LOS ANGELES – all โeyes are on Meg White as the White Stripes prepare to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall ofโ Fame Saturday night, with โspeculation swirlingโฃ around whether the famously reclusive โฃdrummer will join โฃJack White โonstage. The induction ceremony, streaming live on Disney+, marks a significant moment for the duo who abruptly โฃendedโ the Whiteโ Stripes in 2011, and raises the question of whether a rare public appearance from Meg is in theโ cards.
The White Stripes’ unique sound and minimalist aestheticโ captivated audiences in the early 2000s, but their โฃbreakup was equally defined byโ its quiet finality. While Jack White has continued a prolific solo careerโฃ andโฃ frequently performs White โขStripesโฃ songs, Meg โฃhas largely remained out of the public eye. โHer role in โขtheโข band’s success, however, has been increasingly recognized as foundational toโ Jack White’s creative freedom. As musician Alison โCase recently told the Detroitโค News, “Meg was like the canvasโ that permitted everything โคon the stage to breatheโฆshe could stay with the plan; she wasn’t interestedโข in controlling the situation.”
Case’s โcomments underscore a โkey element of the band’sโข dynamic: Meg’s โwillingness to support Jack’s vision.”Jackโข had a plan; โคhe really understood how he wanted โto present โคtheโฃ band, and โhe โฃneededโ the freedom to be able to do what he wanted to do. And Meg,I think,was a really foundationalโ aspect ofโ that,” Case saeid.โฃ “She was just the perfect person forโ the job.”โค While โฃJack Whiteโฃ is expected toโค deliver โthe induction speech, the possibility โof a performance – and Meg’s participation in it – remains unconfirmed.
The rock &โฃ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony beginsโ at 8 p.m.โฃ Saturday at Peacockโ Theater in Los โฃangeles.
