JamBase — Watch Jack White join Pearl Jam on a cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” at the NOS Alive Festival in Portugal. more info

Consequence of Sound — Everyone from Jack White and Jeff Tweedy to Miley Cyrus has tried shedding some blood across these tracks. more info

Stereogum — Let's all take a moment to thank the powers that Jack White didn't end up playing Jackson Maine in A Star Is Born. Can you imagine how wack that would be??!?!?!?!?! Anyway, here are the five best songs of the week. more info

Detroit Free Press — Former White Stripes front man Jack White was reportedly Bradley Cooper's first choice to play Jackson Maine in the hit film "A Star Is Born"             more info

Detroit Free Press — Former White Stripes front man Jack White was reportedly Bradley Cooper's first choice to play Jackson Maine in the hit film "A Star Is Born"             more info

Consequence of Sound — Sadly, Warner Bros. wouldn't give the green light on the casting. more info

Stereogum — It's never entirely clear what real-life rock star Jackson Maine is analogous to in A Star Is Born . But it turns out Bradley Cooper did have someone else in mind besides himself to play the role, though it didn't work out. In a new Variety co... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "The news that two women were stopped from kissing during my show in Edmonton really disappointed me. At the next show in Calgary I dedicated the song 'Love Interruption' to the two women and encouraged everyone in the crowd to kiss their l... more info

Stereogum — On Friday night, Jack White played a show at the Edmonton venue Rogers Place, and something deeply shitty happened in the crowd. Allyson MacIvor, a musician with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, was at the show with a friend, and, caught up in the mo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: more Cardi B dates, The Watson Twins, Jack White, Nick Cave, Lily Allen, The Buttertones, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, and more tour news. Continue reading… more info