Jack White hosts secret midnight 'asylum' gig for fans in London

Jack White delighted fans earlier this week by inviting them to a secret midnight gig in London - where they had to pretend there was a disease outbreak. 

The show was a collaboration between The White Stripes-turned-solo-icon and Punchdrunk Theatre, who had temporarily transformed the basement of a disused office space into the 'Vescovo & Co Clinic for contagious diseases'.

The fake medical facility was filled with with dozens of actors playing the roles of doctors, nurses and orderlies at the time of a disease outbreak - while fans were dressed in blue medical gowns. 

The show was themed around White's latest solo album, Lazaretto -  a term used to describe a quarantine island. A spokesman said that the night began with an elaborate online treasure hunt with a spoof medical infomercial from 1948 giving fans clues that led Jack's superfans to a website belonging to the fake medical organisation, Vescovo & Company.

After thousands of fans submitted their details to the website, a few received a phone call from Punchdrunk for 'a screening' for the disease'.

A spokesman said: "The clinic had been created for this one occasion by Punchdrunk Theatre across multiple floors of a disused building being developed by The Vinyl Factory. On arrival, fans were asked to change in to blue medical gowns before being subjected to a variety of treatments and testing in a maze of medical rooms staffed by Punchdrunk actors.

"Chaos descended as an outbreak alarm was raised and terrified fans were herded into a smoke filled quarantine chamber. Finally a screen was dropped to reveal Jack and band in full medical uniform who proceeded to belt out a thirty minute set before Jack himself succumbed to the mysterious disease."

They added: "The rock star fell to the ground in a fit of convulsions before being strapped to a stretcher and wheeled off to a waiting ambulance."

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