In 2009, Jack reported that the White Stripes were working on their seventh album. A concert film, Under Great White Northern Lights , premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 18, 2009. The film documents the band’s summer 2007 tour across Canada and contains live concert and off-stage footage. Jack and Meg White appeared at the premiere and made a short speech before the movie started about their love of Canada and why they chose to debut their movie in Toronto. The tour was in support of the album Icky Thump , and they performed in every province. Jack conceived the idea of touring Canada after learning that Scottish relatives on his father’s side had lived for a few generations in Nova Scotia before relocating to Detroit to work in the car factories. Additionally, their 10th anniversary occurred during the tour on the day of their show at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia , and in this shot, Jack and Meg are dancing at the conclusion of the concert. The film was directed by a friend of the duo, Emmett Malloy .
Concert film premieres
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