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“It was just a challenge to myself: ‘I’m not gonna have a chorus in this song. See if I can get away with it’”: How Jack White created the guitar riff of the century – and what is a Seven Nation Army, anyway?

"It's the kind of riff you figure out when you're learning how to play guitar"

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“I moved a refrigerator for them and they said, ‘Here, take this guitar for gas money or whatever’”: How Jack White came upon the castaway guitar he'd use to play Seven Nation Army at the Grammys

The story tracks with someone who has made not one, but two, special cameo appearances on a popular reality TV show about sifting for valuable artifacts in yard sales and antique shops

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“I had a White Stripes fan account when I was 13”: Olivia Rodrigo sings The White Stripes' praises and performs one of their songs as she and Feist help to induct the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jack White tells young artists to "get your hands dirty and drop the screens"

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Olivia Rodrigo and Iggy Pop help induct White Stripes into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Olivia Rodrigo and Iggy Pop helped induct The White Stripes into the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame at Saturday's (08.11.25) ceremony.

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"It's the kind of riff you figure out when you're learning how to play guitar"

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Jack White review – rock’n’roll showman makes believers of us all

Touring his 2024 solo album No Name in a barnstorming gig, the former White Stripe plays fast and loose with the truth but is absolutely the real deal

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The White Stripes drop lawsuit against Trump campaign for unauthorised Seven Nation Army use

The move follows a bitter Instagram post by Jack White condemning what the US can expect from choosing ‘a known, obvious fascist’

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“This machine sues fascists”: It’s The White Stripes vs Donald Trump

Jack White sues Donald Trump

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“This machine sues fascists.” Jack White makes good on his promise to sue Donald Trump for “flagrant misappropriation” of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army

Artists including Garbage, Joe Satriani, Cat Power, Jason Isbell and more applaud The White Stripes's lawsuit against Donald Trump

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White Stripes sue Trump over ‘flagrant misappropriation’ of hit song

Band accuse campaign of unauthorised use of Seven Nation Army and seek ‘significant monetary damages’

The Guardian - AU

White Stripes' Jack White Threatens To Sue 'You Fascists' After Trump Camp Uses His Song

The former president's campaign used "Seven Nation Army" in a video of Trump boarding a plane for a political rally

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‘Fascists’: Jack White threatens to sue Trump campaign over use of music

White Stripes singer angered after Trump aide shares social media post using clip of band’s hit Seven Nation Army

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Jack White to headline Victorian gig series – by playing at venue that birthed his biggest hit

The White Stripes frontman will return to the Corner hotel, joining St Vincent, the Offspring and Róisín Murphy for Always Live 2024, a 17-day statewide event

The Guardian - AU

“Detroit in her blood”: Young guitarist endorsed by Jack White after dueting on Seven Nation Army – from her bedroom window several streets away

A young guitarist who jammed with Jack White without him knowing has now caught the attention of the White Stripe himself

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Is Prince's Purple Rain really the second-greatest guitar riff of all time? A new survey says 'yes'

And Seven Nation Army is the only riff recorded after the '80s to make the top 20

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Nandi Bushell pays homage to Meg White with Seven Nation Army cover punctuated by screams

"My screams are for you Meg! You are and always will be my role model and hero!" - Nandi Bushell

The Guardian - UK

How did Seven Nation Army become a terrace anthem – and what links it to Blur and Bernie Sanders?

From arty indie bands to US election knockouts, we join the dots around one of the most enduring stadium singalongs

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Everton fans drown out Brentford PA system as angry words exchanged in dugout

An overview of some of the moments that may not have made it into the headlines after Everton's 1-1 draw at Brentford

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