Jack White marries model
The White Stripes’ Jack White is doing more than just performing during the band’s South American tour. The group’s publicist confirmed that the singer-guitarist married English model Karen Elson in a ceremony held Wednesday on a canoe at the confluence of three rivers in the city of Manaus, Brazil.
A traditional shaman presided, with White’s former wife and White Stripes drummer Meg White serving as maid of honor, followed by a blessing by a priest at a Catholic cathedral.
The bride is a high-profile fashion model and has a prominent role in the video for the current White Stripes single, “Blue Orchid.”
The Detroit-based White Stripes, whose new album, “Get Behind Me Satan,” comes out on Tuesday, are profiled in Sunday’s Calendar, which went to press before news of the wedding reached the U.S.
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Richard Cromelin
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