Jack White Passes on Meg White's Regards as White Stripes Enter Rock Hall

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducting the White Stripes did not result in the reunion of the long-dissolved duo, as many had hoped, with Meg White remaining out of the spotlight, as she has been since they announced their split nearly 15 years ago. But if she was absent from the Hall of Fame proceedings at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre, her presence was very much felt in remarks from Iggy Pop, who formally inducted the pair, and especially from Jack White , who accepted on both their behalfs and even read a fable he wrote down this week about their origin story.

Following the speeches, here were also salutes offered by two twosomes: Olivia Rodrigo and Feist, who sang “We Are Going to Be Friends” as a tender duet, and Twenty One Pilots, one of the few other true duo acts in the recen