Jack White has never been scared to instruct Satan to get behind him, well, at least not since 2005. Now, we know a bit more about White’s fearlessness when it comes to the Devil of Christianity amid a controversy that found the frontman of The White Stripes offering an opening spot on a show to a Satanic musical act.
“I’m not scared of Satan or any bullshit imagery man made up to live in fear of,” White declared in a social media post responding to questions about his religious beliefs after inviting Satanic doo-wop duo Twin Temple to open for him at the Hollywood Palladium in September. The duo quickly and graciously accepted.
So there you go, White isn’t scared of Satan. Now, the title of The White Stripe’s 2005 album Get Behind Me Satan, beyond being a verse in the Bible, has a bit more context.
A social media user had questioned White’s decisions to offer a hand to Twin Temple, saying to White “As a practicing Catholic, how do you see promoting a band associated with satanic imagery fitting with your faith? It seems at odds with values Catholicism teaches.”
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White was raised as a Catholic with both his parents working for the diocese in Detroit. He met Pope John Paul II and got a hug as a child. White even has said he considered becoming a priest but backed out just before going to seminary.
But the religion has little to do with his life today, according to White, who responded to the social media user by saying “I never claimed to be a practicing catholic or christian, you assumed that.”
After saying he wasn’t scared of Satan, White espoused more on his thoughts about religion. “Commune with god on your own terms and communicate with god and find your own path, not some path somebody made up to make you afraid and make money off of you,” the musician wrote.
The whole religious discussion comes after Charley Crockett booted Twin Temple from opening slots on his tour with the country crooner telling Rolling Stone “I thought they were like Black Sabbath, but they ain’t. Not today, Satan.”
Crockett recently made a social media post on the controversy saying, simply, “FUCK TRUMP FUCK EPSTEIN BUT HAIL SATAN? NOT ME JACK.”
Jack White commenced his 2026 North American tour in support of his new album Frozen Charlotte Friday night with an almost two-hour long concert at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. featuring solo favorites like “Old Scratch Blues” and “Lazaretto” new tunes such as “All Alone Again” and “Nobody Knows,” as well as songs from the catalogues of The Raconteurs, and, of course, The White Stripes. He ended the night with “Seven Nation Army.”
White also played “G.O.D And the Broken Ribs” and “Archbishop Harold Holmes,” a 2024 song about a traveling religious man promising to cure town residents’ ailments with lyrical reference to “a special financial blessing,” showing that the beliefs about religion he expressed over social media recently have been out in the open for a while.
Fans can look for tickets for Jack White’s tour dates via Ticketmaster.
Jack White 2026 North American Tour Dates:
07/11 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
07/12 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
07/14 — Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre (w/ support from Angine de Poitrine)
07/15 — Essex Junction, VT @ Champlain Valley Exposition
07/17 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
07/19 — Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
07/21 — Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
07/23 — Chicago, IL @ Radius
07/24 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Outdoors)
07/25 — Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
09/19 — East Aurora, NY @ Borderland Festival
09/20 — Richmond, VA @ Iron Blossom Music Festival
09/24 — San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
09/25 — Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater
09/28 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
09/29 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
09/30 — Del Mar, CA @ The Sound
10/02 — Las Vegas, NV @ Fontainebleau Las Vegas
10/03 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
10/04 — Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
10/06 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater
10/07 — Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
10/09 — Nashville, TN @ The Truth
11/08 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
11/09 — Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
11/10 — Milwaukee, WI @ Landmark Credit Union Live
11/12 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Citizens Live at The Wylie
11/13 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
11/14 — Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
11/16 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live Orlando
11/17 — Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore
11/18 — Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore
11/20 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
11/21 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
