The White Stripes: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
Nick Hasted, Independent, The, 11 April 2003
THE WHITE STRIPES find out the day before this first show of their tour that Elephant, the startling beast of a record that they made in Hackney last year for a mere £5,000, is the No 1 album in Britain.
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