Jack White announces huge 2022 Supply Chain Issues world tour

The Supply Chain Issues Tour is a concert tour by American musician Jack White, in support of his fourth and fifth studio albums, respectively, Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. 

Jack White has announced the first dates of The Supply Chain Issues Tour with shows in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. The tour produced by Live Nation -- which includes White’s first headline shows in four years -- will begin with two special FEAR OF THE DAWN album release shows on April 8 & 9, 2022 at Detroit’s Masonic Temple Theatre and continue through August 29 in Kansas City (full list of dates below). Third Man Records Vault Members will have access to first pre-sale tickets beginning Monday, December 13 at 10am local time. Additionally, Citi is the official card of Jack White’s Supply Chain Issues Tour. 

The tour will celebrate the upcoming release of two brand new Jack White albums; FEAR OF THE DAWN arrives everywhere via Third Man Records on April 8, 2022, and ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE will follow on July 22, 2022. FEAR OF THE DAWN and ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE are available for pre-order on vinyl and CD now. In addition to the standard black vinyl version of FEAR OF THE DAWN, five limited edition vinyl variants have been announced and are also available for pre-order. The variants include a midnight blue vinyl version with a screen printed jacket available to Third Man Records Vault Members in the Vault Novelties store, astronomical blue vinyl at select independent record stores, moon glow white vinyl at Target, and a split moon glow white & astronomical blue LP with an 11”x11” screen printed poster and Third Man Records compilation CD at Rough Trade Records. An exclusive slip mat is also available with the album only at Urban Outfitters. Details on digital pre-orders for both albums and vinyl variants for ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE will be announced at a later date.

Even considering the pandemic, the flurry of activity follows an uncharacteristically quiet period from White, who is known as a prolific, spontaneous writer, but has not released an album since 2018.

The tour name – Supply Chain Issues – seems like a knowing nod to many of the pandemic-induced shortages and problems across the last few years. However, as the head honcho of Third Man Records, we suspect the much-publicised meltdown in vinyl production – where demand is now thought to exceed supply by 40% – to be a key influence in White’s thinking. 

Those particular supply chain issues have led to huge delays in releases, or at least their physical counterparts, and even many bigger (and more profitable) artists have often been forced to wait six months for pressings. Given White is a renowned vinyl champion, it would explain the bottleneck in his releases and the long lead time on these announcements.

Whatever the reason, though, we’re glad to have White back and performing at any venue that’s bigger than Damien Hirst’s balcony.