Attendees of Jack White’s concert at the University of Oklahoma on Monday better have had their fill, because the musician won’t be returning any time soon.
White’s booking agency, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME), blacklisted OU after the school paper published his contract, which it obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.
In addition to disclosing OU spent more than $80,000 to bring in White, the document contained numerous other amusing tidbits, including White’s preferred guacamole recipe (see below, must be “fresh home-made” and “chunky”), the band’s strict no-banana policy, and what’s presumably White’s personal meal of a “New York strip steak, prepared medium, no sauce, with clean, steamed vegetables on the side.”
Not monkeying around here: No bananas.
During the show, White reportedly addressed the publication, telling concertgoers, “Just because you can type it on your computer doesn’t make it right.”
The Oklahoma Daily defended its decision to publish the document following news of the ban, writing, in part:
His contract wasn’t something we leaked. It is public information that any of you could request. Many newspapers show contracts of celebrities that come into town; this isn’t something The Daily did that’s out of the ordinary. It’s not a hidden document, and it’s not something we had to dig to get. It is available to the public.
Pitchfork reports White himself wasn’t involved in the decision to blacklist OU — that came from WME, who didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from The Huffington Post.
Under the conditions of the ban, WME refuses to book any of their artists at the venue “until this policy is modified not to disseminate private information.” WME’s contemporary roster includes a broad number of musicians, including Adele, Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, and Pharrell Williams.
Here’s that guacamole recipe:
To read the full contract, click over to The Oklahoma Daily.