Jack White Trashes Foo Fighters and Rolling Stone in "Kanye West-Esque Rant"

During his show at Fenway Park in Boston last night, Jack White went on a four-minute tirade that took shots at Foo Fighters and Rolling Stone. (Thanks to Kevin Camire for the tip.) Update: Foo Fighters have responded. See below. Update 3:30pm: Jack White's camp has issued a statement about the incident. See that below as well.

Early on, he declared that "most performers don't use microphones anymore, you know," saying most singers "don't use microphones that have cords." He chastised Foo Fighters for having a second guitar player "playing the same parts" to cover up for any mistakes that might be made.

He also mocked Rolling Stone for their web content, joking that the site was "brought to you by the Kardashian family" and that it features articles like "15 outfits that will blow your mind that Taylor Swift wore this month" and "12 reasons Rolling Stone won’t put a black and white cover on the cover of their magazine unless you’re dead."

After about three minutes, he said, "OK, I'm officially supposed to stop now, because this is becoming a Kanye West-esque rant. Because apparently, nowadays, you aren't allowed to speak to your own fans about anything, lest it be a rant."

He continued, "So forget ISIS, forget the war in the Middle East, forget any problems at home, forget gay marriage, forget everything you ever thought about everything. This not a rant. This is just me saying, HELLO CLEVELAND!"

Update: Foo Fighters have responded with the following Tweet:

Update 3:30pm: Jack White's camp has issued the following statement:

Dear dream-makers of the media….

Last night Jack White made a joke on stage!

There was a minor equipment mishap, specifically with his guitar, and in an effort to keep his audience engaged, he made a joke! It was meant to be funny and self deprecating: “hey sorry, you’re stuck with just me up here...” vs the Foo Fighters who have three guitar players on stage and regularly play stadium shows.

Jack has the upmost respect for the Foo Fighters and communicated with Grohl this morning.

So if you’ll let us, we’ll all continue with our day and we assure you: All is well in the rock n roll world.

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