The White Stripes Announce 2001 Live Album, Jack White Hints at New Solo Material

"I've been off the road for two years, and there's a studio at my house — let's put it that way!"

BY Alex HudsonPublished Oct 1, 2021

If you subscribe to Third Man Records' quarterly Vault, your collection is about to get another White Stripes live album. The candy-coloured garage duo are dipping into the archives for Live at the Detroit Institute of Arts, recorded on November 2, 2001.

The set was captured in the band's hometown a few months after the release of their breakthrough album, White Blood Cells. The performance at the Detroit Institute of Arts was, at the time, the biggest room they had ever played in, and the 33-song set (34 songs if you take into account the medley of "Cannon" and "Grinnin' in Your Face ") featured numerous cover tunes alongside classic originals like "Fell in Love with a Girl" and "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground."

This is the 50th instalment of Third Man's Vault packages. The live album is pressed on red and white vinyl and comes with a DVD of the same performance, plus some photo prints.

See a trailer for the package below, and the album tracklist below that. The sign-up date to receive this package is October 31 at midnight. Fans can sign up at the label's website.

Meanwhile, frontman Jack White has hinted that his has new solo material in the works. When asked about new music, he recently told The Telegraph, "I want to say, but I probably shouldn't. Let's see: I've been off the road for two years, and there's a studio at my house — let's put it that way!"


Live at the Detroit Institute of Arts:

1. Little Room
2. The Big Three Killed My Baby
3. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
4. Hotel Yorba
5. Lord, Send Me an Angel (Blind Willie McTell cover)
6. Astro
7. Jack the Ripper (Screaming Lord Sutch cover)
8. Death Letter (Son House cover)
9. One More Cup of Coffee (Bob Dylan cover)
10. I'm Bored (Iggy Pop cover)
11. Omologato (The Gories cover)
12. Looking at You (MC5 cover)
13. We're Going to Be Friends
14. Baby Blue (Gene Vincent cover)
15. Cannon / Grinnin' in Your Face (Son House cover)
16. Boll Weevil (traditional)
17. Let's Shake Hands
18. When I Hear My Name
19. Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
20. You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)
21. Hello Operator
22. Stop Breaking Down (Robert Johnson cover)
23. Apple Blossom
24. Fell In Love with a Girl
25. I Fought Pirhanas
26. Let's Build a Home
27. Goin' Back to Memphis (Henry and June cover)
28. Do
29. Rated X (Loretta Lynn cover)
30. Expecting
31. I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
32. Your Southern Can Is Mine (Blind Willie McTell cover)
33. Screwdriver

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