Jack white has confirmed that The White Stripes have completed two new songs for their next studio album, the follow-up to 2007โ€™s Icky Thump.

Speaking to musicradar.com, White says that he has started working with Meg White on new material for their seventh album, which โ€œwonโ€™t be too far off. Maybe next year.โ€

Currently working with his side project The Dead Weather, White says they will start recording properly when heโ€™s back from their tour, saying โ€œWe had recorded a couple of songs at the new studio. I talked to her about coming by when I was done in the summer rehearsing with The Dead Weather โ€“ I wonโ€™t be done in the summer touring with them, but after the summer jaunt.โ€

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