According to the official White Stripes website, this weekend White Stripes drummer Meg White and her fiance Jackson Smith officially tied the knot as part of a double wedding staged in Jack White‘s backyard in Nashville, TN. Smith is the son of rockers Patti Smith and Fred (Sonic) Smith (MC5) and was the guitarist in the recently disbanded Detroit group Back in Spades.

The May 22nd wedding also served as a ceremony to Raconteurs and Dead Weather bassist Jack “Little Jack” Lawrence to his girlfriend Jo McCaughey.

The couples were wed by former Soledad Brothers‘ drummer, and long time White Stripes friend, Benjamin (Ben) Swank.

Congratulations to the happy couples!

FUN FACT: Ben Swank was the inspiration behind the Von Bondies song “Been Swank.”

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According to a new Music Radar interview with Jack White, it looks as though the White Stripes will soon be back together, releasing an album sometime in the near future–possibly next year.

White told Music Radar’s Joe Bosso that the Stripes had begun working on some new tunes even prior to their February 20th performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, “We had recorded a couple of songs at the new studio,” said White. When asked when fans could expect the duo to return back to recording White responded, “I talked to [Meg] about coming by when I was done in the summer rehearsing with The Dead Weather – I won’t be done in the summer touring with them, but after the summer jaunt.”

On the abrupt cancellation of their 2007 tour to promote Icky Thump, White said that the “whirlwind” rate of their tour schedule was a significant factor in the development of Meg White’s acute anxiety disorder–which ultimately halted their concert schedule.

While Jack was fresh off The Raconteur’s tour, Meg was essentially going from zero to 100 miles an hour: “We were playing two shows a day in Canada, then we’d fly to France and do a TV show there, then we were back in England on tour, and we were just killin’ it, man,” explained Jack. “The train was out of control…We just needed to stop for a while.”

By Jack’s account, Meg is no longer plagued by the disorder which sidelined her nearly a year and a half ago. “It a very real problem,” said White, “but… I’m happy to say is in the past.” In fact Meg will soon be celebrating a new life–she is getting married to fellow Detroit rocker Jackson Smith later this month in Nashville, TN.

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OMG: This just in! Two members of well-known Detroit musical families are about to combine! Miss Meg White, best known as the drummer of The White Stripes is set to marry fellow Detroit resident Jackson Smith on May 22 in Nashville, TN.

Mr. Jackson Smith is the son of rockers Patti Smith and Fred (Sonic) Smith (MC5) and is the guitarist in the was the guitarist in the recently disbanded Detroit group Back in Spades.

According to the Detroit Free Press the couple became close with one another last summer and currently live together in Meg’s house in Detroit and were engaged several weeks ago.

Meg White playing drums with the White Stripes @ Bowery Ballroom in 2002.

But why would a couple who is so rooted in The D choose Nashville as the wedding site? Privacy issues are rumored to be the reason. However, the couple plans to have a reception in Detroit soon after getting hitched.

Miss Megan White was formerly married to White Stripes band mate Jack White for approximately four years, until they divorced in 2000. He remarried by wedding model Karen Elson in June of 2005.

Wondering what Jackson Smith looks like? He’s the smiling guy all the way on the right in this band photo:

Here is another photo.

Join me in wishing the happy couple the very best!

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