Cross-Canada tour begins

On June 24, 2007, just a few hours before their concert at Deer Lake Park, the White Stripes began their cross-Canada tour by playing a 40-minute set for a group of 30 kids at the Creekside Youth Centre in Burnaby . The Canadian tour was also marked by concerts in small markets, such as Glace Bay , Whitehorse and Iqaluit , as well as by frequent “secret shows” publicized mainly by posts on The Little Room, a White Stripes fan messageboard. Gigs included performances at a bowling alley in Saskatoon , a youth center in Edmonton , a Winnipeg Transit bus and The Forks park in Winnipeg , a park in Whitehorse, the YMCA in downtown Toronto, the Arva Flour Mill in Arva, Ontario , and Locas on Salter (a pool hall) in Halifax , Nova Scotia. They also played a historic one-note show on George Street in St. John’s , Newfoundland , in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the shortest concert. It was inducted briefly in 2009, but was discontinued the following year. Media publications have continued to call it the shortest concert. They played a full show later that night at the Mile One Centre in downtown St. John’s. Video clips from several of the secret shows have been posted to YouTube. As well, the band filmed its video for ” You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told) ” in Iqaluit.