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If you’ve caught Jack White on his ongoing Supply Chain Issues Tour, you may have seen him try out his new custom Fender Jazzmaster guitar. In a new Instagram post, the White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather rocker shared a video of the guitar in action.

“Can anybody tell me what’s happening with this guitar?” White asks after 10 seconds of shredding.

The folks over at Guitar World have an answer, having recently interviewed White about the instrument. Essentially, it includes a pitch-shifting pedal built into the body of the guitar.

As White tells Guitar World, he was partly inspired by one of Muse frontman Matt Bellamy‘s signature guitars, which similarly has an effects sampler built into it. White’s also hoping that his custom Jazzmaster will catch the attention of another iconic shredder.

“I think Tom Morello may end up getting jealous of this and have to put it on his guitar, too,” White says. “I’ll have to send him a clip of it and see what he thinks.”

White’s tour continues Tuesday in Vancouver.

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Young Thug remains behind bars in an Atlanta jail after a Fulton County judge denied a bond request for the YSL rapper. His former girlfriend and ex-fiance, Jerrika Karlae, shared details of a recent conversation she had with the rapper, and provided an update on his well-being and mental status.

“He’s doing good, actually, and he’s in great spirits,” she said in an appearance on The Progress Report podcast on Monday. “I feel like this is just a moment for him to learn a lot of lessons.”

Karlae said of the rapper, “I see the growth.” She also opened up about noticing his attention to his faith. 

“I feel like I really see his faith. I really really do,” she said. “That’s what a lot of people don’t know. Bro, that man really knows the Bible inside and out. Nobody would know that about him because they don’t talk about that … They talk about everything else.”

Karlae reacted in shock to Young Thug’s positive mindset and optimism about his current legal situation. 

“Honestly, he was giving me advice,” she said before adding, “He was like, ‘Keep your head in the game, wake up every day and put a smile on your face and be thankful, and we good.'”

Karlae says Young Thug sends a message to the music industry: “‘I love my fans,'” she says he told her.

As a result of his arrest on May 10 due to RICO charges, among others, Young Thug is expected to stay behind bars until January 9, 2023, his anticipated trial date. 

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Since last December, Taylor Swift‘s “You Belong With Me” has been the unofficial anthem of the Providence College men’s basketball team, the Friars. Taylor just congratulated the players on their stellar season, during which they captured their first regular season conference title and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.

Taylor, who owns a home in Rhode Island, sent the team a note on custom “I’m Feeling 22” letterhead, which features a logo of one of her cats encircled by the words, “Happy, Free, Confused and Lonely at the Same Time.”

“Hi Friars! What an amazing 2022 season! Congratulations to you all on your incredible and inspiring success,” her letter read. “Sending you all hugs!”

Every time “You Belong with Me” was played during a Friars game, the crowd in the bleachers went nuts.  

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Justin Bieber will no longer be performing his two Toronto shows due to an undisclosed illness, he told fans on Tuesday.

The singer took to his Instagram Stories to break the bad news hours before he was supposed to take the stage in Toronto, Canada. It is unknown if other shows will be affected, as well. He is next scheduled to perform in Washington, D.C., on Friday and at Madison Square Garden in New York next Monday and Tuesday.

“Can’t believe I’m saying this. I’ve done everything to get better but my sickness is getting worse,” he announced. “My heart breaks that I will have to postpone these next few shows.” He added the sudden cancellation was per “doctors orders.”

Justin signed off by telling fans, “I love you so much and I’m gonna rest and get better!”

The Grammy winner did not disclose what is causing his health issues, but Justin has been open in the past about his battles against Lyme disease, mental illness and past drug abuse. 

Understandably, some fans are disappointed to hear the bad news and took to social media to vent their frustrations. The ticket holders pointed out this is the third time his Toronto shows were either postponed or canceled.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced Justin to reschedule his Changes tour, with those shows rescheduled for his Justice tour. In addition, Justin cancelled his 2017 Purpose world tour dates in the city due to depression, anxiety and exhaustion.  

To help ease Toronto fans’ disappointment, they can still get their hands on some exclusive Justin merchandise: he opened a Justice World Tour pop-up store that runs June 7 and June 8.  

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Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has teamed up with Epiphone to launch the Les Paul Custom Origins collection of signature guitars.

The instruments come in Ebony and Bone White finishes, and are available as both six-string and seven-string models.

“I needed to make that sure that if Trivium fans were going out and getting these guitars, they could play every single song of ours the exact same way I would,” Heafy says.

You can pick up one for yourself now via Epiphone.com.

Trivium released their latest album, In the Court of the Dragon, last October. Heafy, meanwhile, debuted his black metal solo project Ibaraki with the album Rashomon in May.

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WALK THE MOON has announced a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band’s 2012 self-titled album.

The six-date run begins October 19 in Los Angeles and will make stops in San Diego, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Boston before wrapping up November 12 in New York City.

“We’re taking those songs back to the rooms we played them in a decade ago, playing the record top to bottom, and then adding some more,” WALK THE MOON says.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 10, at 10 a.m. local time via WALKTHEMOON.com.

The album WALK THE MOON, the sophomore follow-up to the group’s self-released 2010 debut, I want! I want!, put the Ohio-based band on the map with the singles “Anna Sun” and “Tightrope.” They then exploded with 2014’s TALKING IS HARD, which spawned the mega-hit “Shut Up and Dance.”

WALK THE MOON’s most recent album is last November’s HEIGHTS, which includes the singles “Can You Handle My Love??” and “Giants.”

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Memphis rapper Moneybagg Yo dropped hints about his latest project on Instagram Monday and it’s not new music on the way, at least not in this instance. Instead, the “Said Sum” rapper posted the script to an upcoming movie it looks like he wrote and shared that the project will be released in September.

“Hope y’all ready,” he said in an Instagram Live video later shared by The Shade Room.

The short clip shows Moneybagg flipping through a few pages of the script; the title page reads, “If Pain was a Person,” and “Story by: Moneybagg Yo.”

In addition to his message of “Hope Y’all Ready!!” he captioned the video by writing, “Big Screen Bagg” and “#september.”

It’s unknown how long the movie has been in the works or in what capacity the film will be released. 

The 30-year-old rapper is currently promoting what he says is “the official song of the NBA,” his new single “Big League,” with Yo Gotti, Lil Poppa and Mozzy

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