A couple of new posters for Jack White as he kicks off his 2014 European Tour this summer with a date at the historic Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. One of the finest 17th-century buildings in Ireland it was a home to retired soldiers for over 250 years, a lot of dying went on here I would think, so it’s prime banshee territory. The banshee comb reference comes from a centuries-old Irish story that, if you ever see a comb lying on the ground in Ireland you must never pick it up, or the banshees having placed it there to lure unsuspecting humans, will spirit such gullible souls away. I can easily imagine walking acrosss the poorly lit courtyard late one night and spotting this on the ground in front of me. The JACK WHITE lettering is based on the Gill Sans typeface, and I must admit experiencing just a small amount of glee in “Irishing Up” something so quintessentially British.
Both posters are 18″ x 24″ screen prints and are available here
It can often be difficult to incorporate all the extra information necessary to a tour poster in an interesting or imaginative way. For Jack’s 2014 European Tour poster I’ve tried to do it by disguising the dates and venue information as business cards alongside an icon of americana, the 50’s style pay phone. The mismatched wallpaper as background sets the location whilst the handset held by a single wire sets up the storyline.
