Flier for Run DMC Raising Hell Tour at the Oakland Coliseum: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A handbill flier for the Run-DMC Raising Hell Tour at the Oakland Coliseum, Sunday, June 1, 1986. The flier has white text with red and blue accents on a black background. At center is the Run-DMC logo with [RAISING HELL TOUR] in between red lines. This is followed by [WHODINI] in red and [L.L. COOL J] in blue. Ticket information is printed at the bottom. There is no printing on the back of the flier.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1986
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
• Subject of: Whodini, American, founded 1981
• Subject of: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 3/4 × 4 3/16 in. (17.2 × 10.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: DJs (Musicians)
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2020.38.2.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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