Jack shares the following words with The LA Times regarding The White Stripes’ forthcoming tour plans, following news that Meg suffers from acute anxiety: *”I don’t know. I guess it’s up to Meg. The Beatles did it [quit touring but continued as a band]. I’m joking, but if we didn’t ever tour again it wouldn’t matter to me. There are so many different aspects to being creative that it doesn’t matter if one component is changed. It’s been changing all the time since the band started. If something [touring] isn’t working for you and it’s detrimental to you, then you have to figure out a new way to attack it, a new way to look at it. I think that’s what Meg’s doing.”* Enjoy a WS MP3 at bottom of post.
MP3: The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
There are, however, two major differences between the Stripes and the Beatles:
1) During the Beatles’ era, Album sales were there main source of income, now touring makes up most of an artist’s fiscal opportunites.
2) The Beatles were a band that flourished in studio whereas the Stripes are, at their core, a live band.
Nick FTW!
I would just hope that doesn’t translate to “write coca-cola jingles to supplement the losses from not touring”
that being said: I <3 U MEG & JACK