White Stripes singer-songwriter- guitarist Jack White, 29, married model Karen Elson, 25, in a ceremony officiated by a shaman in a canoe at the confluence of the Rio Negro, Solimones and Amazon rivers in Manaus, Brazil. Just to make sure, this ceremony was followed by a blessing by a Catholic priest at a local cathedral.
Elson—a remarkably tall, thin and pale model for Prada and Banana Republic among others—is also featured in the stylized, gothic new White Stripes music video to "Blue Orchid," 
in which she teeters about on spike-heeled ballet slippers, encounters snakes and a horse, and eats a bleeding apple.
In the tense, brief riff-rocker—the first single off the Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan album, released by V2 June 7—Jack, who is beginning to look a lot like Johnny Depp, inquires in a disembodied falsetto, "how old are you, anyway?" while drummer Meg White thrashes with her ususal abandon.
Meg was also the maid of honor at the wedding. Though Jack and Meg claim to be brother and sister, they were in fact married from '96-'00, which makes their musical relationship, and evidently, friendship, all the more bemusing.
Article comments
1 - Eric Berlin
Great call on the White-Depp tip, Eric.
So does anyone know if Meg and Jack are actually brother and sister? All I know is that she looks at him with more than sisterly affection whilst she bashes them drums.
Shaman in a canoe: Now that's pretty badass.
Anyway, I don't care about a sniff of it as long as the Meg/Jack duo keeps pumping out classic albums. Was listening to "Your Southern Can" in the car yesterday... man, I could listen to that song 50 times in a row and not get tired of it.
2 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
looking forward to this new record, and EricO, i echo EricB's appreciative nod with the depp thing, although i find it all too disturbing.
That video is fantastic, also.
3 - Eric Olsen
thanks men! They are definitely not brother and sister EB, they were married for 4 years. And I agree the Deppness is rather startling.
4 - Al Barger
Eric, you assume that they're not brother and sister just because they were married? It may have been a Kentuckian romance. Which would bring you back to Depp, who is a Kentuckian.
5 - Eric Olsen
Nice two degrees of separation thingy, but I don't they go for that in Detroit
6 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
i have noticed this many times, and nows as good a time to point it out as any - Blue Orchid sounds almost identical to the stunning Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply from Dexy's Midnight Runners first record.
There can be no argument on this matter.
7 - Scott
That new White Stripes song is red f-ing hot! I love it
8 - Eric Olsen
I will have to dust off my Dexy's vinyl, Duker
9 - Dave Nalle
Wow, that new single is um singularly awful. I hope the rest of the album is better.
Dave
10 - Mark Saleski
Dexy's Midnight Runners recorded more than one song?!!
well, i'll be darned.
;-)
11 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
blasphemy! Dexy's Midnight Runners are one of the finest beat combos ever assembled by mortal men or women. or both.
You must grab Searching For The Young Soul Rebels and devote your every waking hour to its majesty.
12 - Mark Saleski
well, i bet ya i've got the 'hit' record on vinyl at home.
...and i have to admit that i don't think i've ever listened to it.
i will though, honest.
ah, and then there's those Proclaimers discs i don't own yet....
13 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
and i'm sure there's still a hole in that collection that looks suspiciously like Morrissey's quiff...
14 - Eric Olsen
all of that stuff stares out at me from shelves of plastic and wood
15 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
hah and this is why Eric O's record-collection is reknowned across the blogosphere.
16 - Eric Olsen
a rumor in his own time, a legend in his own mind was I
17 - Nicolette Rivers
I think it looks like both Jack White and his ex -- Renee Zelwegger -- married on the rebound.
18 - Eric Olsen
could be - imagine if Kenny Chesney had ended up with Karten Elson
19 - Jon Sobel
I love to see songwriters marry models. I just love it. It's the match of the gods. Bowie, Joel, Ric, even the Boss (briefly) - the list goes on - and now Jack. It's perfect, because a model's career is lucrative but temporary, while a hit songwriter's publishing royalties just keep on flowing.
20 - Natalie Davis
Kinda like Rod Stewart's swimmers...
Ms. Rivers, I agree. It's so weird (or perhaps not weird, but telling) that White married out of the blue so soon after Zellweger married out of the blue.
And Mr. Z, Kenny Chesney, reportedly broke up with someone shortly before tying the knot with the actor. Makes me wonder for both unions. I wish 'em all well, though. Can't wait to hear the new Stripes LP, in any event.
21 - Jordynn
Although I giggled at the comment, not even a Kentuckian is allowed to marry a sibling. Its a stereo-type, educate yourself, please! As for this whole Jack/Karen thing, I hope it is true(although I somehow seriously have my dounbts) I hope he hasnt finally lost is realness and joined the many "look at me, look at me" fakes in the music industry. The White Stripes are an amazing band and Im not even a HUGE fan of that type of music. But the sound THEY have grab hold of me and thats it...I was hooked.
22 - Eric Olsen
I'd say they've been doing some kind of "look at me" thing since they said they were brother and sister, and started the whole red/black thing
23 - michelle
renee was all over tv show news after jack got married you dont here from her no more. now she come out whit a annullment i think she lost interest on the marriage.she figure she cant hurt jack white because he got married shi is mad and upsept now