Meg White’s publicist issues a statement on this morning’s hottest viral video: “Some people have a very twisted sense of humor and this prank is in particularly bad taste. The tape circulating on the internet as featuring Meg White is fake. It’s definitely not Meg.” More »
Meg White’s publicist issues a statement on this morning’s hottest viral video: “Some people have a very twisted sense of humor and this prank is in particularly bad taste. The tape circulating on the internet as featuring Meg White is fake. It’s definitely not Meg.” More »
After cancelling their performance at the Austin City Limits Festival this weekend, the White Stripes have canceled their entire fall tour because Meg White is suffering from “acute anxiety.” [AP via Yahoo!] More »
The White Stripes have canceled their performance at this weekend’s Austin City Limits Festival, and a “nervous breakdown” by Meg White is being fingered as the reason. More »
The issue of Interview that Matos referenced yesterday also has the White Stripes on the cover and a predictably prickly interview inside, and there’s a bit about the gullibility of journalists that’s been making the Web’s rounds today:
“There’s finally a new No. 1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, as the White Stripes’ “Icky Thump” jumps 2-1 to dethrone Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” after an astonishing 15 week run in the lead.” More »
Alicia Keys says she wants to book studio time with both the White Stripes and Queens of the Stone Age in the near future. As someone with a huge crush on Josh Homme and a grudging acceptance of Ms. Keys since “You Don’t Know My Name,” I’m down. More »
Above, video of the White Stripes performing “Hotel Yorba” on a Winnipeg bus yesterday, when they were accompanied against their will by two overexcited fans who don’t really understand the “inside voice” concept. More »
Normally, we reserve our Tuesday-morning Billboard 200 quarterbacking for sales-total predictions, but this week’s race for No. 1 has three Nashville-born albums vying for the pole position. More »
When the White Stripes had the idea to rechristen the abandoned Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard “Icky Thump Records” and allow their fans to indulge in a little midnight-madness shopping this past Monday, they probably had no idea that the sheer devotion of their fans would result in a massive opportunity for blindingly obvious puns:
The trouble started when the band announced that the first 200 CD’s sold at the temporary store when it opened at midnight Monday night and re-named “Icky Thump Records” for the occasion, would receive free tickets to the concert.
White Stripes fans began congregating in front of the closed retailer on the Sunset Strip in the early evening Saturday, even though no public facilities existed for them. That was when neighbors began reporting that they were witnessing incidences of public urination and defecation.
