Jack White Gets Married to Girlfriend on Stage at Detroit Concert

Concertgoers may not have expected a wedding when they bought tickets to the show, but they were presented with one after a performance of “Hotel Yorba."

There may not have been a white dress, but there was a Jack White.

The White Stripes frontman proposed to and married his girlfriend Olivia Jean on stage at his Detroit concert Friday night.

Concertgoers may not have expected a wedding when they bought tickets to a White show, but they were certainly presented with one after a performance of “Hotel Yorba,” when Jack popped the question and married Jean at the Masonic Temple in the couple’s hometown of Detroit. A rep for White told People that “the marriage is legal and valid.”

Jack White just proposed to his girlfriend, Olivia Jean, on stage at the Masonic Temple during the opening night of his Supply Chain Issues tour. He did it during Hotel Yorba, she said yes, and he rolled right into the "let's get married!" line. Crowd went crazy.

— Adam Graham (@grahamorama) April 9, 2022

“’Let’s get married in a big cathedral by a priest.’ 04.08.22,” White captioned an Instagram photo with song lyrics after the performance. 

So Jack White:
-released an album
-performed the National anthem for the Tigers’ #OpeningDay
-kicked off a concert tour in his hometown
-proposed to his girlfriend
-got married

… all in the SAME DAY?? Gotta be one of the most productive days of all-time.

— Zach Shaw (@_ZachShaw) April 9, 2022

Before it all went down, Jack asked the crowd, “It’s been such a great day, mind if we get married right now?” Then, Third Man Record’s co-founder Ben Swank officiated the wedding, who dropped the classic Prince line “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.”

White was previously married to White Stripes bandmate Meg White until 2000, and was married to model  Karen Elson, with whom he shares two children, from 2005 to 2013.

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