Photo: Jack White III
Jack White delighted fans earlier this week by inviting them to a secret midnight gig in London - where they had to pretend there was a disease outbreak.
The show was a collaboration between The White Stripes-turned-solo-icon and Punchdrunk Theatre, who had temporarily transformed the basement of a disused office space into the 'Vescovo & Co Clinic for contagious diseases'.
The fake medical facility was filled with with dozens of actors playing the roles of doctors, nurses and orderlies at the time of a disease outbreak - while fans were dressed in blue medical gowns.
The show was themed around White's latest solo album, Lazaretto - a term used to describe a quarantine island. A spokesman said that the night began with an elaborate online treasure hunt with a spoof medical infomercial from 1948 giving fans clues that led Jack's superfans to a website belonging to the fake medical organisation, Vescovo & Company.
After thousands of fans submitted their details to the website, a few received a phone call from Punchdrunk for 'a screening' for the disease'.
A spokesman said: "The clinic had been created for this one occasion by Punchdrunk Theatre across multiple floors of a disused building being developed by The Vinyl Factory. On arrival, fans were asked to change in to blue medical gowns before being subjected to a variety of treatments and testing in a maze of medical rooms staffed by Punchdrunk actors.
"Chaos descended as an outbreak alarm was raised and terrified fans were herded into a smoke filled quarantine chamber. Finally a screen was dropped to reveal Jack and band in full medical uniform who proceeded to belt out a thirty minute set before Jack himself succumbed to the mysterious disease."
They added: "The rock star fell to the ground in a fit of convulsions before being strapped to a stretcher and wheeled off to a waiting ambulance."
White played a huge show at London's Hammersmith Apollo last night, and will be returning to the UK for an arena tour in the winter. Dates are below. For more information visit Gigwise tickets
17/11/14 - Leeds, UK - Arena
18/11/14 - Glasgow, Scotland - Hyrdro
19/11/14 - London, UK - O2 Arena
Below: Photos of Jack White live in Amsterdam
