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In the midst of playing every last province in Canada-- and just a few days after taking over the old Tower Records space in L.A. and doing a warm-up show in New York City-- the White Stripes kept it extra real, rocking a tiny classroom before a couple dozen ecstatic teenagers in Burnaby, British Columbia.

The Icky Thumpers' special free show went down June 24, just prior to their full-scale, public performance that night, in the mobile classroom at the Creekside Youth Centre. (Okay, maybe not your typical classroom, judging from all the gig posters on the walls, but a classroom-esque space all the same.)

Many thanks to reader and show attendee Cayley Western for these photos.

UPDATE: ACCORDING TO WESTERN, THE SHOW WAS FILMED FOR A FUTURE DVD!

The Stripes' tour, meanwhile, continues in Iqaluit, Nunavut tonight. Maybe they're playing a secret show in, like, an igloo at this very moment.






Stripes:

06-27 Iqaluit, Nunavut - Arctic Winter Games Arena %
06-29 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome ^
06-30 Edmonton, Alberta - Shaw Convention Center ^
07-01 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place ^
07-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre ^
07-03 Thunder Bay, Ontario - Community Auditorium ^
07-05 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre ^
07-06 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre ^
07-07 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre ^
07-08 Ottawa, Ontario - LeBreton Flats Park (Ottawa Bluesfest)
07-10 Moncton, New Brunswick - Moncton Coliseum Arena ^
07-11 Charlottetown, Price Edward Island - Charlottetown Civic Centre ^
07-13 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Cunard Centre ^
07-14 Glace Bay, Nova Scotia - Savoy Theatre ^
07-16 St. John's, Newfoundland - Mile One Center ^
07-22 Portland, ME - Cumberland Civic Center ^
07-23 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena ^
07-24 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden #
07-25 Wallingford, CT - Chevrolet Theater ^
07-27 Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House ^
07-28 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center ^
07-29 North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues ^
07-30 Birmingham, AL - Sloss Furnaces ^
07-31 Southaven, MS - Snowden Grove Park Amphitheater ^
09-15 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-16 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
09-18 San Diego, CA - The Embarcadero *
09-19 Inglewood, CA - The Forum *
09-21 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre *
09-24 Anchorage, AK - William A. Egan Civic Center
09-26 Seattle, WA - Paramount Ballroom *
09-27 Seattle, WA - Paramount Ballroom *
09-28 Boise, ID - Idaho Center Theater *
09-29 Salt Lake City, UT - The "E" Center *
09-30 Jackson Hole, WY - Snow King Center *
10-02 Rapid City, SD - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center *
10-03 Fargo, ND - Fargo Civic Auditorium *
10-04 Lincoln, NE - Pershing Center Auditorium *
10-06 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
10-07 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *
10-11 Albuquerque, NM - Kiva Auditorium *

% with Lucie Idlout
^ with Dan Sartain
# with Grinderman, Porter Wagoner
* with Cold War Kids