Stripes and Bars

White Stripes frontman Jack White has landed a bit part in the upcoming movie Cold Mountain, and he will write songs for the soundtrack. White, a film buff who worked lyrics of songs and dialogue from Citizen Kane into the Stripes' song "The Union Forever" (from 2001's White Blood Cells), has great admiration for the craft of writing film music and especially for those who wrote for the classic musicals. The film will begin shooting in Romania (why not North Carolina, where the book was set?) later this month and is expected to hit theaters next spring. The White Stripes recorded their fourth album, tentatively titled Elephant, last month at Toe Rag Studios in East London. It is due early next year. The Detroit rock duo (which also includes drummer Meg White) will play a short series of home-and-home shows with New York's Strokes later this summer, with each band headlining in its own hometown, but you knew this. To read more about Jack's love of music and movies, visit RollingStone.Com.

White Stripes/Strokes dates:8/9: Detroit, Chene Park
8/14: New York, Irving Plaza
8/15: New York, Radio City Music Hall