Of all the tours going on right now, Jack White's No Name Tour is the most unpredictable, the most intimate for such a big star, and the most down-to-earth.
One shouldn't be surprised that this tour is so unique and fresh. Remember this is the same Jack White whose White Stripes went to every Canadian province and territory including playing for children on a bus in Toronto.
Jack thinks outside the box when it comes to touring.
Recently he got on his IG to let people know that even though there isn't a huge concert poster on his website with all the dates on it, that doesn't mean they aren't on tour.
They are most definitely on tour, he wrote.
"Lotta folk asking about when we are going to announce 'tour dates', well, we don't know what to tell you but the tour already started at the Legion a couple of weeks ago," Jack wrote to his Instagram followers.
"People keep saying that these are 'Pop up shows' we've been playing, well, you can call them whatever you want, but we are on tour right now. These are the 'shows'. We won't really be announcing dates in advance so much, we will mostly be playing at smalll clubs, back yard fetes, and a few festivals here and there to help pay for expenses. Shows will be announced as close to the show date as possible, some shows we won't even decide to do until that morning," he continued, and then wrote about how he also wants to go apple picking.
White, along with Dominic Davis (bass), Patrick Keeler (drums), and Bobby Emmett (keyboards) recently played two venues the band could have sold out many times over.
The first was San Francisco's Great American Music Hall that held 470 hot, sweaty, happy, lucky fans.
Isn't this what it's about? The vibe, the songs, the connection with the band and the singer and each other?
If it was anyone else you'd think this is just a gimmick, but this man clearly cares about the quality of sound or he wouldn't be so obsessed with putting out vinyl records, using vintage equipment, and avoiding the typical traps of rock stardom: he's trying to keep it real.
So what a better place to bring the show to than the 100+ year-old Victorian theater in the notorious Tenderloin of San Francisco?
There the quartet ripped through a half dozen of the new jams, cuts from Jack's time with The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, as well as favorites from The White Stripes.
Two days later the band found themselves headlining the Mempho Music Festival.
The Tennessee fest had Goose and Cody Jinks closing Friday, Trey Anastasio topping the bill on Saturday.
Even without the poster, trappings, corporate sponsor, or dates on the website, The No Name Tour has quietly done 28 gigs with another tiny gig tonight.
The good people of the mile high city of Denver will have the pleasure of seeing Jack and the boys in the 110 year-old Bluebird Theater, capacity 550.
Tickets for that show are sold out, but in November the band travels to Mexico and then China. Renew your passports and get tickets on Jack's website.
Or hold out hope that the guitar god and his band head to an airport soon.
