{"id":484383,"date":"2019-04-07T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=818758"},"modified":"2019-04-07T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T16:00:37","slug":"see-the-raconteurs-debut-help-me-stranger-songs-at-first-show-in-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/see-the-raconteurs-debut-help-me-stranger-songs-at-first-show-in-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"See the Raconteurs Debut \u2018Help Me Stranger\u2019 Songs at First Show in Eight Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-8.29.51-AM.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-raconteurs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-raconteurs\" data-tag=\"the-raconteurs\">The Raconteurs<\/a> performed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/raconteurs-announce-first-show-in-eight-years-807215\/\">their first concert together in eight years<\/a> and debuted tracks off their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-raconteurs-new-album-help-us-stranger-816534\/\">upcoming third album <em>Help Me Stranger<\/em><\/a> at the band\u2019s gig Saturday at Third Man Records\u2019 10th anniversary celebration in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to performing the previously released \u201cNow That You\u2019re Gone\u201d and \u201cSunday Driver,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jack-white\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jack-white\" data-tag=\"jack-white\">Jack White<\/a>, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler&nbsp;also introduced the crowd to new album cuts \u201cHelp Me Stranger,\u201d \u201cShine the Light on Me\u201d and \u201cBored and Razed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Raconteurs also debuted their cover of Donovan\u2019s \u201cHey Gyp (Dig the Slowness),\u201d the lone non-original on <em>Help Me Stranger<\/em>, as well as a rendition of the Go\u2019s \u201cKeep On Trash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TobG1HnFqi8?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Help Me Stranger<\/em> marks the group\u2019s first album since 2008\u2019s <em>Consolers of the Lonely<\/em>. The album is due out June 21st; a special Third Man Vault edition come with a&nbsp;limited edition electric green, black and copper swirled vinyl LP, moving image lenticular cover art, and a companion 7-inch single that houses early demo recordings of the LP\u2019s \u201cHelp Me Stranger\u201d and \u201cSomedays (I Don\u2019t Feel Like Trying).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uBREsneJWCE?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Raconteurs last performed together in 2011. In support of <em>Help Me Stranger<\/em>, the reunited rockers have scheduled a string of summer dates, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/woodstock-50-details-full-lineup-with-jay-z-dead-company-killers-809290\/\">a stop at Woodstock 50<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-raconteurs-help-me-stranger-songs-first-concert-8-years-818758\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Raconteurs performed their first concert together in eight years and debuted tracks off their upcoming third album Help Me Stranger at the band\u2019s gig Saturday at Third Man Records\u2019 10th anniversary celebration in Nashville. In addition to performing the previously released \u201cNow That You\u2019re Gone\u201d and \u201cSunday Driver,\u201d Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-484383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 17:30:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}