The Dead Weather have been quiet for some time. With their last tour wrapping up late last year, you might be wondering what the band are up to.

Jack White has been busy with his label, Third Man Records, producing many records by an array of artists. He recently produced a single for upcoming British artist Laura Marling, a covers record by "queen of rockabilly" Wanda Jackson, and the debut record from his wife, Karen Elson, titled "The Ghost Who Walks".

Alison Mosshart has reunited with Jamie Hince for The Kills' fourth studio album, titled "Blood Pressure". The band is currently touring the UK in support of the album.

Dean Fertita has released a record of material, written in collaboration with ex-Raconteurs band-mate Brendan Benson. The album is titled "Hello=Fire", which is also the artist name for Fertita's project, making this a 'self titled' album of sorts.

Jack Lawrence's band The Greenhornes released their fourth studio album late last year, titled '****' (four stars). The album is their first in eight years, produced by the band and Jack White, and released on Jack White's label 'Third Man Records'.

Although The Dead Weather have no plans to release new material any time soon, Dean Fertita commented that "Everything seems to happen by accident, so who knows -- maybe we'll have a record together in another two weeks. I think we all love the way it works, so I don't see any reason why we wouldn't try to keep it going at some point.". [1]

27/05/11
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"The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011, their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live.

The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine and in good health.

It is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve What is beautiful and special about the band and have it stay that way.

Meg and Jack want to thank every one of their fans and admirers for the incredible support they have given throughout the 13 plus years of the White Stripes' intense and incredible career.

Third Man Records will continue to put out unreleased live and studio recordings from The White Stripes in their Vault Subscription record club, as well as through regular channels."

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Just in time for the holiday season, The Dead Weather are selling a limited number of card decks.

Designed by Silent Giants, the completely custom deck of cards features the band members as the King, Queen, Jack and Joker. 500 packs were made, so if you're looking for that perfect Christmas gift, better get in quick! You can purchase from the band's webstore, HERE.

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It has recently be announced that The White Stripes have broken up.

With two records under their belt and extensive touring, it seems The Dead Weather are finally taking a well-deserved break. It won't be long, however, until we see new records from Dead Weather members Jack White, Alison Mosshart and Dean Fertita in their respective bands The White Stripes, The Kills and Queens of the Stone Age.

In this month's edition of Vanity Fair, Mr. White was interviewed for the promotion of a Stripes-centric box set (featuring a record player, headphones, and cases to insert your purchases of rereleased vinyl). At the very end of the interview, when asked about the first three Stripes records coming out on vinyl, he drops a bomb:

"We thought we'd do a lot of things that we'd never done: a full tour of Canada, a documentary, coffee-table book, live album, a boxed set. It was one long project that took almost three years. Now that we've gotten a lot of that out of our system, Meg and I can get back in the studio and start fresh."

While Jack has been silent about a White Stripes reunion for quite a while now, the timing seems perfect. His Dead Weather bandmates Dean Fertita and Alison Mosshart are busy working on new albums (for Queens Of The Stone Age and The Kills, respectively). Meanwhile, the rhythm section for The Raconteurs, Jack Lawrence & Patrick Keeler, finally returned to The Greenhornes, having just released their long-awaited fourth album.

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The Dead Weather will be releasing three versions of their single "Blue Blood Blues" this week including, most excitingly, on a brand new format entitled the Triple Decker Record (TM). The Triple Decker Record (TM) designed by Jack White and assembled by United Record Pressing Nashville, TN is a unique 7" version of the single embedded inside a 12" version. Triple Decker Record (TM) will be available in a limited edition of 300 copies, 100 of which will be on-sale at the Third Man Records store in Nashville, and the remainder available randomly through mail order and at select brick and mortar vinyl dealers worldwide.

For those not lucky enough to pick-up the Triple Decker Record (TM), an alternate 7" version of "Blue Blood Blues" with a double-sided cover will be available as a standalone purchase and comes with b-side "Jawbreaker (live). Tri Color 45s of the single will also be available. The 12" version will come with alternate B side "No Hassle Night"/"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (live).

The 7" and tri-color 45 are available today at Third Man Records and via the web store. The 12" and Triple Decker Record (TM) will be available in the same locations on Friday, September 17th.

Go HERE to watch a video of Jack White presenting the new format.

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A recent interview at Spinner.com has Jack White clarifying the reasoning behind The Dead Weather's 2nd Album title 'Sea of Cowards':

"You've mentioned that 'Sea of Cowards' is a reference to the state of criticism on the Internet ..."

"The Internet thing kind of got blown out of proportion. That was just a comment I made as part of a bigger discussion on the word "coward." The title came about because the lyrics on the album had a lot to do with cowardice. It was an idea that kept on popping up when I was listening to the mixdown. I was explaining to Alison that since a lot of the themes of the songs are about cowardice, maybe we should have the word "coward" in the title of the album.

Later, we were having a conversation with some journalist about the way the Internet breeds cowardice nowadays -- how everyone has a fake name, no one shows their face, everyone is extremely judgmental, extremely harsh to each other, commenting and blogging all this stuff. The world is their oyster now, they can type whatever they want, and they don't present themselves as a human being, they present themselves as an avatar and as a screen name, and that's cowardly.

We wouldn't waste our time writing about the Internet."

Jack White talks in depth about the dynamic of his new group and prospects of a new album. Read the whole interview here.

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Watch the Late Show with David Letterman this Wednesday! The Dead Weather will be David Letterman's musical guests on the Late Show this Wednesday so be sure to tune in to CBS at 11:35 pm/10:35 pm CT.

Also, in a recent interview with Chicagoist.com, Jack White says his Dead Weather bandmates are the most inspiring yet. White said if he knew the secret of their creative energy, he'd "bottle it and sell it."

He added, "It's hard to find other musicians that push you to go somewhere new all the time. That's what this band is doing for all of its members."

Read the full interview at Chicagoist.com

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The Dead Weather have added a newly-edited live video for their song Blue Blood Blues to their youtube channel. The video features heavily-edited live footage to convey the song in a black and white, newspaper print feel.

Watch the video HERE.

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A brand new track from The Dead Weather is set to feature on the new Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack. The track is called "Rolling In On A Burning Tire". Pre-order the soundtrack HERE.

Another date has been added to the US tour schedule. The Dead Weather will be headlining the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle, WA on Sunday, July 25th. For tickets and more info please go HERE.

The Dead Weather recently played at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Fuse.tv captured their live set. CLICK HERE to watch a video of The Dead Weather performing 'I Can't Hear You'.

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US tour dates, along with European dates have been added to The Dead Weather's tour schedule. Read all the new dates HERE.

Please take note that the previously announced gig at Babcock Theatre in Billings, Montana has been moved to the 26th of July.

Today/tomorrow is also the release of the new album 'Sea of Cowards'. Go to your local retailer or purchase the CD online to celebrate the release of this 2nd album from our beloved Dead Weather.

Watch four of the new songs live at The Dead Weather's YouTube channel:
Blue Blood Blues
Hustle and Cuss
The Difference Between Us
I'm Mad

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The Dead Weather, in conjunction with MySpace Music, are providing music fans with the next level of exclusive album access. On Monday, May 3rd, Myspace will be live streaming The Dead Weather performing their latest release, Sea of Cowards in its entirety. The band will perform the album front to back in the live room at the Third Man Records building in downtown Nashville, the same space in which they played their very first show in March 2009. This exclusive live performance will begin streaming at 3pm PST/6pm EST on MySpace Music as well as the band's Myspace page.

Prior to Monday's live performance streaming with MySpace, analog is going digital for the first time! Fans can tune into "Screaming Vinyl Live", a 24 hour listening party for Sea of Cowards. Embeddable Ustream players located on both Third Man Records and The Dead Weather websites will be playing the new album on vinyl via a live camera and audio stream, kicking off on Friday April 30th at 10am PST/1pm EST from locations in both Nashville and Los Angeles and will feature surprise guest DJs.

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A second song titled 'Gasoline', from the forthcoming album has been posted in it's entirety on youtube.com: LISTEN HERE.

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The video for the single "Die By The Drop" can now be viewed at NME.com.

The Dead Weather have also been confirmed for this year's Glastonbury festival on Saturday, June 26th. Tickets for this festival have already sold out but you can find out more information here.

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The new Dead Weather album 'Sea of Cowards' has been given the official release date of May 10/11. The tracklisting has also been released, along with album cover.

1. Blue Blood Blues 2. Hustle And Cuss 3. The Difference Between Us 4. I'm Mad 5. Die By The Drop 6. I Can't Hear You 7. Gasoline 8. No Horse 9. Looking At The Invisible Man 10. Jawbreaker 11. Old Mary

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The Dead Weather have put out a Single Teaser video, which is essentially the entire song 'Die By The Drop' with an alternate animation-style video to the official one due out April 6th.

Still, this is our first official full-length listen to 'Die By The Drop'.

WATCH HERE

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The Dead Weather have added a 30 second promo trailer for 'Die by the Drop'. This confirms the video will be officially out April 6th. Now that the leaked video has been pulled from metacafe.com, you'll have to wait until April 6th to watch it.

WATCH HERE

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The video for Die by the Drop (the forthcoming single from The Dead Weather's new album) has debutted on metacafe.com. The video is now online for your viewing pleasure. Watch it here!

Currently the video is US region specific, so international fans may not beable to view it. I'll post a link to the unrestricted video when it surfaces.

EDIT: The leaked video has been removed.

In tour news, The Dead Weather have also added an intimate show to their Australian tour at Sydney's Oxford Art Factory this Saturday, March 27th. The pre-sale for Frontier Touring members will be open for three hours only on Thursday 25 March from 3pm - 6pm AEDT. Due to the forecasted demand for this special show, a restriction of two tickets per purchaser will apply. General public on sale from Friday 26 March, 9am local time.

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Reports suggest the new album will be titled 'Sea of Cowards', to be released May 7th. This is less than a year after Horehound.

Also it seems a video for the lead single 'Die By The Drop' has already been made, and we can expect it soon. The director is Floria Sigismondi, who did White Stripes' Blue Orchid video, as well as some of Marilyn Manson's videos from the Antichrist Superstar era, and the new Runaways movie.

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