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Guinness World Records Respond To Jack White Over Shortest Concert Record Claims
Friday, 18 May 2012 Written by Elliott Batte
Guinness World Record Reply To Jack White Over Shortest Concert Record

Musical genius Jack White has had his complaints answered by the Guinness World Record compilers following his angry comments about his old band not appearing in their book for playing the shortest concert ever – and it turns out they did make it into the book after all.

White and his ex-wife Meg decided in 2007 to play the shortest concert ever – which saw Meg hit a single cymbal before the show ended. Writing to the compilers of the infamous Guinness World Records, White hoped that his band would make it into their huge-selling book – but were angry to find that the company, which White called 'an elitist organisation', turned them down.

But, replying to White's comments, Guinness World Records said: “The White Stripes were in fact recognized in the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records book for the shortest music concert ever when, on July 16 2007, they played just one note at St John's in Newfoundland, Canada.

“Subsequent to this appearance we received a large volume of applications from bands and performers seeking to beat this record. The ultimate results of this was individuals claiming that simply appearing onstage was enough to qualify them for this record.

“The results were difficult to objectively measure (for example, how many members of the crowd need to be able to see the performer before they disappear off stage?) and as such it's difficult to justify an appearance as a concert by any reasonable definition of the word.”

They continued: “The nature of competing to make something the 'shortest' by its very nature trivialises the activity being carried out, and Guinness World Records has been forced to reject many claims of this kind. As such, we have been forced to cease listing records for the shortest song, shortest poem and indeed the shortest concert.”

They finally added: “Many of us at Guinness World Records are enormous admirers of Mr White's oeuvre, and we would be extremely pleased if he were to attempt any of the 40,000 records that are currently active on our database. In order to apply, all he needs to do is head to Guinnessworldrecords.com, fill in a short application and grab his own slice of record-breaking glory.”

If you're a fan of Jack White and want to see him performing a concert longer than one crash of a symbol, check the dates and details below to see when he's coming to a venue near you.

Jack White UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:

Thu June 21st 2012 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
Fri June 22nd 2012 - Hammersmith Apollo, London
Sat June 23rd 2012 - HMV Forum London, London

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