Band plays five-song set during the encore for first performance since 2019
The Raconteurs reunited onstage for the first time in seven years Saturday during Jack White’s Nashville concert.
Earlier in the day, White not-so-subtly hinted that his solo concert at The Truth venue would feature a Raconteurs reunion, writing on social media, “Inside info for any Raconteurs fans in the Nashville area…you might want to buy a ticket for Jack White’s show at The Truth tonight…there just might be a little surprise…”
The surprise came during the encore with a five-song set from the foursome — White, Brenden Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler — including “Steady as She Goes” and three more tracks from the band’s 2006 debut album Broken Boy Soldiers:
The performance, the Raconteurs’ first together since December 2019, coincided with the recent announcement that White’s Third Man Records Vault series would next focus on a 20th anniversary edition of Broken Boy Soldiers, including a recording of the band’s first-ever concert on March 20, 2006 as well as nine demos from the era.
The Raconteurs last released their third album Help Me Stranger in 2019, which arrived 11 years after the band’s second album, 2008’s Consolers of the Lonely. It’s unclear whether Saturday’s reunion was a one-off to mark the Broken Boy Soldiers reissue and/or the opening of Nashville’s new the Truth venue, or if the band has larger plans in store.
