Jack White wants you to lock up your cell phone when he...

When former White Stripes member Jack White comes to Houston later this year for two nights, he's asking for a phone-free concert experience.

White is playing two nights, April 30 and May 1, at downtown Houston's Revention Music Center.

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On Monday, the venue posted a message about the policy during White's shows.

"No photos, video or audio recording devices allowed. We think you'll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while and experience music and our shared love of it IN PERSON," the venue wrote.

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How will they enforce this? Glad you asked.

"Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and other photo or video-capturing gizmos will be secured in a Yondr pouch that will be unlocked at the end of the show. You keep your pouch-secured phone on you during the show and, if needed, can unlock your phone at any time in a designated Yondr Phone Zone located in the lobby or concourse," the venue continued.

That's probably a relief for people who are tethered to a babysitter at home or have important jobs that need constant contact.

Yondr, a San Francisco-based company, was profiled earlier this month in a WIRED story, going into the logistics of locking up phones for the duration of a concerts. The pouch is not much bigger than a cellphone, the product of months of testing. Yondr's people say that it is better than the alternative: actually making people surrender their cell phones.

But what if we really want to let our jealous friends know we were actually at the Jack White show?

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"For those looking to do some social media postings, let us help you with that. Our official tour photographer will be posting photos and videos after the show at jackwhiteiii.com and the new Jack White Live Instagram account @officialjackwhitelive.

"Repost our photos & videos as much as you want and enjoy a phone-free, 100% human experience."

Other acts have done this same thing to audiences, including comedians Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart, singer Alicia Keys, alt-rockers Cage the Elephant, and folkies The Lumineers. Comedians like it because it keeps a lid on new material so it's fresh for the next audience in the next city.

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For musicians, it's a way to have a captive audience - not one that is dividing their time between applying filters to photos and planning Tinder hook-ups after the show.

A few Houston fans called White "pretentious" and "cockamamie" for this show rule. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 26 so they have plenty of time to decide if this phone restriction is worth it.

White is touring behind "Boarding House Reach," his third solo album due March 23.

Craig Hlavaty is a reporter for Chron.com and HoustonChronicle.com. He's an intolerable native Texan with too much ink in his skin and too much brisket stuck in his teeth.