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Jack White is an award-winning musician and producer born in 1975 in Detroit, Michigan. With his ex-wife Meg White he is one half of the rock duo The White Stripes and has also performed as part of the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather, and as a solo artist. White is also the founder of the Third Man Records label, which has issued releases by the musician’s projects and others.

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17 May, 2012

Responds to claims

Guinness World RecordsThe White StripesMakes Statement0 Comments

Guinness says the White Stripes were acknowledged as record-holders for shortest concert in the 2009 edition, but have since scrapped the category.

Subsequent to this appearance we received a large volume of applications from bands and performers seeking to beat this record. The ultimate results of this was individuals claiming that simply appearing onstage was enough to qualify them for this record.

The organization also encourages White to “attempt any of the 40,000 records that are currently active on our database.”