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Jack White loves rainbows AND stars...
Submitted by imaginary char on June 22, 2007.Here's a follow up to igLiz's Jack White vs. DJ Electra blog post. Taken from this article:
Jack White has hit back at claims that he verbally assaulted a female DJ after she leaked the new White Stripes album on air.
Speaking to MTV, the Stripes frontman says that the incident was blown out of all proportion.
He insists that all he did was ask Chicago Q101's DJ Electra why she aired Icky Thump in advance of its official release this week.
White said: "When you're famous, you're not allowed to have any kind of reaction, unless it's completely positive, saying, 'I love rainbows and stars.'
"But this radio station, in this instance, I was having a private conversation with somebody, and they wanted to exploit it and try to make even more press out of the situation."
He added: "Jack White, the singer and songwriter, isn't reacting to you; it's the president of Third Man Records--our record label --calling you and asking for an explanation.
"I'm not screaming and yelling at anybody. I'm just saying, 'Who did it? Tell me why you did it.'
"[They reacted] like I called up and threatened to burn down the building or something, for God's sake."
jono said on June 24, 2007:
pardon my ignorance..but....can someone explain why it's such a big no no to do this? If bands/labels are so concerned about their music getting "leaked" before it's release date, why not allow the albums to be downloaded by special radio station accounts from big servers as of the exact SECOND the album is officially "released". I dont quite get why it's such a big deal?
Chilly Uptown said on June 23, 2007:
White said: "When you're famous, you're not allowed to have any kind of reaction, unless it's completely positive, saying, 'I love rainbows and stars.'
Jeez Jack. So you're saying that being famous is like living in Seattle?