Detroit, MI
Jack White gets loud but intimate in his first-ever Saint Andrew’s Hall show
A globetrotting Jack White made a hometown pit stop Monday night — and refueled with a blast of Detroit rock energy.
Inside a packed Saint Andrew’s Hall, playing for 1,000 in a show that was announced just last week, White was joined by drummer Patrick Keeler (the Raconteurs), keyboardist Bobby Emmett (the Sights) and longtime friend-bassist Dominic Davis for a raw and special homecoming visit.
Aside from the occasional private gigs he has staged at his Third Man Records store in the Cass Corridor, it was the most intimate Detroit show the ex-White Stripe has performed in years. For the lucky fans on hand — who had quickly snatched up what abruptly became one of the summer’s hottest concert tickets — it was a chance to catch the usual guitar heroics and rock abandon up close and in the face.
“Man, I’ve seen so many shows in this room, but I’ve never really played here,” White said early on.
It was all in the service of “No Name,” White’s sixth and latest solo album, which provided about a third of Monday’s set list alongside music from the White Stripes, Raconteurs and past solo efforts. The album’s summer mini-tour had White and the band in South Korea over the weekend and off to Scandinavia this week. Detroit sat somewhere in the middle of that 10,600-mile trip.
The no-frills Saint Andrew’s visit was in keeping with the organic rollout of the new record, which was surreptitiously released in July when unidentified vinyl copies were slipped into the bags of customers at his Third Man shops in Detroit, Nashville and London. “No Name” got its official digital and physical release two weeks later.
Jack White salutes his 93-year-old mom from onstage in Detroit
Detroit-born rocker Jack White greeted his mother, Teresa Gillis, during his Monday night concert in downtown Detroit.
Friends and family in the Saint Andrew’s balcony Monday included White’s 93-year-old mom, Teresa Gillis, who got an affectionate reception from the crowd when he pointed her out from the stage.
And White drew knowing laughs when he introduced the Stripes chestnut “Hotel Yorba” by referring to his 2022 concert at the Masonic Temple Theatre, which included an onstage proposal and wedding with Olivia Jean.
“I’ve gotta be careful when I play this song because last time in Detroit I ended up getting married it after it,” he said.
The new “Old Scratch Blues” kicked things off with plenty of room for White’s improv guitar jams, followed by the warm groove of “That’s How I’m Feeling,” with an audience call-and-response that showed fans were well-acquainted with the latest songs.
“That’s my town right there!” White said.
“Archbishop Harold Holmes” and “What’s the Rumpus?” made for a playful pairing of new material late in the regular set, while “It’s Rough on Rats (If You’re Asking)” demonstrated that “No Name” just might be White’s most cohesive, distinct collection of riffs since he embarked on a solo career.
There was a loose, unfettered vibe to the evening, and White appeared to be calling audibles to his bandmates throughout.
“Love Interruption” launched a darker section that had a bare-knuckle cover of the Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” sandwiched by the White Stripes’ old Son House tribute “Cannon” for a one-two shot of Michigan menace. (Another local nod would come later, when White unearthed “Keep on Trash” by the late, great Detroit band the Go, with whom he’d done a brief tenure in the late ’90s.)
A reliably hot and gnarled “Ball and Biscuit” closed the regular set, before an encore that featured a pair of Raconteurs numbers (“Steady, as She Goes” and a stellar “Broken Boy Soldier”) and a slide-guitar frenzy to cap the night: The new “Underground” segued smartly into “Seven Nation Army” to send off the evening with a moment of familiar, chant-along Detroit communion.
Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or bmccollum@freepress.com.
In the lead-up to the 2026 NFL Draft, NBC Sports’ Chris Simms gave his one and only prediction of who he believes will be selected in the first round on April 23, including where the Detroit Lions go after at the No. 17 overall pick.
Along with several draft boards and experts, the general consensus is that the Lions will prioritize an offensive tackle with their lone first-round pick, given the dire need to replace now-released Taylor Decker at the left tackle position next season.
In his April 20 prediction posted on X, Simms has the Lions addressing that need by selecting 6-foot-7, 352-pound Alabama offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor at their No. 17 overall draft position.
While there are some mock drafts that predict the Lions trading up to grab their desired draft target, the franchise certainly would not be opposed to Proctor, who is ranked as the No. 2 overall offensive tackle by NFL.com, perfectly falling to them at the No. 17 position.
If Detroit can land Proctor, it would likely be viewed as another successful first-round selection by general manager Brad Holmes and an excellent way to kick off the NFL Draft weekend in the Steel City.
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DETROIT (WXYZ) — Michigan has some of the greatest natural resources in the country, and those working to protect them met Tuesday for an annual conference.
The fourth annual MI Healthy Climate Conference happened at Huntington Place in Detroit. I had a chance to see some of the innovative ways they are working to protect our environment.
Watch Glenda Lewis’ video report below:
4th annual MI Healthy Climate Conference held in Detroit
“One thing that brings Michiganders together is understanding the beauty and the importance of the environment around us,” said Jeff Johnston with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
In attendance for the event were 700 speakers and about 50 speakers who are passionate about preserving what’s most precious to the state of Michigan.
“We’re right here on the beautiful Detroit Riverfront, part of the Great Lakes system. We’ve got 3,200 miles of coastline in Michigan on the Great Lakes, 11,000 rivers. I’ve got all these amazing numbers that talk about just how important our relationship with the natural world is,” Johnston said. “To engage in climate action, to mitigate the problems of greenhouse gases and fossil fuels that endanger that environment, endanger our livelihoods and our lives is just some of the most important work we can be doing.”
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The conference focuses on green funding and a strong future.
“I worked on a youth magazine to engage young people in conservation,” said Jenny Kalejs, a MI Health Climate fellow in the Upper Peninsula. “So, we do land stewardship protection of ecologically sensitive lands, organizing community partners, so we can better collaborate.”
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Michael Goldman Brown Jr. is an MI Health Climate fellow in Detroit.
“I’m sited at Transportation Riders United right here in Detroit, and I’m working on expanding and advocating for better transit here in Detroit but also the entire state of Michigan,” MI Health Climate fellow Michael Goldman Brown Jr. said.
We caught up with a couple of the more than two dozen people working as fellows with a number of nonprofit organizations and green-focused businesses and municipalities to help create an air of change.
“About a third of pollution comes from transportation, from cars and trucks and planes and everybody getting where they need to go,” said Megan Ownens, the director and Transportation Riders United. “So that’s why we at Transportation United are part of this. We want to make sure people have options other than their car.”
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Executive director of Community 2 Me Network Shawna Forbes Henry wants to protect Detroit’s footprint.
“Detroit is an area that is heavily impacted by various climate changes and emergencies, so we are here to ensure that our residents have the training that they need, have the economic resources that they need and the have the ability to feed that pipeline for employment,” Henry said.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke to all the conference attendees by video, announcing a $1.8 million grant competition for industrial decarbonization, where applicants will come up with cost effective ways to reduce greenhouse emissions.
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