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White Stripes singer Jack White has said he almost became a priest.
Speaking in the United States, Jack said as a young man he almost followed a life in church before changing his mind and becoming a musician.
He told CBS’s 60 Minutes: “I’d got accepted to the seminary in Wisconsin and I was going to become a priest, but at the last second I thought, ‘I’ll just go to public school’. I had just gotten a new amplifier in my bedroom and I didn’t think I was allowed to take it with me.”
White Stripes is currently working on its new album, the follow-up to 2003’s “Elephant.”
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The reggae industry will drop the use of homophobic lyrics following a new agreement between the music industry and campaigners.
Gay rights groups have been targeting artists whose lyrics they say attack or encourage violence against homosexuals.
However, according to BBC News, a new verbal agreement between the Stop Murder Music coalition and reggae labels and promoters means they will no longer release records or host concerts for artists whose lyrics are homophobic.
“The reggae industry will work with the artists while still maintaining their freedom of speech and artistic freedom,” explained reggae industry spokesman Glen Yearwood, “We’ll advise them this is not the way forward in a civilized society.”
“As a gesture of good faith, the Stop Murder Music coalition has agreed to suspend our aggressive campaigning,” explained Brett Lock of OutRage!, which is part of the coalition, “The main players in the dancehall reggae industry will attempt to regulate the industry themselves to ensure that there aren’t any violently homophobic or gay-bashing lyrics in the future.”
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Death Row Records founder Suge Knight is back in prison following an incident with police.
The rap boss was arrested for violating his parole after he was allegedly found in possession of marijuana.
According to BBC News, Knight was arrested in Barstow, California on Saturday, Feb. 6, after performing an illegal u-turn. A subsequent police search of his car allegedly turned up the drugs.
Knight, who was responsible for signing acts including Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur, served ten months in prison in 2004 for punching a man while on a parole for an assault conviction.
Knight was also accused of not having insurance, while an 18-year-old woman with him was arrested for providing false information and having false identification. She has since been released.
It is now believed Knight will be held in state prison until a decision regarding his release is made.
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Pete Doherty will have to spend the weekend in jail because he could not come up with bond money for his bail on time.
The ex-Libertines singer had been granted bail with curfew restrictions at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on charges of robbery and blackmail.
The star’s lawyer said the money could not be raised on time, reports the BBC.
Doherty, 25, was arrested following an alleged incident in a London hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Musician Alan Wass, 23, also of London, appeared in court accused of the same offences.
Magistrates imposed a range of bail conditions on Doherty, including a curfew between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., except when he attends a drug rehabilitation center. He was told he would not be able to leave his home without being accompanied by a security firm.
The star must also surrender his passport and report daily to a local police station.
Doherty was arrested after police were called to an Islington hotel in response to claims that a man had been assaulted.
A man in his thirties was later taken to University College Hospital, London, with facial injuries, before being discharged.
A lawyer representing Doherty and Wass said outside court the pair strenuously denied the charges.
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