To a surprised roar from a packed Masonic Temple Theatre audience, White culminated his Detroit homecoming show by proposing to his girlfriend, musician Olivia Jean.
Making their way back out for the show's ostensible encore five minutes later, White and Jean had another jubilant jolt for the crowd,.
Their respective bass players were the best man and maid of honor, while members of their families, including White's mother, Theresa Gillis, stood by.
In a long history of memorable Jack White shows in Detroit — stretching back more than two decades to his White Stripes years — this one unexpectedly wound up near the top.
it was to expected to be a standard celebratory homecoming for White at the Masonic, his favorite hometown venue.
But when he invited Olivia Jean onstage to join a performance of "Hotel Yorba" 80 minutes into the set, the show instantly became the stuff of local legend.