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Desert Daze Festival ft. Jack White, Fleet Foxes, SLEEP, The Mars Volta Cigarettes After Sex, Liz Phair, Thundercat, Power Trip, Converge, and More has Been Canceled for The Second Year In a Row


For the second year in a row, the organizers of Desert Daze scheduled for October 10-13, 2024 in Lake Perris, CA are heartbroken to announce that Desert Daze 2024 is canceled. All pass holders will be refunded, and will be contacted directly via their point of purchase. The organizers blamed increased production costs. Originally scheduled for Oct. 10, 11, 12 and 13, the independent fest was set to host Jack White, Fleet Foxes, SLEEP, The Mars Volta Cigarettes After Sex, Liz Phair, Thundercat, Power Trip, Converge, All Them Witches, Drab Majesty,  among others. Read a statement from the organizers below. Continue reading


Bob Rock Explains The Choice Behind Creating Metallica’s “St. Anger” Snare Drum Sound on the Latest Episode of The Metallica Report Podcast



Legendary producer and once live Metallica bassist Bob Rock reminiscences about his time as the Metallica Producer from 1990 to 2003 on the latest episode of The Metallica Report Podcast. Bob discussed how he pushed the band to be their best, that the band really didn’t know how to make records properly in his opinion prior to working with him, how he frustrated James Hetfield at times, the two best Metallica songs, why fans are wrong about the sound of the drums on St. Anger, and what Jack White and Jimmy Page told Bob about that infamous album. Listen now!Continue reading


Bourbon and Beyond Festival Books Pearl Jam, Jack White, Brandi Carlile, Alanis Morissette, Kings of Leon, Greta Van Fleet, Chris Stapleton, The Doobie Brothers, and More! 


 

Bourbon & Beyond Festival 2022 has announced its lineup and has major Hard Rock artists as headliners! Pearl Jam, Jack White, Brandi Carlile, Alanis Morissette, Kings of Leon, Greta Van Fleet, and Chris Stapleton, The Doobie Brothers will headline the four-day festival. This year’s event expands to a four-day festival for the first time, with fans descending upon Louisville, Kentucky’s Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center from September 15th-18th, 2022.

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Jack White Announces The Supply Chain Issues Tour


Jack White has announced the first dates of The Supply Chain Issues Tour with shows in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. The tour produced by Live Nation — which includes White’s first headline shows in four years — will begin with two special Fear Of The Dawn album release shows on April 8 & 9, 2022 at Detroit’s Masonic Temple Theatre and continue through August 29 in Kansas City (full list of dates below). Third Man Records Vault Members will have access to first pre-sale tickets beginning Monday, December 13 at 10am local time. 

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Jack White Shares New Website – “Jack White Art and Design”


Legendary music artist Jack White of The White Stripes has create physical art across a variety for mediums for many years. Now he is centralizing his art in a single experience for lovers and fans:  “Jack White Art & Design.”  A new website that aims to be an all-in-one umbrella for his decades of design work, sharing hsi unique perspective and aestheic across multimedia, photographs and videos, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Furniture & Upholstery, Graphic Design, Instruments & Hardware, Sculpture, Vinyl Concepts, Film Directing, and Photography. Most of this work has never been seen live before. Jack White Art & Design is a comprehensive new multimedia website cataloging his creative work spanning more than two decades. Jack White Art & Design presents a comprehensive look at White’s award-winning artistic career through hundreds of photographs and videos, many of which have never been viewed by the public, showcasing key works within such wide-ranging practices as Industrial Design, Interior Design, Furniture & Upholstery, Graphic Design, Instruments & Hardware, Sculpture, Vinyl Concepts, Film Directing, and Photography.Continue reading


Jack White Pays Tribute to Eddie Van Halen on Saturday Night Live Appearance


Jack White (The Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Third Man Records) was the last-minute musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night and used it to pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen, who died last week at age 65. Not only did White play an EVH model guitar, his solo during the song “Lazaretto” featured two-hand tapping, which Eddie made famous the world over.  

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The Raconteurs Share Full Details of Comeback Album, Due This Summer


The Raconteurs have announced their new album Help Us Stranger, due out June 21 on Third Man Records, owned by Jack White, and marks the supergroup’s third release and first new full-length album since 2008. The band, which features White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler has already released the singles ‘Sunday Driver’ and ‘Now That You’re Gone’ in December. All the songs on the record are White and Benson originals, except for the Donovan cover ‘Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness).’ The album will also be released via Third Man’s subscription series as a Vault package. The bundle features a limited edition electric green/black/copper swirled vinyl LP, a 7″ of demo versions of two songs from the album, a bandana, a custom vinyl slipcover, and more. The band returned to the stage this past weekend at Third Man Records’ 10 Year Anniversary party.Continue reading


Listen To Two Brand New Songs From The Raconteurs


While spending much of 2018 woodshedding and recording, the previously dormant supergroup The Raconteurs (The White Stripes, Greenhornes, The Dead Weather) has been working on their new album for a 2019 release. The band had not released any new music in over a decade. Now check out not one, but two brand new songs, streaming at the link below. ‘Sunday Driver’ and ‘Now That You’re Gone.’Continue reading