Jack White announces $20 student ticket offer

Jack White is offering $20 (€19.30) tickets to students for the US leg of his No Name Tour.

The former White Stripes frontman, who released live EP No Name Live this week, is finishing up his US run, with dates at Brooklyn Paramount tonight (12 February) and two nights at Boston Roadrunner (17-18 February) still to go.

General sale tickets for the Boston gigs are currently available for $79 to $299. The discounted tickets can only be bought from the relevant venue’s box office on the day of the concert.

“For every stop on the No Name Tour, a limited number of student tickets will be available to purchase in-person only at each venue’s box office on show day,” reads a post on the guitarist’s Instagram page. “These tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis with a valid student ID (1 ticket per student ID).”

White heads to Europe later this month, with stops in Paris, France at La Cigale (21 February) and Le Trianon (22-23 February) and TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, the Netherlands (25-26 February), plus London Troxy (28 February & 1 March), O2 Academy Birmingham (2 March) and Glasgow Barrowland (3 March) in the UK.

He also has two nights booked at Toyosu Pit in Tokyo, Japan (15 & 17 March).

The 49-year-old American played a pop-up tour of intimate venues last year, performing last-minute shows “mostly at small clubs and backyard fetes”.

“The goal of Next Beat is to encourage socialisation, reflection and cultural sharing among the girls and boys of the city”

On a similar theme, Italy’s Fondazione Musica per Roma (Music Foundation for Rome) and Roma Capitale have launched the Next Beat initiative, offering more than 1,000 tickets for concerts at Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone concert hall at a discounted price of €5 for young people under 35 living in Rome.

“The goal of Next Beat is to encourage socialisation, reflection and cultural sharing among the girls and boys of the city, through the experience of live music and the discovery of great artists,” reads a statement.

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