{"id":559409,"date":"2025-11-09T13:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/559409\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:19:09","slug":"jack-white-honours-sister-meg-as-olivia-rodrigo-feist-and-twenty-one-pilots-cover-the-white-stripes-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/559409\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack White honours &#8220;sister&#8221; Meg as Olivia Rodrigo, Feist and Twenty One Pilots cover The White Stripes at Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jack-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack White<\/a> honoured his \u201csister\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/meg-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meg White<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-white-stripes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Stripes<\/a>\u2018 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction, which saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/olivia-rodrigo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/feist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/twenty-one-pilots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twenty One Pilots<\/a> cover the band\u2019s classics.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/jack-white-no-name-album-review-3781001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Jack White \u2013 \u2018No Name\u2019 review: surprise album is maestro\u2019s punkiest outing since White Stripes<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last night (November 8) saw the annual Rock Hall ceremony take place at Los Angeles\u2019 Peacock Theater, with inductees including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/outkast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OutKast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/soundgarden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundgarden<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/cyndi-lauper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyndi Lauper<\/a>, Chubby Checker,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bad-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bad Company<\/a>, Joe Cocker and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2025-the-white-stripes-cyndi-lauper-outkast-soundgarden-and-more-to-be-inducted-this-november-3858689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack and Meg White<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/iggy-pop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iggy Pop<\/a> gave the induction speech for the latter duo, beginning with a chant of \u201cWhite Stripes!\u201d before imitating the \u2018Seven Nation Army\u2019 riff to \u201cget that out [his] system\u201d. He went on to nod to Meg\u2019s hand in crafting their sound, saying: \u201cI think it was Meg\u2019s support that helped launched the rocket of racket that was Jack White.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While accepting the honour, Jack said his former bandmate and ex-wife Meg \u2013 who wasn\u2019t in attendance and has long avoided the public eye \u2013 had helped him write his speech. \u201cI spoke with Meg White the other day,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s very grateful to all the folks who supported her through all the years. It really means a lot to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then said that she specifically asked him to mention the fact that when they used to walk around together, animals would stare at them. \u201cEven at the Detroit Zoo, an elephant did the exact same thing one time, and she just wanted me to tell you that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQ0vSl1EZ_C\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White Stripes formerly themselves as siblings, but, in 2001, proof of their 1996 marriage and divorce in 2000 came to light. However, the duo still insisted that they were siblings, with Jack explaining in a 2005 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-mysterious-case-of-the-white-stripes-75345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cWhen you see a band that is two pieces, husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, you think, \u2018Oh, I see\u2026\u2019 When they\u2019re brother and sister, you go, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s interesting.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou care more about the music, not the relationship \u2013 whether they\u2019re trying to save their relationship by being in a band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last night\u2019s speech saw him list a number of artists who inspired them, including Loretta Lynn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fugazi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fugazi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/misfits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misfits<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-strokes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Strokes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/black-flag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Flag<\/a>, and more \u2013 notably none of whom have been inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding off his speech, Jack read out a story about the band that he had wanted to send to Meg, who was hearing it for the first time along with the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was gonna send this to Meg, but I didn\u2019t get around to it, so I thought I\u2019d read it to you all tonight,\u201d White began.\u00a0\u201cOne time, a girl climbed a tree, and in that tree was a boy \u2014 her brother, she thought. And the tree looked so glorious and beautiful, but it was just an oak tree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd these two so loved the world that they brought forth a parade float \u2013 one they built in their garage behind the oak tree with their own bare hands. And the boy looked at this giant peppermint on wheels and felt pride \u2013 pride that it was produced in the Motor City, just like in the big factories \u2013 but it was just in their garage. He looked at the girl \u2014 his sister, he thought \u2013 and, like the Little Rascals, they said, \u2018Let\u2019s put on a show.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they paraded this float through the Cass Corridor,\u201d he continued, \u201cstanding atop the peppermint pulled by white horses \u2013 or maybe it was a red Econoline van. Many of the blocks they travelled were empty, but some had people. And some of those people cheered, some laughed, and some even threw stones. And with their bare hands, the two started to clap and sing and make up songs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQ0s305EaoX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd some people kept watching and swaying and moving. And then one person even smiled. The boy and the girl looked at each other, and they also smiled, and they felt \u2014 they both felt \u2013 the sin of pride. But they kept on smiling. Smiling from a new freedom, knowing that they had shared and made another person feel something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they thought the person smiling at them was a stranger, someone they didn\u2019t even know. But it wasn\u2019t just a stranger. It was God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to urge younger musicians to get their hands dirty, \u201cdrop the screens and get out of your little room and get obsessed. Get obsessed with something. We all want to share in what you might create.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the duo did not reform at the event as many fans had hoped, in their place, Olivia Rodrigo, Feist, and Twenty One Pilots performed.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo and Feist took on an acoustic duet of \u2018We\u2019re Going To Be Friends\u2019 from 2001\u2019s \u2018White Blood Cells\u2019, which was the song the White Stripes played in their final performance on Late Night With Conan O\u2019Brien back\u00a0in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty One Pilots then covered \u2018Seven Nation Army\u2019, the track Rodrigo dubbed the \u201cmost iconic song of all time\u201d in a video that preceded White\u2019s speech. Both wearing fringed face masks, Pilots bassist and singer Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun switched to keys mid-song, earning a standing ovation from Flea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ0nqAokYvH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahead of the ceremony,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/jack-white-shares-viral-cover-of-the-white-stripes-seven-nation-army-from-streets-of-iran-3902997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack White shared a viral cover of \u2018Seven Nation Army\u2019 being performed on the streets of Iran<\/a>, as filmed by journalist Afshin Ismaeli. The busking band can be seen playing the tune in Tehran with a swarm of locals surrounding them.<\/p>\n<p>He also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-jack-white-join-idles-for-never-fight-a-man-with-a-perm-at-riot-fest-3894167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined IDLES on stage to perform \u2018Never Fight A Man With A Perm\u2019<\/a>\u00a0at Riot Fest. The band\u2019s frontman Joe Talbot told the crowd it was \u201ca great honour\u201d to play with White, before White launched into a raucous breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Another guest appearance saw him join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-jack-white-join-ringo-starr-for-the-beatles-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends-at-bourbon-beyond-3893061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ringo Starr to perform The Beatles\u2018 \u2018With A Little Help From My Friends\u2019<\/a>\u00a0at Bourbon &amp; Beyond 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack White honoured his \u201csister\u201d Meg White at the White Stripes\u2018 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,481,269,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-559409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115519944476743609","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}