The Weekly Rewind: Jack White hits the road, Pitchfork Fest won’t be back next year

There’s always something going on in the music news world, and we’re keeping our ears to the ground. In case you missed them, here are some of the top headlines of the past seven days.

Jack White goes on tour (and no, he’s not playing Philly)

After supporting this year’s great NO NAME with an array of pop-up club date underplays, rock icon Jack White is going on a “proper” tour of the album in 2025. He famously doesn’t play Philadelphia with any of his projects — near as we can figure, he most recently stepped across city lines in 2006 to play the Wachovia Center with The Raconteurs, opening for Bob Dylan — and this run is no exception. But you know what? NO NAME is great, and worth traveling to his two-night-stand in Brooklyn for. White also released a newer-than-the-new-album song, “You Got Me Searching.” (Read more at Brooklyn Vegan)

Pitchfork Fest isn’t happening in 2025

The tastemaking music website has made the decision not to bring its annual multi-day party in Chicago “as the music festival landscape continues to evolve rapidly,” but it promises “Pitchfork will continue to produce events in 2025 and beyond.” (Read more at Pitchfork)

Jason Kelce and Mt. Joy play a pop-up set at an Eagles game

The Philadelphia Eagles’ annual holiday fundraising album A Philly Special Christmas Party continues to evolve, with appearances by Stevie Nicks, and now, LA-based PA-rooted jammers Mt. Joy, who joined Jason Kelce at The Linc on Thursday night to sing “Santa Drives an Astrovan.” (Read more at People)

There’s a new Yacht Rock doc coming to HBO and Donald Fagan is unstoked

The legendarily cranky composer and singer-songwriter behind rock faves Steely Dan apparently told director Garret Price “go f— yourself” during a phone interview for his project Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary. Then he hung up. Classic. A trailer for the HBO is streaming now. (Read more at People, Pitchfork)

Bjork details a new sound installation in Paris

Alternative trailblazer Bjork may never make a quote-unquote pop album again. But that’s fine, when the work she is doing is this fascinating. This week Bjork announced plans for Nature Manifesto, a new sound installation at Paris’ Centre Pompidou made in collaboration with French artist Aleph. (Read more at The Quietus)

Roy Haynes passes away

The veteran drummer, called “one of the last remaining musicians of jazz’s swing and bebop” by The Guardian, passed away at age 99. His resume includes work with everybody — John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, Conny Rollins. (Read more at The Guardian)

Pusha T has a coffee brand

It’s hilariously named Grindin’, after a song the hip-hop veteran recorded when he was in The Clipse. Can’t knock the hustle. (Read more at Pitchfork)

The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel teams up with UK artist Sam Fender on new song

It’s the title track to Fender’s third studio album, People Watching, and it was “produced in L.A. with the legend that is Adam Granduciel.” (Read more at Pitchfork)

My Chemical Romance is going on a stadium tour, playing Philly with Alice Cooper

The I-never-would-have-expected-this-lineup bill of emo titans MCR and shock rock ghoul Alice Cooper comes to Citizens Bank Park on August 15th. They play East Rutherford, NJ’s Metlife Stadium the week before on a much more that-makes-sense bill with Death Cab For Cutie and Thursday. (Read more at Brooklyn Vegan)

Covers you’ve gotta hear

Julien Baker teamed up with Irish artist SOAK and Tiny Desk winner Quinn Christopherson on a version of “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying” by Belle & Sebastian for the Red Hot compilation TRA​И​Ƨ​A, which comes out November 24th and seeks to raise awareness about trans rights. And on a dynamic pair-up, New Jersey’s 070 Shake brought Courtney Love into the mix on her new album Petrichor (out today) to cover This Mortal Coil covering Tim Buckley’s “Song To The Siren.” Divine. (Listen below)