your celebrity rider...?

[joko]

if you were really famous, what would you have on your rider?

would you be extravagant and weird or just go for what you need?


I'd have to have a fan in the room
a cd player
the usual nibbles and drinks - nothing fancy - few butties, cheese, crisps, fruit etc.
perhaps some red bull to keep me going.
some booze


pretty standard stuff i guess

though i suppose it would depend how famous i was - whether i started demanding jacuzzis, stretching rack, PJs, masseuse, etc

[Athley]

What's a rider????????????

[ludwig]

Athley, when performers do a gig, they (or rather their management) produce a list of items that the venue must make available for the aritsts use in their dressing rooms. This is known as a rider.
It's usually a list of food and drink - and a few other basics like what joko has said above, but depending on the status and primadonnaishness of the artist the list can be long, and weird.
For example Mariah Carey's list might include such nonsense as...
16 red silk handerchiefs folded lengthwise,
A live Swan,
12 bottles of Cristal champagne 1975 vintage,
An albino dwarf called Eric wearing a blue hat,
13 jars of Marmite,
etc, etc

I think the tendency for everyone would be to start off being sensible but at some point you just think 'F*** it, I'll make whatever ludicrous demands I can get away with'.
That's the thing about being a big star, you lose a sense of normality.

[jno]

check 'em out...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstage2/backst age2.html

Just the usual swimming pool and box of Smarties for me

[Athley]

Thanks ludwig - I have learned a new thing today and my list of 'riders' would be:

Lester PIggott
Willie Carson

Large bag of Werthers originals

Oh and a magnum of Bollinger.

Ta!!!