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- Jack White gets 50th birthday serenade from John C. Reilly at Detroit Tigers game</p>
<p>Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press July 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM</p>
<p>Detroit rocker Jack White got to celebrate his 50th birthday Wednesday, July 9, in grand and quirky hometown style: with a rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" from actor friend John C. Reilly at Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers.</p>
<p>Reilly, clad in a Tigers baseball jersey, stepped to the mound ahead of the team's game versus the Tampa Bay Rays. At first, it looked to be your standard ceremonial first pitch by a visiting celebrity.</p>
<p>White, a lifelong Tigers fan, sat in a stadium suite with his wife and mom.</p>
<p>Then came the moment that clearly surprised White: With a count of "1, 2, 3," Reilly led the crowd in a birthday serenade to his musician pal.</p>
<p>did they just become best friends??jk, they already were pic.twitter.com/tQDb9pl1gc</p>
<p>— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 9, 2025</p>
<p>The live sing along was followed by "Seven Nation Army" over the PA at Comerica Park, where that White Stripes classic has been a longtime go-to song for the Tigers.</p>
<p>Reilly is a Chicago-born comic actor and musician who befriended White years ago through their shared bond as Midwestern-raised Catholics. In 2011, he released a pair of country singles via White's Third Man Records and more recently took a starring role in the music video for "Archbishop Harold Holmes," a hit track from White's "No Name" album.</p>
<p>Jack White performs during the "Live From Detroit: The Concert at Michigan Central" at Roosevelt Park in front of the Michigan Central Station in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood on Thursday, June 6, 2024.</p>
<p>In a follow-up interview July 9 in the Tigers' broadcast booth, Reilly confirmed that the supersized birthday greeting was a surprise for White, who didn't even know his actor friend was at the ballpark.</p>
<p>Reilly also noted that his jersey was the same one he wore in the 1999 movie "For Love of the Game," the Kevin Costner film in which Reilly played a fictional Tigers catcher.</p>
<p>White, a southwest Detroit native, was born on July 9, 1975. He went on to form the White Stripes and lead a Motor City rock renewal at the turn of the 21st century.</p>
<p>Contact Detroit Free Press music writer Brian McCollum: 313-223-4450 or [email protected].</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: John C. Reilly sings Jack White happy birthday at Detroit Tigers game</p>
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