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Jack White cancels tour in Mexico after keyboardist Isaiah ‘Ikey’ Owens dies

October 14 2014 07:36 AM

CP30282560 — FILE --In this June 7, 2014 photo, Jack White, center, performs with Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, right, and band members at The Governors Ball Music Festival at Randall\'s Island Park in New York. A publicist for Jack White says the rocker is canceling his remaining tour dates in Mexico after the death of his band\'s keyboard player, Owens. The statement said Owens, 38, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 14, 2014, in Mexico. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, file)

Original Publication Date: October 14, 2014 7:36AM

Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 9:51PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A publicist for Jack White says the rocker is cancelling his remaining tour dates in Mexico after the death of his band’s keyboard player Isaiah “Ikey” Owens.

The statement said Owens, 38, died Tuesday morning in Mexico. Owens was from Long Beach, California, but had recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to perform with White’s band.

The band was scheduled to perform in Guadalajara on Tuesday and Monterrey on Wednesday.

Owens also played in other bands, including Mars Volta and Free Moral Agents. “We will all miss you Ikey,” the band said in a statement. “You were and are an incredible artist.”

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