Mark Lanegan has departed the current Queens of the Stone Age [ tickets ] tour, which will carry on as scheduled.

According to a message on the band's official website, he exited the tour due to exhaustion.

"The band would like to wish a speedy recovery, so that he can return back [to] the Queens circus ASAP," the message reads.

A new, as-yet-untitled album from The White Stripes [ tickets ] is due in stores June 14. The first single is titled "Blue Orchid."

Justin Jeffre, formerly of the boy band 98 Degrees [ tickets ], is running for mayor of Cincinnati, according to published reports.

There's a tie-in: he reportedly hopes to turn his campaign into a VH1 reality series.

New York singer-songwriter Goat [ tickets ] will release his sophomore album, "All of My Friends," on June 28. A tour will follow, according to a press release.

Roots-rock act Donna the Buffalo [ tickets ] is set to drop "Life's a Ride," its first studio album in five years, on April 26.