JACK WHITE’S BOARDING HOUSE REACH DEBUTS AT #1
CHART-TOPPING SUCCESS MARKS THIRD CONSECUTIVE DEBUT
ATOP BILLBOARD 200 FOR NEW SOLO RELEASE
ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM ALSO DEBUTS AT #1 IN CANADA
WHITE TO PERFORM ON SNL ON APRIL 14
BOARDING HOUSE REACH (Third Man/Columbia), the acclaimed third solo album from Jack White, has debuted at #1 on this week’s Billboard 200 — his third consecutive chart-topping debut for a new solo release – and has the biggest sales week for a rock album in 2018, and second overall. The album also sits on top of the vinyl charts and is the #1 best selling rock album and alternative album. It’s the fourth-largest sales week for a vinyl album since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991.
In addition to its chart-topping achievements here in the United States, BOARDING HOUSE REACH has also debuted at #1 in Canada. The 12-time GRAMMY® Award-winner’s first all-new album in nearly four years, BOARDING HOUSE REACH is available physically and digitally now worldwide.
BOARDING HOUSE REACH CHART POSITIONS:
TOP CURRENT ALBUMS – #1
CURRENT PHYSICAL ALBUMS – #1
CURRENT ROCK ALBUMS – #1
OVERALL BILLBOARD TOP ALBUMS – #1
TOP ALBUMS WITH TEA OVERALL – #1
LP VINYL ALBUMS – #1
CURRENT ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS – #1
ALBUM CORE GENRE ROCK – #1
White and his powerful new touring outfit – Carla Azar on drums, Quincy McCrary and Neal Evans on keys, and Dominic Davis on bass guitar – will celebrate BOARDING HOUSE REACH with an appearance on Saturday Night Live on April 14, and then will embark on an epic world tour. The dates begin April 19 at Detroit, MI’s sold out Little Caesar Arena – White’s first-ever hometown arena show – and then continue through the summer with headline dates across North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The tour also features headline festival performances at Franklin, TN’s just-announced Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival as well as Lollapalooza, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Governors Ball Music Festival, Arroyo Seco Weekend, and Rock Werchter, among many others. For complete tour information, please visit jackwhiteiii.com/tour-dates.
B BOARDING HOUSE REACH – which showcases new tracks including “Over and Over and Over,” “Connected By Love,” “Respect Commander,” “Corporation” and “Ice Station Zebra” – has swiftly accrued critical applause from around the world:
“BOARDING HOUSE REACH is a jolt of electricity, mixing hip-hop, gospel, blues,
country and hard rock… It’s thrilling stuff.”
– The Washington Post
“This is as radical, experimental and mind-expanding of a pop album as you’re likely to hear anytime soon. Let alone by a festival headlining artist.”
– American Songwriter
“Thrillingly wild.”
– AV Club
“Very good and pleasingly strange.”
– Uproxx
Jack White has created something wild, mysterious and unlike anything else around. Bravo, Jack…
The old Jack is still there, certainly, but we’re far more excited about
what the new one has up his sleeves.”
– NME (5 Stars)
“BOARDING HOUSE REACH is easily one of the most layered and compelling releases of 2018, which furthers White’s legacy as one of the few remaining mavericks in music.”
– CLASH
“BOARDING HOUSE REACH carries the electric, kinetic charge of an artist redrawing his frontiers, reinventing himself in real time. This is an album restless in its search for the new, the sound of White’s reinvention in progress, scorching the Earth in anticipation of what might follow.”
– MOJO
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JACK WHITE 2018 TOUR
April 19: Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, MI (SOLD OUT)
April 20: Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI (SOLD OUT)
April 21: 20 Monroe – Grand Rapids, MI (SOLD OUT)
April 23: Baxter Arena – Omaha, NE
April 24: Providence Medical Center Amphitheater – Bonner Springs, KS
April 25: Chaifetz Arena – St. Louis, MO
April 27: Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX (SOLD OUT)
April 29: Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX (SOLD OUT)
April 30: Revention Music Center – Houston, TX
May 1: Revention Music Center – Houston, TX
May 2: Austin360 Amphitheater – Austin, TX
May 4: Shaky Knees Music Festival – Atlanta, GA *
May 5: Beale Street Music Festival – Memphis, TN *
May 6: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival – New Orleans, LA *
May 26: Boston Calling Music Festival – Boston, MA *
May 27: Brewery Ommegang – Cooperstown, NY (SOLD OUT)
May 29: The Anthem – Washington, DC (SOLD OUT)
May 30: The Anthem – Washington, DC (SOLD OUT)
June 1: Governors Ball Music Festival – New York, NY *
June 2: 105.9’s XFest 2018 @ KeyBank Pavilion – Pittsburgh, PA
June 3: Bunbury Music Festival – Cincinnati, OH *
June 4: Express Live! Outdoor Amphitheater – Columbus, OH (SOLD OUT)
June 6: Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica – Cleveland, OH
June 7: Dome Arena – Rochester, NY
June 8: Artpark Mainstage Theater – Lewiston, NY (SOLD OUT)
June 9: Budweiser Stage – Toronto, ON
June 23: Arroyo Seco Weekend – Pasadena, CA *
June 26: Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK
June 27: Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK (SOLD OUT)
June 28: Hammersmith Apollo – London, UK (SOLD OUT)
June 30: Tinderbox – Odense, DEN
July 2: AFAS Live – Amsterdam, NL (SOLD OUT)
July 3: L’Olympia – Paris, FR (SOLD OUT)
July 4: L’Olympia – Paris, FR (SOLD OUT)
July 6: Festival Beauregard- Normandy, FR *
July 7: Rock Werchter – Werchter, BEL
July 12: Cruilla Barcelona – Barcelona, SP *
July 13: Mad Cool Festival – Madrid, SP *
July 14: NOS Alive – Lisbon, PO *
July 15: Ilosaarirock Festival – Joensuu, FIN *
August 5: Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL *
August 6: The Armory – Minneapolis, MN (SOLD OUT)
August 8: 1st Bank Center – Broomfield, CO (SOLD OUT)
August 9: SaltAir – Salt Lake City, UT
August 11: Veterans Memorial Coliseum – Portland, OR
August 12: Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC
August 13: WAMU Theatre – Seattle, WA (SOLD OUT)
August 15: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco, CA (SOLD OUT)
August 16: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium – San Francisco, CA
August 18: Rabobank Theater – Bakersfield, CA
August 19: Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA (SOLD OUT)
August 21: Viejas Arena – San Diego, CA
August 22: Comerica Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
August 23: The Chelsea @ The Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV (SOLD OUT)
August 24: The Chelsea @ The Cosmopolitan – Las Vegas, NV
September 22: Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival – Franklin, TN *
* HEADLINE FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE
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