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Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett has shared a new solo single, ‘Long, Long Year’ – listen to it below.Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, the track features bassist Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and drummer Julian Doro (Eagles of Death Metal, The Whigs) among other musicians.It was produced by the Grammy-winning Vance Powell, who’s previously worked with the likes of Jack White and his side project band The Dead Weather.Speaking about how the emotional, country-tinged song came about, Shiflett explained: “I spent a lot of time alone at my studio in LA during the first part of the lockdown just woodshedding tunes.“The line ‘It’s been a long, long year‘ was rattling around my head for obvious reasons, but I framed it as a love song.”The musician said that he then recorded his first solo material since his 2019 album, ‘Hard Lessons’,  during a trip to Nashville in March 2021.“I hadn’t done much traveling post-COVID lockdown so I was a little nervous heading out there to work with a producer and roomful of musicians I didn’t really know,” Shiflett went on.“In true Nashville style we made our introductions and got right down to work, hammering out the basic tracks in a few hours.”He continued: “Vance was great and made me feel right at home, and the group of players he put together were on point.  Next day we did some overdubs and Sierra [Hull] came in and added mandolin and harmony vocals on ‘Long, Long Year’ and the tracks started coming together.”Details of a potential new solo record have not yet been confirmed.‘Long, Long Year’ marks the first music from a member of Foo Fighters since the death of the band’s drummer, Taylor Hawkins, in March.

Jamie T is set for a triumphant return to the Official Albums Chart, with The Theory of Whatever on course to become his first-ever UK Number 1 record after a six-year break.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAfter titling his last album “Fear of the Dawn,” Jack White now goes gentle into that good morning with “Entering Heaven Alive,” a follow-up being released all of 15 weeks later. You’d be hard-pressed to come up with two records so wildly different: “Heaven” is as graceful as its predecessor was gonzo. The fact that he recorded both in the same fertile burst of energy, and originally even planned to release it all as one (presumably double) album, seems incalculable.

Alison Mosshart has spoken about the possibility of The Dead Weather making a comeback in the future.The US supergroup – which also features Jack White, Dean Fertita (Queens Of The Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) – released their debut album ‘Horehound’ back in 2009.They’ve since dropped two more full-length records – ‘Sea Of Cowards’ (2010) and ‘Dodge And Burn’ (2015) – in between the members’ other respective projects, including Mosshart’s band The Kills.During a recent interview with Consequence Of Sound, Mosshart was asked if a Dead Weather reunion could be on the cards. “Your guess is as good as mine,” she replied.“The band was a happy accident. We walked into Jack’s new recording studio at the time to test out the room and the gear, and walked out with a whole record in the blink of an eye.

Jay-Z has opened up on appearing on other people’s songs, saying he “never” charges to lay down guest verses.The rapper was speaking to Kevin Hart for an episode of Hart’s new show Hart To Heart, which debuted on Peacock this week.“It’s mostly relationships,” Jay said of his approach to appear in guest form on others’ records. “It’s actually always been mostly relationships. Sometimes it’s talent and sometimes someone asks me to be on something.“Pretty much every song that I’m on I’m asked to be on.

Jack White has always been a bifurcated kind of guy. That was evident right from the name of his very famous first band: Announcing you’re a stripe may be one strong indicator of a two-tone sensibility.

Jack White has announced details of more tiny shows in London for this month – see all the details and get tickets below.Last month, following a secret Glastonbury set, White announced that on July 22 – the day he releases new album ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ – he would play a tiny show at Union Chapel.With that gig now sold out, White has detailed another show in the capital earlier that day. At midday, he will play in store at Rough Trade East followed by a signing session.

Damian Lewis has got the seal of approval from his new rock singer girlfriend's mother who says she can't wait to meet the Homeland star. Fourteen months after the agony of losing his wife Helen McCrory to cancer, Lewis, 51, has been spotted on a string of dates with US musician and visual artist Alison Mosshart. The pair met through friends while hanging out in London and have grown increasingly fond of one another, Mosshart's mum Vivian, 76, has revealed.

Mad Cool festival have revealed the full slate of stage times for this year’s edition.Seasick Steve and Alec Benjamin will go head-to-head as the first acts to perform, both taking to their stages – the titular Mad Cool mainstage and Vibra Mahou stage, respectively – at 5:50pm on Wednesday. Metallica have the longest set of the night – and evidently, the entire festival – with a two-hour set running from 9:30pm to 11:30pm on the Mad Cool stage.Closing out the night will be Twenty One Pilots and Chvrches, however the latter will perform a slightly shorter set: Twenty One Pilots are set to go out at 11:35pm on the Madrid Is Life mainstage, while Chvrches’ set starts at midnight on the Region Of Madrid stage.

Jack White has clarified the previous comments he made about his plans to “re-edit” Prince‘s unreleased album ‘Camille’.As Ultimate Classic Rock reports, the musician’s label Third Man Records secured the rights to the late icon’s scrapped 1986 record in March.Although ‘Camille’ was never shared as a complete body of work, all eight tracks that were initially intended to feature on the record have been released in some form (as B-sides or on other reissues etc).For the project, Prince used a pitch-shifting studio technique in order to make his vocals sound more feminine and planned to share the finished product under the pseudonym Camille.This week, White appeared to share his plans for the lost album during an interview with the Daily Star newspaper’s ‘Wired’ column.“We are able to re-edit it as it was originally planned,” he reportedly explained (via Music-News.COM). “So that is great news.

Jack White has spoken about his 2008 James Bond theme ‘Another Way To Die’, calling it “one of the most divisive things” he’s worked on.The former White Stripes musician wrote and produced the track – also featuring Alicia Keys – for Quantum Of Solace, which was the 22nd film in the Bond franchise. It reached Number Nine in the UK singles chart.Speaking on a recent edition of the Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, White acknowledged the mixed reaction to the collaborative song.“It’s one of the most divisive things I’ve been a part of,” the singer-songwriter explained.“To this day, it’s straight across the board.

Jack White has announced details of an intimate London show next month – he’ll play Union Chapel in July, and you can find out all you need to know below.The announcement of the gig comes hot on the heels of a secret Glastonbury set White played at the weekend and two London shows at Hammersmith Apollo this week.White released his latest solo album ‘Fear Of The Dawn‘ back in April, with another called ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ set to follow on July 22. On the day of the new album’s release, he’ll play the cosy Union Chapel venue.The show comes at the end of the European leg of his ‘Supply Chain Issues Tour’, which runs until July 20 on the mainland, ending in Paris.Tickets for the London gig go on sale from 10am BST on Friday (July 1) – find details below and pick up tickets here.A post shared by Jack White (@officialjackwhite)At last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival, White played a secret set on the Park Stage on Sunday evening, bringing White Stripes hits and tracks from his solo catalogue.In a five-star review of the set, NME wrote: “Someone, somewhere is always singing ‘Seven Nation Army’ anyway, so experiencing the universal celebratory bellowing to that riff won’t ever be less than a unifying delight.

Billie Joe Armstrong announced that he plans to renounce his U.S. citizenship and move to the U.K.

Jack White has been confirmed for a secret set at Glastonbury 2022 today (Sunday June 26).The likes of Arcade Fire and Green Day were among the rumours for the much anticipated ‘TBC’ slot on The Park Stage at 6pm today, but now White has been announced for the performance in today’s edition of the Glastonbury Free Press – a newspaper handed out on site.“Exciting opportunity in the field of audience science,” the notice read. “Musician Jack White is seeking 10,000 lively and loud individuals to participate in a top secret experiment of musical concertry.

George Ezra has confirmed himself for a secret set at Glastonbury 2022 today (Sunday June 26).The singer-songwriter has been rumoured for an appearance after an image of a sign revealing his set appeared online. Now, Ezra has taken to Twitter to confirm that he’ll be performing on the John Peel Stage at 2pm today, promising “a big old party”.Another act to perform surprise secret sets across the weekend was IDLES, who played their debut album ‘Brutalism’ in full on the BBC Introducing Stage yesterday.

Jack White has shared his thoughts on yesterday’s repeal of Roe v. Wade, blasting former President Donald Trump in the process.White’s scathing statement, shared on Instagram yesterday (June 24), saw him hit out at the US government, democrats and more.

Tame Impala have shared their remix of Elvis Presley‘s 1968 song ‘Edge Of Reality’.The new version features on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic, Elvis – both the film and its accompanying soundtrack are out today.The new remix takes the original in a more kaleidoscopic, psychedelic direction, and features vocals from Kevin Parker mixed alongside The King.

Kacey Musgraves has shared the studio version of her cover of Elvis Presley‘s 1961 single ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, nearly two months after its announcement.The cover, released today (June 22), is the latest song to be lifted from the soundtrack to Elvis, Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about the titular Presley. Musgraves originally confirmed that she would be covering the song at the 2022 Met Gala, where she arrived with Luhrmann and Priscilla Presley.

Jack White has added 19 new dates to his ‘Supply Chain Issues’ world tour, taking in both North and South America.The new dates, announced today (June 21), will include a mix of headlining shows and festival appearances. The tour comes in support of White’s two studio albums for 2022: ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ from April, and the forthcoming ‘Entering Heaven Alive’, which is set for release next month.Cat Power will open for White on four of the new dates, while Californian band The Paranoyds will support at an additional three.

Måneskin have shared their cover of ‘If I Can Dream from the soundtrack of the Baz Luhrmann-directed new movie Elvis.The band previously teased the track, which you can listen to below, during their performance at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin last month.Elvis, which is released on June 24, comes with a soundtrack of covers along with “original songs and recordings” by Presley himself and the film’s star, Austin Butler. Artists to have contributed also include Eminem, Tame Impala, Stevie Nicks, Jack White, Swae Lee, Diplo, Chris Isaak, Denzel Curry, Jazmine Sullivan, Pnau and more.Speaking to NME for their recent Big Read cover story, Måneskin frontman Damiano David said of their cover: “We were talking about it with Baz Luhrmann, who had this really cool, super-smart idea, because it would have been so easy to give us an up-tempo song and go super rock-ish.

One of hip hop’s kings is paying homage to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Thania Garcia Eminem and CeeLo Green have shared their original song contribution for the upcoming Baz Luhrmann-directed Elvis Presley biopic, out in theatres on June 24. On “The King and I,” Eminem is joined by CeeLo over a sample of Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” as the pair take turns paying homage to the king of rock n’ roll.“’Cause me and Elvis jailed together like cellmates / Yeah, this the jailhouse, bitch and I don’t give a…” spits Eminem before CeeLo joins him on the hook: “Middle fingers up, we ’bout to do this shit again.”Eminem name drops rappers 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa, and reflects on the critics who have hounded his career (“I stole Black music, yeah, true / (For What?) Perhaps used it as a tool to combat school kids”).

Green Day have debuted a new banner displayed in the background of their live shows which simply reads: “Fuck Ted Cruz”.The on-screen message first circulated online in early June after the Berlin concert of the band’s broader European Hella Mega Tour.Following the performance, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reposted a fan photo of the Cruz reference captioned with a love heart emoji.apparently green day had “fuck ted cruz” on the screen at their concert last night. green day will always be real ones.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticAs happened last year with the Eddie Vedder-helmed Ohana Festival, an “encore weekend” has been added for the Southern California rock gathering. But this ain’t no Coachella — the second weekend, set for Oct.

Jonathan Cohen The creators and executive producers of the beloved FXX series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” are taking their podcast to the live stage for the first time.Glenn Howerton (Dennis), Charlie Day (Charlie) and Rob McElhenney (Mac) will bring “The Always Sunny Podcast” to the Bourbon and Beyond festival in Louisville, Ky., on Sept. 17, and then again the next night for a homecoming show of sorts at the Met in Philadelphia.Tickets for Bourbon and Beyond are already on sale.

Jack White has distanced himself from The White Stripes NFTs released last year, and expressed his dislike of the format.In April 2021, the band announced that a visualiser of the The Glitch Mob remix of their track ‘Seven Nation Army’ would be sold as an NFT also containing a number of unique art pieces.The remix also landed on streaming services a few days later and was then available for purchase on physical vinyl in June through White’s Third Man Records.Now, in a new interview with The Atlantic, White expressed his distaste for NFTs and said that last year’s release was driven by management.“I don’t want to come out and say ‘I had nothing to do with this,’ ” he said. “It is my band.

Mad Cool festival have unveiled the final line-up for this year’s iteration, spearheaded by the addition of new headliner Incubus.The ‘Drive’ rockers join as one of three acts set to close out the third day of the five-day festival (Friday July 8), headlining alongside Muse and Alt-J. They replace Queens Of The Stone Age, who according to a post on social media, have pulled out “for reasons beyond the control of the festival organisation”.A total of 19 acts were added to the line-up, including the likes of Don Broco, CL and NOISY.

Jack White has released a new video for his latest single, ‘If I Die Tomorrow’. Watch the haunting clip below.The track is the latest preview for his upcoming album ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ which is set for release on July 22 via his Third Man Records.In the video, Jack walks through a sparse field and forest filled with mysterious characters.

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Killer Mike sat down with Jack White on a new episode of his talk show, Love & Respect.This past week’s episode, which was billed ‘Part 1’, saw the Run The Jewels rapper interviewing White about his career with The White Stripes, his on-stage engagement and marriage, and his pair of 2022 albums ‘Fear Of The Dawn‘ and ‘Entering Heaven Alive‘.White also spoke about his work in design over the COVID pandemic and return to upholstery. “I got into furniture making and upholstery, designing things at my pressing plant,” he said.“We opened a Third Man store in London so I designed the interior of that.