The Dead Weather's latest single, "Blue Blood Blues", will have a limited edition component in the form of an all new Triple Decker Record. Designed by Jack White and assembled by United Record Pressing, the Triple Decker contains a 7" record embedded inside a 12" record. The Triple Decker is limited to 300 copies and are available at Third Man Records in Nashville on Friday Sept. 17, and at finer brick and mortar independent record stores worldwide. 50 copies will also be inserted in random mail order for Blue Blood Blues.
Following on the successful heels of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White has now joined forces with Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) to form a rock band called The Dead Weather. The band’s highly anticipated debut album, Horehound, is available to listen to in full and for free, exclusively on iLike (the leading social music discovery service) for the next 24 hours at www.iLike.com/thedeadweather
In advance of Horehound’s July 14th release, fans can experience the album for the first time today, exclusively on iLike. Horehound was produced by Jack White on his Third Man Records imprint and was the first record to ever be recorded at his new Nashville-based studio.
The impetus for The Dead Weather came when Alison Mosshart’s band The Kills opened on a few US tour dates for The Raconteurs. Jack White was given doctor’s orders to take it easy on the vocals, so he invited Alison to sing a few songs onstage. Immediately recognizing the musical synergy, the trio devised a plot to record together during some down time in White’s own Third Man Recording Studio in Nashville. White then enlisted the addition of erstwhile Raconteurs’ touring accomplice and Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator Dean Fertita. What was initially imagined as a one-off collaboration for a 7” single release turned into a full-length album once the quartet switched on the recording tape.
Tour Dates: July 13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 16 New York, NY - Terminal 5 17 New York, NY - Terminal 5 18 Boston, MA - House of Blues 19 Ottawa, ONT - Ottawa Blues Festival 21 Montreal, QUE - Olympia De Montreal 22 Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus, Toronto 24 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore 25 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion 27 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 28 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre 29 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre 30 Nashville, TN - War Memorial Auditorium
August 17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 18 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot 20 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre 21 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 22 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom 23 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater 25 Los Angeles, cA - Wiltern Theatre 27 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse 29 San Diego, CA - Street Scene 30 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
