White: 'This is a dying era for music'

Jack White has claimed that the music industry is "crumbling".

White, who is in London with his band The Dead Weather, will play a free Halloween concert at Shoreditch Church tonight.

He told The Mirror that he has erected a "pop-up shop" at the venue to sell limited edition vinyls.

"It's great that people can come down here and get something that's real and tangible and not disposable like an MP3 download that you can fast-forward or throw away," he said. "The new generation needs to be taught about the beauty and romance of a record store."

White also claimed that future bands will struggle to survive in the music industry.

"It's a dying era right now for music and art," he explained. "Things are crumbling. Every meeting we have with a label is depressing, and you wouldn't believe how hard it is, and how much trickery goes into a band just breaking even.

"It's going to be so hard for bands in ten years."

White recently discussed his views on music in a lecture at Dublin's Trinity College.