This is how rock ‘n roll should be!!  There is nothing more rock ‘n roll than a musician getting pissed and storming off the stage in the middle of their set right?  Just a week after Green Day guitarist and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong melted down at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Vegas and launched into a profanity laced tirade there is another big name musician following Billie Joe’s lead. Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes and…

The latest Billboard Top 200 album chart is out and its packed with some killer music to send you into the weekend on a high note.  We already know that The Dave Matthews Band’s latest release Away From The World is on top of the charts and here are a few more new albums that Guitar News Daily recommends adding to your library. Lets take a look at a few more of the top new album releases. Tempest – Bob…

Seasick Steve is set to release his new album ‘You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks’ on May 30. The self-produced effort will be released in the UK on the Play It Again Sam label. In the US it will come out on Jack White’s Third Man Records. The album will be the follow-up to 2009’s ‘Man From Another Time’ and was produced by Steve with Henry James Wold. Source: NME

Sales of The White Stripes’ albums have rocketed as a result of this weeks’ announcement that they have split. On Amazon.co.uk, the band’s 2010 live album and documentary ‘Under Great White Northern Lights’ received a sales increase of over 2,600% following the announcement. It is currently #2 in Amazon.co.uk’s “Movers & Shakers” chart, which tracks high-rising releases. Two other albums by the band also feature in the Top 10, with ‘White Blood Cells’ at #5 (over 600% up) and ‘Elephant’…

nme.com Jack White has turned down the chance to appear on Slash’s debut solo album, according to the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist. Slash is due to release ‘Slash & Friends’ in early 2010, and the album reportedly features a host of guest musicians, including the likes of Flea, Dave Grohl and Alice Cooper. However, the one artist that Slash says he really wanted to appear was Jack White – however, The White Stripes mainman was apparently reluctant to sing…

breakingnews.iol.ie Jack White thinks Britney Spears is “more authentic” than some legendary rockers. The White Stripes singer and guitarist believes the ‘If U Seek Amy’ singer is more genuine than some of the world’s most respected rock stars, including Bob Dylan, because she does not pretend to be anything other than a pop singer. He said: “I don’t know if Bob Dylan and Tom Waits are as authentic as I think they are.” “Perhaps they’re not. Sometimes you start thinking…

nme.com Pair have done ‘a couple of tracks’ together The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards has revealed that he has been working with Jack White. Richards was tight-lipped about the hook-up, but told Rolling Stone magazine that the two guitarists have collaborated. However, he was cagey on the subject on whether he might enlist White to produce for his band. “I enjoy working with Jack,” he said. “We’ve done a couple of tracks.” On the possibility of White producing for The…

nme.com Jack White to open White Stripes’ archive to fans Jack White has said he will open up his band The White Stripes’ archives to fans who sign up for his new subscription service The Vault. The guitarist, who is also a member of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, recently launched the service to offer exclusive content including videos and music of bands he is involved in, as well as sending physical releases to those who have signed up….

gear4music.com Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has come out in defence of the popular computer game Guitar Hero. The franchise has recently attracted criticism from top electric guitar players such as Jimmy Page and Jack White. However, Kramer said the game is simply a new means of exposing the rock genre to younger people. “If that’s what you got to do to get kids to understand what a band like Aerosmith’s all about, then that’s just one more way to find…

rollingstone.com Rocker Jack White is so used to playing the guitar at deafening noise levels, he can no longer tell how loud it is. The White Stripes and Raconteurs star always cranks his amp up to the max – but only realizes the exact volume when sound engineers show him decibel readings on a meter. He tells Rolling Stone magazine, “I need to feel it (volume). I’ve gone through things where I go onstage and the sound guy at soundcheck…