A White Stripes reunion -- of a sort -- was just part of the fun as The Raconteurs kicked off their first North American tour in 11 years on Friday night at the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, in the same place where Jack White and Brendan Benson started the band 14 years ago.
During the lengthy encore of the ferocious 16-song, 90-minute show, White gave a shout-out to Meg White, his ex-wife and partner in the White Stripes, who was sitting in the band's family and friends in a box alongside the stage. The show itself, however, was all Raconteurs, a high-octane celebration of the now Nashville-based group's chart-topping third album .
The characteristically frenetic White, who managed to knock over his microphone stand just minutes into the show during the opening "Bored and Razed," played piano on "You Don't Understand Me" and switched between guitar and keyboards during the lengthy "Top Yourself.
Friday's show was the culmination of a busy homecoming week for the Raconteurs. White and Benson celebrated the former's 43rd birthday on July 9 with an acoustic show at Third Man Records' Detroit store and record pressing plant. On July 11 White hosted an all-star baseball game at Hamtramck Stadium, a former Negro League field he's helping to restore.
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