Niagara Region . The next Canada Summer Games, the 2025 Canada Summer Games , will be hosted in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador . St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador

3366-558: The Billboard 200 with 223,000 copies sold. By late July, Icky Thump was certified gold in the United States. As of March 8, 2008, the album has sold 725,125 copies in the US. On February 10, 2008, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. On April 25, 2007, the duo announced that they would embark on a tour of Canada, performing in all 10 provinces, plus Yukon , Nunavut and Northwest Territories . In

3465-484: The Canada Games Council ensures effective long-term partnerships with national sport organizations, governments and the corporate sector. The Canada Games Council is a well-established, national organization that fosters on-going partnerships with organizations at the municipal, provincial and national levels. The individual games are run by the local Host Society, a non-profit private organization that

3564-486: The Third Man Records Vault , a "rarity-excavating" quarterly subscription service. This began with a 2009 package that included a mono mix of Icky Thump . The latest package is 2023's Elephant XX , a mono mix of the aforementioned album which celebrates its 20th anniversary. In 2016, the previously unheard "City Lights" was released as a promotional single after Michel Gondry surprised Jack with

3663-512: The British leg of the tour, Jack changed his name from Jack White to "Three quid". On October 2, 2005, Jim Diamond —the owner and operator of Ghetto Recorders recording studio—filed a lawsuit against the band and Third Man Records for "breach of contract". In the suit, he claimed that as the co-producer, mixer, and editor on the band's debut album, and mixer and engineer on De Stijl , he was due royalties for "mechanical rights". The band filed

3762-683: The Charlottetown Forum, a facility which was closed following the civic centre's opening in 1990. Both teams moved in the fall of 2003 to the newly built MacLauchlan Arena on the University of Prince Edward Island campus. Until the 2008 opening of the Consolidated Credit Union Place located in Summerside , the facility was the largest indoor public sports facility in the province. It has also hosted

3861-852: The Gold Dollar bar in Detroit. They began their career as part of the Michigan underground garage rock scene, playing with local bands such as the Hentchmen , the Dirtbombs , the Gories , and Rocket 455. In 1998, Dave Buick—owner of an independent , Detroit-based, garage-punk label called Italy Records —approached the band at a bar and asked if they would like to record a single. Jack initially declined, believing it would be too expensive, but he eventually reconsidered when he realized that Buick

3960-527: The Gun Club . Jack has stated on numerous occasions that the blues is the dominant influence on his songwriting and the roots of the band's music, stating that he feels it is so sacred that playing it does not do it justice. Of the Gun Club's music in particular, Jack said, " 'Sex Beat', 'She's Like Heroin to Me', and 'For the Love of Ivy' ...why are these songs not taught in schools?" Heavy blues rock bands such as AC/DC and Led Zeppelin have also influenced

4059-553: The Peas broke up, but Jack continued to play in other bands, such as the garage punk band the Go (he played lead guitar on their 1999 album Whatcha Doin' ), the Hentchmen , and Two-Star Tabernacle . On Bastille Day 1997, Meg started learning to play the drums. In Jack's words, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing. There was something in it that opened me up." The couple then became

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4158-432: The Stripes' last tour, saying, "I just came from a Raconteurs tour and went right into that, so I was already full-speed. Meg had come from a dead-halt for a year and went right back into that madness. Meg is a very shy girl, a very quiet and shy person. To go full-speed from a dead-halt is overwhelming, and we had to take a break." The Conan gig proved to be their final live performance as a band. In 2009 Jack reported that

4257-575: The Summer program as well. Racquetball was in the 1979, 1983, and 1991 Canada Winter Games, but hasn't been included since. Fencing made its return to the Games during the 2023 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island . Its last appearance had been during the 2013 Canada Summer Games . Box lacrosse made its return to the Summer Games during the 2022 Canada Summer Games . It

4356-708: The Sympathy for the Record Industry label on June 20, 2000. Considered a cult classic and self-recorded on an 8-track analog tape in Jack's living room, De Stijl displays the simplicity of the band's blues and "scuzzy garage rock" fusion prior to their breakthrough success. The album title derives from the Dutch art movement of the same name; common elements of the De Stijl aesthetic are demonstrated on

4455-548: The United States. To promote the album, they made several appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2003, and they collaborated with Conan O'Brien frequently afterwards. Elephant garnered critical acclaim upon its release. It received a perfect five-out-of-five-star rating from Rolling Stone magazine, and enjoys a 92-percent positive rating on Metacritic . AllMusic said the album "sounds even more pissed-off, paranoid, and stunning than its predecessor... Darker and more difficult than White Blood Cells ." Elephant

4554-523: The Von Bondies , the Dirtbombs , the Detroit Cobras , and other bands that Jack included on a compilation album called Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit , which was recorded in his living room. The White Stripes were notable for having only two musicians, limiting the instruments they could play live. Jack, the principal writer, said that this was not a problem, and that he "always centered

4653-496: The White Stripes again and have to rethink my game," adding: "But that would be the best thing about it, because it would be a whole new White Stripes." In February 2010, a Super Bowl ad by the U.S. Air Force Reserve caused the White Stripes to "take strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserve presenting this advertisement with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during

4752-533: The White Stripes began their cross-Canada tour by playing a 40-minute set for a group of 30 kids at the Creekside Youth Centre in Burnaby . The Canadian tour was also marked by concerts in small markets, such as Glace Bay , Whitehorse and Iqaluit , as well as by frequent "secret shows" publicized mainly by posts on The Little Room, a White Stripes fan messageboard. Gigs included performances at

4851-524: The White Stripes the sixth greatest duo of all time in 2015. The band was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, their first year of eligibility, but were not inducted. In high school, Jack Gillis (as he was then known) met Meg White at the Memphis Smoke—the restaurant where she worked and where he would read his poetry at open mic nights. The two became friends, and began to frequent

4950-631: The White Stripes were working on their seventh album. A concert film, Under Great White Northern Lights , premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 18, 2009. The film documents the band's summer 2007 tour across Canada and contains live concert and off-stage footage. Jack and Meg White appeared at the premiere and made a short speech before the movie started about their love of Canada and why they chose to debut their movie in Toronto. The tour

5049-471: The White Stripes' Tenth Anniversary." Canadian fiddler Ashley MacIsaac opened for the band at the at the Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay show; earlier in 2007, MacIsaac and Jack had discovered that they were distantly related. It was also at this time that White learned he was related to Canadian fiddle player Natalie MacMaster . On June 24, 2007, just a few hours before their concert at Deer Lake Park,

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5148-406: The White Stripes. The announcement specifically denied any artistic differences or health issues, but cited "a myriad of reasons ... mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band". Following the band's breakup, Jack continued his music career while Meg retired and returned to Detroit. In a 2014 interview, Jack told Rolling Stone that Meg's emotionally reserved nature had been

5247-469: The album cover, which sets the band members against an abstract background of rectangles and lines in red, black and white. The album was dedicated to furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld of the De Stijl movement, as well as to the influential Georgia bluesman Blind Willie McTell . De Stijl eventually reached number 38 on Billboard Magazine' s Independent Albums chart in 2002, around

5346-434: The album with antiquated equipment, including a duct-taped 8-track tape machine and pre-1960s recording gear. In a 2017 interview with The New Yorker , Jack said "We had no business being in the mainstream. We assumed the music we were making was private, in a way. We were from the scenario where there are fifty people in every town. Something about us was beyond our control, though. Now it's five hundred people, now it's

5445-443: The album: "Jack White's voice is a singular, evocative combination of punk, metal , blues, and backwoods while his guitar work is grand and banging with just enough lyrical touches of slide and subtle solo work... Meg White balances out the fretwork and the fretting with methodical, spare, and booming cymbal , bass drum , and snare ... All D.I.Y. punk-country-blues-metal singer-songwriting duos should sound this good." At

5544-402: The band around the number three. Everything was vocals, guitar and drums or vocals, piano and drums." Fans and critics drew comparisons between Jack's prowess on the guitar and Meg's simplistic, reserved drumming. The band additionally drew attention for their preference for antiquated recording equipment. In a 2001 New York Times concert review, Ann Powers noted that Jack's "ingenious" playing

5643-451: The band their first Grammy Awards . The band experimented extensively on their fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan (2005). They returned to their blues roots with their sixth and final album, Icky Thump (2007), which was praised like the band's earlier albums. After a lengthy hiatus from performing and recording, the band dissolved in 2011. The White Stripes used a low-fidelity approach to writing and recording. Their music featured

5742-564: The band's inception to Get Behind Me Satan , the resonant heads of the toms and bass drum featured peppermint swirls. While recording From the Basement: The White Stripes , the design on the bass drum was switched to an image of her hand holding the apple from the Get Behind Me Satan cover. Beginning in 2006, White used a pair of Paiste 14" Signature Medium Hi-Hats, a 19" Signature Power Crash, and

5841-446: The band's next album at his home. He played with different techniques than in past albums, trading in his electric guitar for an acoustic on all but a few of the tracks, as his trademark riff -based lead guitar style is overtaken by a predominantly rhythmic approach. The White Stripes' fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan , was released in 2005 on the V2 label. The title is an allusion to

5940-484: The band, as Jack has claimed that he "can't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin." Traditional country music such as Hank Williams and Loretta Lynn , rockabilly acts like the Flat Duo Jets , Wanda Jackson and Gene Vincent , the surf rock of Dick Dale , and folk music like Lead Belly and Bob Dylan have also influenced the band's sound. Meg has said one of her all-time favorite musicians

6039-456: The band, the film was "not up to the standards our fans have come to expect"; even so, it remains a highly prized bootleg . Also in 2002, they appeared as musical guests on Saturday Night Live . The White Stripes' fourth album, Elephant , was recorded in 2002 over the span of two weeks with British recording engineer Liam Watson at his Toe Rag Studios in London. Jack self-produced

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6138-517: The beginning, they established certain motifs: publicly pretending to be brother and sister, outfitting their production in only black, red, and white, and heavily using the number "three". White has explained that they used these colors to distract from the fact that they were young, white musicians playing "black music". They were also noted for their lack of a bass player, and their general refusal to be interviewed separately. The White Stripes had their first live performance on August 14, 1997, at

6237-485: The coffee shops, local music venues, and record stores of the area. By this time, Gillis was already playing drums with musician friends, including his upholstery apprenticeship mentor, Brian Muldoon. In 1994, he got his first professional job as the drummer for the Detroit cowpunk band Goober & the Peas . After dating for several years, Gillis and White married on September 21, 1996. Contrary to convention, he took his wife's surname. Shortly after, Goober &

6336-529: The conclusion of the Canadian dates, they embarked on a brief U.S. leg of their tour, which was to be followed by a break before more shows in the fall. But before their last show—in Southaven, Mississippi — Ben Blackwell (Jack's nephew and the group's archivist) says that Meg approached him and said, "This is the last White Stripes show". He asked if she meant of the tour, but she responded, "No. I think this

6435-399: The conclusion of the concert. The film was directed by a friend of the duo, Emmett Malloy . In an interview with Self Titled , Jack alluded to the creation of a White Stripes film, Under Nova Scotian Lights , to be released later in 2009. In an interview with contactmusic.com , Jack claimed that working with the White Stripes would be "strange". "It would definitely be strange to go into

6534-459: The decade". NME referred to the album as the pinnacle of the White Stripes' time as a band and one of Jack White's best works of his career. The album's first single, " Seven Nation Army ", was the band's most successful and topped the Billboard rock charts. Its success was followed with a cover of Burt Bacharach 's " I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself ". The album's third single was

6633-573: The end of 1999, the White Stripes released " Hand Springs " as a 7" split single with fellow Detroit band the Dirtbombs on the B-side . 2,000 copies came free with the pinball fanzine Multiball . The record is currently—like the majority of vinyl records by the White Stripes— out of print and difficult to find. Jack and Meg divorced in March 2000. The White Stripes were scheduled to perform at

6732-529: The end of the film. The band was on hiatus from late 2007 to early 2011. While on hiatus, Jack formed a group called the Dead Weather , although he insisted that the White Stripes remained his top priority. Dominique Payette, a Quebecois radio host, sued the band for $ 70,000 in 2008 for sampling 10 seconds of her radio show in the song "Jumble Jumble" without permission. The matter was ultimately settled out of court. The White Stripes performed live for

6831-751: The facility was being renamed the Eastlink Centre after selling the naming rights for an undetermined period of time to the telecommunications company Eastlink . The facility has been the home rink of the Charlottetown Islanders , formerly the PEI Rocket, of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League since the team relocated from Montreal in 2003. Since 2013, the Eastlink Centre has been

6930-522: The first time since September 2007 on the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 20, 2009, where they performed an alternate version of " We're Going to Be Friends ". In an article dated May 6, 2009, with MusicRadar.com, Jack mentioned recording songs with Meg before the Conan gig had taken place, saying, "We had recorded a couple of songs at the new studio." About a new White Stripes album, Jack said, "It won't be too far off. Maybe next year." Jack also explained Meg's acute anxiety during

7029-730: The games comes from the several levels of government together with donations and corporate sponsorships. A considerable portion of the work during the games is performed by local volunteers. The host cities have not been chosen for the games after 2025, but the provinces through 2037 have. For Games medal standings see List of Canada Games . Canada Summer Games medal table leaders by year : Canada Winter Games medal table leaders by year : Number of occurrences: The White Stripes The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in Detroit , Michigan , in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White (guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). They were

7128-476: The games, the facility should be located on land within its boundaries. It was eventually decided by the games organizing committee and the federal and provincial governments to build the arena as part of a larger redevelopment of the Provincial Exhibition grounds in the neighbouring town of Parkdale (which amalgamated into Charlottetown in 1996). The 3,200 seat capacity arena was to be built on

7227-969: The home of the Island Storm of the National Basketball League of Canada . From 1993 to 1996, the facility was the home of the American Hockey League 's Prince Edward Island Senators . From 1990 to 2003, the facility was also home to the Charlottetown Abbies of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League, as well as the University of Prince Edward Island "Panthers" men's hockey team of the Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (now Atlantic University Sport ). Both of these teams were former tenants of

7326-477: The must-see acts of the decade. Rolling Stone ranked it the third best album of the year and it received the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in 2006. Three singles were released from the album, the first being " Blue Orchid ", a popular song on satellite radio and some FM stations. The second and third singles were " My Doorbell " and " The Denial Twist ", respectively, and music videos were made for

7425-435: The process of reconstruction, it would no longer release new White Stripes material, leaving the band without a label. However, as the band's contract with V2 had already expired, on February 12, 2007, it was confirmed that the band had signed a single album deal with Warner Bros. Records . Their sixth album, Icky Thump , was released on June 19, 2007. Following the well-received Get Behind Me Satan , Icky Thump marked

7524-481: The responsibility of the City of Charlottetown (despite being located outside city limits until municipal amalgamation in 1996). In 2003, following extended complaints from patrons and tenants, the arena's seating was redesigned and expanded with additional seating placed down to the glass in several locations, as well as "luxury boxes" or sky boxes. The current capacity of the arena is 3,718 (3,690 seated). On September 13, 2013, Charlottetown City Council announced that

7623-633: The seasons of summer and winter: the Canada Summer Games (CSG) and the Canada Winter Games (CWG). Athlete age eligibility rules vary. The host cities have not been chosen for the games after 2025 but the provinces through 2035 have been selected. St. John's, Newfoundland will host the 2025 Canada Summer Games at the Aquarena, which is currently undergoing renovations in preparation for the event. The first Canada Winter Games

7722-530: The shortest concert. Though it was denied induction as a record, media publications have called it the shortest concert. They played a full show later that night at the Mile One Centre in downtown St. John's. Video clips from several of the secret shows have been posted to YouTube. As well, the band filmed its video for " You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) " in Iqaluit. After

7821-446: The single " The Big Three Killed My Baby ", followed by their debut album, The White Stripes , on June 15, 1999. The self-titled debut was produced by Jack and engineered by American music producer Jim Diamond at his Ghetto Recorders studio in Detroit. The album was dedicated to the seminal Mississippi Delta blues musician Son House , an artist who influenced Jack. The track "Cannon" from The White Stripes contains part of an

7920-609: The southern side of the Charlottetown Driving Park (a harness racing track) and adjoining Kennedy Coliseum (an agricultural show facility), which would be renovated into a multi-use exhibition hall. Following construction there were many complaints from patrons and tenants of the arena, citing wasted space and the lack of seating down to the boards. Following the 1991 Canada Winter Games, the Charlottetown Civic Centre and its arena became

8019-506: The subject of the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights (2009). The White Stripes have released six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album and one extended play. They have received numerous accolades , including six Grammy Awards from eleven nominations. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has White Blood Cells on their " 200 Definitive Albums " list. Rolling Stone included White Blood Cells and Elephant on their " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " list, and named

8118-441: The successful " The Hardest Button to Button ". " There's No Home for You Here " was the fourth single. In 2004, the album won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album , while "Seven Nation Army" won a Grammy for Best Rock Song . Also in 2004, the band released its first music film Under Blackpool Lights , which was shot entirely on super 8 film and was directed by Dick Carruthers. In 2005, Jack began working on songs for

8217-569: The three singles. "My Doorbell" was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal . The White Stripes postponed the Japanese leg of their world tour after Jack strained his vocal cords, with doctors recommending that Jack not sing or talk for two weeks. After a full recovery, he returned to the stage in Auckland , New Zealand to headline the Big Day Out tour. While on

8316-499: The time the White Stripes' popularity began establishing itself. One New York Times critic at the time said that the Stripes typified "what many hip rock fans consider real music." Party of Special Things to Do was released as a 7" on Sub Pop in December 2000. It comprised three songs originally performed by Captain Beefheart , an experimental blues rock musician. The White Stripes' third album, White Blood Cells ,

8415-619: The tracks as "an experimental, heavy sounding 70s riff", "a strong, melodic love song" and "an unexpected mix of big guitars and a bold horn section", respectively. On the US Billboard Charts dated May 12, 2007, "Icky Thump"—the first single—became the band's first Top 40 single, charting at number 26, and later charted at number 2 in the UK. Icky Thump entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, and debuted at number two on

8514-570: The words of Jack: "Having never done a tour of Canada, Meg and I thought it was high time to go whole hog. We want to take this tour to the far reaches of the Canadian landscape. From the ocean to the permafrost. The best way for us to do that is ensure that we perform in every province and territory in the country, from the Yukon to Prince Edward Island. Another special moment of this tour is the show which will occur in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on July 14,

8613-543: Was "constrained by [Meg's] deliberately undeveloped approach", and that "he created more challenges by playing an acoustic guitar with paper taped over the hole and a less-than-high-quality solid body electric." Meg's minimalistic drumming style was a prominent part of the band's sound. Meg never had formal drum lessons. She played Ludwig Drums with Paiste cymbals, and says her pre-show warm-up consisted of " whiskey and Red Bull ". Jack downplayed criticisms of her style, insisting: "I never thought 'God, I wish Neil Peart

8712-713: Was President and those he has proposed for the second term he seeks". The White Stripes were influenced by blues musicians including Son House , Blind Willie McTell and Robert Johnson , garage rock bands such as the Gories and the Sonics , the Detroit protopunk sound of bands like the MC5 and the Stooges , in addition to groups like the Cramps , the Velvet Underground , and the early Los Angeles punk blues band

8811-637: Was announced through Third Man not as a vault exclusive. It consists of twenty-six songs including " Ball and Biscuit " which was released as a promotional single . The band relaunched their Instagram account to promote the album. It was released in the United States by Third Man and Columbia Records on December 4, 2020, and was internationally released on February 26, 2021. Wartella -directed music videos for " Let's Shake Hands " and " Apple Blossom " were released simultaneously. AllMusic's Heather Phares wrote: " The White Stripes Greatest Hits

8910-598: Was in support of the album Icky Thump , and they performed in every province. Jack conceived the idea of touring Canada after learning that Scottish relatives on his father's side had lived for a few generations in Nova Scotia before relocating to Detroit to work in the car factories. Additionally, their 10th anniversary occurred during the tour on the day of their show at the at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia , and in this shot, Jack and Meg are dancing at

9009-658: Was in this band.' It's kind of funny: When people critique hip hop , they're scared to open up, for fear of being called racist. But they're not scared to open up on female musicians, out of pure sexism. Meg is the best part of this band. It never would have worked with anybody else, because it would have been too complicated... It was my doorway to playing the blues." Of her playing style, Meg herself said: "I appreciate other kinds of drummers who play differently, but it's not my style or what works for this band. I get [criticism] sometimes, and I go through periods where it really bothers me. But then I think about it, and I realize that this

9108-657: Was named the Host Society of the 2025 Canada Summer Games as of April 22, 2021. The Games were first held in 1967 in Quebec City as part of Canada's Centennial celebrations. For the first time in Canada's history, 1,800 athletes from 10 provinces and two territories gathered to compete in 15 sports. Since 1967, over 75,000 athletes have participated in the Games. The Games have been hosted in every province at least once since their inception in Quebec City during Canada’s Centennial in 1967. Journalist Eddie MacCabe wrote

9207-479: Was notable for Jack's first guitar solos, and critics also praised Meg's drumming. Rolling Stone placed Jack at number 17 on its list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and included Meg on its list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time". Elephant was ranked number 390 on the magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . In 2009, the album came in at number 18 in NME's "Top 100 Greatest Albums of

9306-539: Was offering to pay for it. Their debut single, " Let's Shake Hands ", was released on vinyl in February 1998 with an initial pressing of 1,000 copies. This was followed in October 1998 by the single " Lafayette Blues " which, again, was only released on vinyl with 1,000 copies. In 1999, the White Stripes signed with the California-based label Sympathy for the Record Industry . In March 1999, they released

9405-412: Was released in October of that same year. The Trump campaign again used "Seven Nation Army" during the 2024 United States presidential election , which resulted in Jack and Meg reuniting to file a copyright infringement lawsuit . Their complaint accuses Trump of "flagrant misappropriation" and clarifies that they "vehemently oppose the policies adopted and actions taken by Defendant Trump when he

9504-643: Was released on July 3, 2001, on Sympathy for the Record Industry . The band enjoyed its first significant success the following year with the major label re-release of the album on V2 Records . Its stripped-down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the UK, and in the US soon afterward, making the White Stripes one of the most acclaimed bands of 2002. Several outlets praised their "back to basics" approach. After their first appearance on network TV (a live set on The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn ), Joe Hagan of The New York Times declared, "They have made rock rock again by returning to its origins as

9603-476: Was the 1967 Canada Winter Games , marking the beginning of this important sporting event for Canadians. It has since become an integral part of celebrating Canadian talent for young amateur Canadian athletes focused on winter sports. The most recent Canada Winter Games was the PEI 2023 Canada Winter Games which ran from February 18 – March 5, 2023 in the province of Prince Edward Island . The next Canada Winter Games,

9702-487: Was the first time box lacrosse had been featured since the 1985 Canada Games. The games are governed by the Canada Games Council , a private, non-profit organization. As the Games move from one host community to the next, the Council provides the continuity, leadership and support to Host Societies in key areas such as sport technical, organizational planning, ceremonies and protocol, marketing and sponsorship. In addition,

9801-581: Was the first to play there. [REDACTED] Media related to Eastlink Centre at Wikimedia Commons Canada Winter Games The Canada Games ( French : Jeux du Canada ) is a multi-sport event held every two years, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games. They represent the highest level of national competition for Canadian athletes. Two separate programs are organized in order to cover

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