photos by Ryan Muir

People (including one very small child) waited in line over 12 hours outside "Third Man Records" aka the Envoy Gallery at 131 Chrystie Street on the LES in NYC for a chance to get in to see Jack White's new band The Dead Weather play a free show at noon today (7/16). Ends up, the band didn't play in the pop-up store, but right downstairs in the bar called Home Sweet Home (which not long ago hosted that Sonic Youth 'Eternal' party).

Inside the yellow store people can buy Dead Weather merchandise (including their album Horehound that was released this week) from the one and only Matt Pinfield and his WRXP co-host Leslie Fram. Downstairs, the band which features The Kills' Alison Mosshart on vocals played for about 30 minutes with one encore to the 175-or-so people that jammed into the hot and sweaty basement. Jack played drums and sang on one song, and in usual Jack White style, everyone associated with the band, even the roadies, were well dressed. Ryan said the band sounded great, and he couldn't think of a better place to catch the band than a dive bar like Home Sweet Home...

...which isn't saying much for the much, much larger venue the band is playing tonight (7/16) and tomorrow (7/17). The Screaming Females open both NYC shows at Terminal 5. More pictures from the Third Man Records in-store, below...

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People outside Envoy Gallery in 2007 (via)

"101.9 RXP Presents two Sold-Out Dead Weather Shows (Jack White's new band) this Thursday and Friday at Terminal 5! BUT-Matt Pinfield & Leslie Fram announced a Free show with the band this Thursday at Noon! Jack White opens a Pop-Up store of his Third Man Records based in Nashville!

Located at 131 Chrystie Street from 10am-6pm this Thursday and Friday only. You can buy the Dead Weather CD and Vinyl there! The band will do a FREE SHOW there this Thursday at Noon!

First Come, First Serve - so get there Early! Matt Pinfield will work behind the "

131 Chrystie Street is Envoy Gallery who confirm on their blog that the space belongs to The Dead Weather on July 16th and 17th. I actually waited all day to do this post in the name of spacing out Dead Weather posts... for those who are sick of hearing about them.