Jack White had one thing particular in retailer for the viewers at his present in Nashville on October 10. In the course of the second of two nights at native venue the Fact, he introduced out his Raconteurs bandmates for an encore, marking the group’s first stay efficiency collectively since December 2019. Watch the quartet play “Regular, As She Goes,” “Arms,” “Degree,” “Damaged Boy Soldier,” and “Carolina Drama” beneath.
White had hinted that final night time’s present would possibly comprise a Raconteurs reunion on Instagram earlier within the week, encouraging followers of the band to seize tickets as “there may be a bit shock.” That turned out to be the entire crew onstage collectively: singer and guitarist Brendan Benson, bassist Jack Lawrence, and drummer Patrick Keeler, the latter of whom has been enjoying in White’s touring band. He’s on the highway proper now supporting his newest report, Frozen Charlotte, which he launched again in July.
The Raconteurs’ final correct album, Assist Us Stranger, arrived in 2019. In 2020, the group additionally shared the EP Reside at Electrical Woman, which got here full with a documentary directed by Jim Jarmusch. Earlier this month, White’s label Third Man Data additionally introduced plans to place out The Raconteurs Damaged Boy Troopers XX, a Twentieth-anniversary companion to the band’s debut album, as the most recent installment in its vault subscription sequence. The vinyl launch will collect demos, album outtakes, and stay recordings from the Raconteurs’ first live performance.
