Poster for Run DMC's Raising Hell tour performance in Columbus, Georgia: Museum Object and Cultural History

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A multicolored cardstock poster for Run DMC’s “Raising Hell” tour of 1986.

This large rectangular poster features yellow, neon pink, white, and black print advertising the Run DMC rap/hip-hop tour of 1986. The May 21 event also featured artists Whodini and LL Cool J, at the Municipal Auditorium in Columbus, GA. From top to bottom the poster reads: [MUNICIPAL / AUDITORIUM / COLUMBUS, GEORGIA / WED. / MAY 21 / 08:00 P.M. / RUN DMC / RAISING ELL TOUR / WHODINI / LL COOL J / Limited Advance Admission $11.50 - - All Others $12.50 (General / Admission) / Tickets at: NEIL’S SPORTS SHOPS at Peach Tree Mall & Village Green / LITTLE JOE’S CLOTHING * SOL & HARRIS * O’CONNEL’S COINS at Columbus Square / FLIPSIDE TRAFFIC CIRCLE * Municipal Auditorium Box Office Day Of Show / Presented by BASH PRODUCTIONS, INC.]. The logo for Globe Poster Printing Company is printed at the bottom, alongside company information. There are no markings on the reverse of this poster.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1986
• Published by: Globe Poster Printing Company, American, 1929 - 2010
• Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
• Subject of: Whodini, American, founded 1981
• Subject of: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on card stock
• Dimensions: H x W: 28 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (71.5 × 56.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2021.16.20
• 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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