White Stripes Announce Shows, New Single Details

The first four shows are an oddly deliberate tour of the Zepp chain of music venues across Japan. (Is Zepp the Japanese Clear Channel?) After that, Jack and Meg will head Down Under for the massive Big Day Out festival, which spans six days, five Australian cities, and one stop in New Zealand. The Whites will be joined on all the Big Day Out dates by Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Franz Ferdinand, Sleater-Kinney, Kings of Leon, the Mars Volta, 2 Many DJs, the Magic Numbers, Soulwax, the Living End, Gerling, and Dei Hamo, plus several local acts who will participate in only selected shows.

The Greenhornes will continue their dependable Stripes opening streak until November 17. As previously reported, Greenhornes members Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence are cohorts in the Jack White-Brendan Benson project the Raconteurs, who are scheduled to release their debut album sometime next year. 'Til then, Meg's got dibs:

10-27 Stockholm, Sweden - Annex *
10-29 Dusseldorf, Germany - Phillipshalle *
10-30 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National *
10-31 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall *
11-05 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *$
11-06 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *$
11-08 London, England - Alexandra Palace *$
11-09 London, England - Alexandra Palace *$
11-10 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom *
11-11 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom *
11-13 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy *
11-14 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy *
11-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Academy *
11-17 Manchester, England - Apollo *
01-12 Tokyo, Japan - Zepp
01-13 Tokyo, Japan - Zepp
01-15 Osaka, Japan - Zepp
01-16 Nagoya, Japan - Zepp
01-20 Auckland, New Zealand - Big Day Out
01-22 Gold Coast, Australia - Big Day Out
01-26 Sydney, Australia - Big Day Out
01-29 Melbourne, Australia - Big Day Out
02-03 Adelaide, Australia - Big Day Out
02-05 Perth, Australia - Big Day Out

* with the Greenhornes
# with the Raveonettes
$ with David Dulake

The Stripes will appear on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" on December 2, and, as previously reported, on "The Daily Show" on December 1. XL Recordings will release the Stripes' next single, "The Denial Twist", on November 14 in the UK, in three different formats. Do the twist:

7" Single 1:

01 The Denial Twist
02 Shelter Of Your Arms

7" Single 2:

01 The Denial Twist (Live)
02 As Ugly As I Seem (Live)

CD Single:

01 The Denial Twist
02 Shelter Of Your Arms

The video for "The Denial Twist", directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack, Meg, Conan O'Brien and Pitchfork's own Tom Breihan, was filmed in New York City two weeks ago. Read all about it on Tom's blog here and here!

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XL Recordings: http://www.xlrecordings.com