Posted by Claire at October 25th, 2005

So, the Munich Music Tour begins! After moaning for ages that I was going to miss one of my favourite bands during The White Stripes tour of England, I looked on the internet and saw that they were coming to Germany! Hello Munich! Hello Jack & ‘his sister’ Meg White!

Support came from The Greenhornes, who were frankly very disappointing. I have never seen a support act I’ve liked (apart from Tyler James supporting Natasha Bedingfield maybe). They consisted of 3 guys: A lead singer (who also played the smallest drum-kit I have ever seen), Guitarist (John Lennon/Robin Gibb lookalike, who didn’t move throughout their intire set) and a Bass-Guitarist (who was just weird - he looked like one of the Green Day guys I know in York).

But luckily the day was saved by a pair of familar figures walking along the walkway, Jack in his trade-mark hat, holding a shyer Meg’s hand. “Hello Munich! I’m Jack White & this is my sister Meg on the drums.” Awesome. They began with ‘Blue Orchid’, one of my favourites, it got the crowd going crazy. The venue was really awesome, a lot like the Manchester Academy/Refectory at Leeds, just a whole lot bigger, and full of really tall Germans! God damn them.

But Jack & Meg didn’t fail to disappoint. Jack is one of the most talented musicians I have ever seen, and Meg is so under-rated, she’s an awesome percussionist & everyone was loving it when she took to the microphone for ‘In The Cold, Cold Night’. Can’t possibly choose my favourite, but I loved ‘My Doorbell’, ‘Hotel Yorba’, ‘Little Ghost’, ‘Jolene’ and of course ‘Seven Nation Army’!

As for Munich, that place is crazy. People vomit & pass out on the streets. Scary shit… Roll on Arctic Monkeys!