Last weekend I attended Virgin Mobile’s FreeFest Music Festival in Columbia, Maryland. To say that the acts were amazing would, frankly, be an understatement. Over 50,000 music lovers made their way to Merriweather Post Pavilion to imbibe the finest liquor, scoff down a good-old-fashioned Maryland crab cake, and let the good times roll. Let’s rundown some of the highlights:
Notice Jack White's wedding ring. I assume he's married to his band members.
When head-liner Jack White and his all-female band hit the stage, pandemonium ensued. Fans shook uncontrollably as White violently strummed his guitar, the drums pounding in the background. White offered the crowd a little of everything from his collection. He belted classics like “Hotel Yarba” from the White Stripes’ White Blood Cells album and mixed in new tracks like “Sixteen Saltines” and “Missing Pieces” from his debut solo album, Blunderbuss. [Read more…]