Jack White's Booking Agency Blacklists University of Oklahoma After College Paper Prints His Contract, Guacamole Recipe

Tour rider: “This is a NO BANANA TOUR. (Seriously.) We don’t want to see bananas anywhere in the building”

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Corban Goble and Amy Phillips
 on February 6, 2015 at 3:49 p.m. EST

Jack White's Booking Agency Blacklists University of Oklahoma After College Paper Prints His Contract, Guacamole Recipe

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Jack White's booking agency William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has banned its acts from performing at the University of Oklahoma after the student-run newspaper published White's contract to play a campus show, as The Oklahoma Daily reports (via Consequence of Sound).

On Monday, February 2, White performed at OU's McCasland Field House. The day before, The Oklahoma Daily printed White's contract to perform the show—which included $80,000 in compensation. That contract included his tour rider, which made a number of stipulations, including a long, specific guacamole recipe to be served backstage.

The rider also included a number of other interesting policies, including a desire to avoid bananas—"This is a NO BANANA TOUR. (Seriously.) We don’t want to see bananas anywhere in the building"—and a post-show meal of "New York strip steak, cooked medium, with steamed vegetables on the side and no sauce." 

During the show, White trashed the paper for printing the contract, saying "Just because you can type it on your computer doesn't make it right."

According to The Oklahoma Daily, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment "said they won’t book anymore bands or other talents to come to OU because the article mocked Jack White and they don’t want any other artists treated that way." The paper defended its decision to post the contract, saying "His contract wasn’t something we leaked. It is public information that any of you could request." They added, "We reported the costs so students could see how their money was being spent, who was spending and on whom it was spent."

White himself was not involved in WME's decision.

Correction: An earlier verison of this story indicated that WME is White's management company. They are his booking agency.

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