White Stripe rocker throws a divorce party

Meg White

Couple said they plan a celebration on Friday night in Nashville, Tennessee, in honor of their pending divorce, which they also announced on Friday.

An invitation posted online said the get-together will mark White and Elson's "6th anniversary and their upcoming divorce with a positive swing bang hum dinger."

"The party will include dancing, photos, memories and drinks with alcohol in them. This is only for close personal friends and family so please no plus ones or dead beats," the invitation said.

White and Elson, who were married in June 2005, have two children together, Scarlett and Henry Lee.

"We feel so fortunate for the time we have shared and the time we will continue to spend both separately and together watching our children grow," the couple said in a statement.

They did not say whey they were splitting up.

A photo accompanying the invitation shows White in a Western-style hat and a jacket with skeletal images of bones on it, and Elson hugging him from behind.

The divorce part is news — the couple hadn’t made any similar announcements before unveiling their very private and very amicable separation celebration.

It’s not the first strange nuptial arrangement for the rocker, a member of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and Dead Weather. White and former wife and bandmate Meg White divorced in early 2000, but Jack White took Meg’s last name. At the time of the band’s debut, debate often raged over whether the two were a couple or siblings.

The White Stripes are no more, but Jack White is still very much involved in a variety of musical projects. See the divorce party invite here, and let us know what think of the latest Jack White publicity pose.