Country music icon Willie Nelson has come to Ohio to sing out in support of an old friend, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

Nelson performed a sold-out benefit for the congressman on Sunday in Lorain, about 25 miles west of Cleveland. The star previously campaigned for Kucinich during his long-shot bids for president.

White plans album

Jack White is releasing his first solo album “Blunderbuss” on April 24.

White released a single, “Love Interruption,” from the record Monday and expected to make it available for sale Monday night on iTunes.

The album is the former White Stripes frontman’s first record since he announced the breakup of that pioneering rock ’n’ roll duo last year. White also is a member of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.

White offered few details about the new album in a news release Monday. But he said he produced the album and recorded it at Third Man Studio in Nashville. He said the songs were “written from scratch, had nothing to do with anyone or anything else but my own expression, my own colors on my own canvas.”

‘Grey’ shows colors

The top five movies from the weekend box office:

1. “The Grey,” $19.7 million

2. “Underworld: Awakening,” $12.4 million

3. “One for the Money,” $11.7 million

4. “Red Tails,” $10.4 million

5. “Man on a Ledge,” $8 million

Summer camps

The Journal Gazette is compiling its annual summer camp guide, a free listing of regional day and sleepover camps that will be published March 11.

Email details of your camp’s programs – description, dates, location, fees, ages and registration information – by Feb. 24 to Terri Richardson at trich@jg.net or fax to 461-8893.

Happy birthday

Among celebrity birthdays today: Actress Carol Channing is 91. Actress Jessica Walter is 71. Singer Harry Wayne Casey is 61. Singer Johnny Rotten is 56. Actor Anthony LaPaglia is 53. Actress Kelly Lynch is 53. Actress Minnie Driver is 42. Actress Portia de Rossi is 39. Actress Kerry Washington is 35. Singer Justin Timberlake is 31.