Outrageous Concert Riders: No. 1

these people have too much money and are f**king BORED

Dated and misleading. They need to do their research. Reznor does not use the cornstarch anymore and never used it for the very lame purpose stated. The time he did was ages ago on the Self-Destruct tour and then the whole band covered themselves in it and they also threw it out onto the audience for fun and it was indeed fun times!

PepsiLau, you clearly speak from experience. I, myself did one job where I was on the road more than I care to recall. Most of the time when I wanted something Odd for myself, it was simply to Break The Monotony of eating at Denny's and Waffle House, and looking at One More Hospital crawl-space. ( My Team installed Imaging systems, ie XRay / MRI) Some of my Team's antics got ... shall we say ... Colorful. PepsiLau, I Salute you for your Patience in what must have been a Trying and/or Hilarious career.

Some of this stuff is so stupid. If these artists want certain things to be there for them(i.e. really expensive candles), why don't they just bring it themselves?

no brown m&ms for Van Halen ? no problem, compared to those other lunatics. at least Van Halen was worth it. ( not to be confused with van hagar )

I guess if it were me, and the venue was paying for it, I'd request 2 cases of Budweiser, Old Style if in the Midwest, 2-750 ML bottles of 1800 tequila, and 2 cartons of Marlboro or Pall Mall 100's along with a deli tray for nibbling. Please collect artist in a 1966 or older Imperial limo with reasonably stocked bar for transportation to venue. Dressing area should be at least 10' x 10', larger if available. Allowed smoking by audience preferred but not required. Mid-line hotel acceptable, e.g., Marriott, Sheraton, etc. After-hours room service preferred.

Saranwrap?? Really? i mean cooomee onnn!! I get Clay Aiken's food allergies an some of the other ones...but really?

It's not so much the few things they ask for here and there that are obscure, so much as the grocery shopping you have to do for the following week of the tour. I had to go grocery shopping for David Copperfield and we filled 2 grocery carts of goofy, overly-specific items that took too long to shop for. Keep it simple, like Kid Rock did and just ask for the 4 cage dancers please.

I am a HUGE Metallica fan, but whats with the bacon? Do these people have these riders just to see if they can get away with it? I found the cornstarch a little odd. If you need to powder up your legs to get into your pants, then I have a suggestion...buy larger pants!

Well I got my laugh of the morning. As for Reznor, I'll personally bring him his cornstarch! LMAO