White Stripes, Von Bondies Updates

NME is reporting that Jack White is ready to begin writing songs for the follow-up to Elephant.

Also in NME, The Von Bondies are once again on top of the NME chart with their latest single C’Mon, C’Mon. According to Pollstar the band has a date scheduled at Michigan State University on 2/18. Does anyone know anything about this? The Von Bondies are also slated to play South by South West.