Odds & Ends: Jack White, Chris Daughtry, The Kinks

Chris Daughtry needed more than 140 characters to apologize after a regrettable gaffe during an appearance on Friday’s “Fox & Friends.”

When the “Fox & Friends” hosts asked the Daughtry frontman to sing a patriotic song to honor the 70th anniversary of D-Day he refused, saying, “I’m off the clock. I’m a watch ya’ll.” Moments later Daughtry walked off the stage, saying, “This is where I’ll bail.”

Saturday afternoon the musician linked to an apology video on Twitter and tweeted, “PLEASE WATCH. There aren’t enough characters on twitter to express all I need to say.”

The “American Idol” winner explained, “In that moment I was thrown off, unprepared. In that moment I tried to … make light of the fact that I was feeling awkward, that I was unprepared. … It was absolutely disrespected, a poor choice of words, terrible judgment on my part. The worst part of all, I didn’t honor our troops. I didn’t honor our vets, who so deserve it, who sacrifice everything – their lives. Have sacrificed everything for our country.”

He added, “Everyone has a moment in their life that they regret very deeply, and this is at the top of my list.”

Who wants to place bets about how many more interviews Ray and Dave Davies will do about the possibility of a Kinks reunion before the brothers actually team up again?

The latest Q&A is from London’s Sunday Times (via Entertainment Weekly), which reports the guys have reportedly patched things up a bit.

Ray said he and Dave have “spoken a few times on the phone and emailed. He’s been composing his own songs, but I’d really like to write with him again. … We both agree we don’t want to do old stuff or tour with past hits. It’s got to be something new.”

The last time we checked in on the siblings, Ray was quoted in the February issue of Uncut, saying a reunion is “as close as it’s ever been to happening.”

Newport Folk Festival has nailed down its Saturday headliner with a performance from Jack White.

“When George Wein asked me to come aboard I immediately compiled my list of every artist that for some reason or another has not played Newport Folk but should,” festival producer Jay Sweet says. “It’s always a pleasure to cross off a name, especially as there are so few left on the original list. In fact the elusive handful remaining have become known around the office as the “White Whales. …

“It’s only taken six years, but it is my distinct pleasure to cross another “White Whale” off our list. In 1967 at Newport, Son House brought his version of the B-L-U-S-E; now 47 years later, we can’t wait to bring some explosive blues back to the festival. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Jack White.”

Scheduled July 25-27 in Newport, R.I., at Fort Adams State Park, Newport also features Ryan Adams, Mavis Staples, Band Of Horses, Nickel Creek, Jeff Tweedy, Jimmy Cliff, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Conor Oberst and more.

Tickets are sold out.

For more information visit NewportFolk.org.