Guide Note:Rumors surfaced in September 2007 that Meg White, drummer of the band The White Stripes, was featured in a sex tape that was circulating around the Internet. Representatives for The White Stripes quickly insisted that the woman in the video was "definitely not" White, and indeed most viewers of the footage in question agreed.

The White Stripes had canceled a tour earlier in the month due to what representatives called White's "acute anxiety." The tour was to support the duo's already well-received album Icky Thump. Fast Facts:

1. Formed: 1997
2. First label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
3. Current label: Warner Bros. Records
4. Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
5. Jack White and Meg White said they were siblings when they first came to prominence
6. Was later revealed they'd been divorced
7. Meg White is known for her basic, primal drumming style

Quotes:

• "Some people have a very twisted sense of humor and this prank is in particularly bad taste. The tape circulating on the Internet as featuring Meg White is fake. It’s definitely not Meg."—The White Stripes' publicist

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