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CHRISTINA AGUILERA: "What A Girl Wants", a girl has to get! The US pop queen's list includes Oreo biscuits, Nesquick drink and even chewy Flintstones sweets.
Another demand is for a police escort to and from the concert. "Under no circumstances are the vehicles to be allowed to encounter delays, due to traffic", her contract sternly warns. |
From the modest to the madcap - the devil most definitely is in the detail for concert promoters trying to keep the superstar shows on the road.
Some modest music acts are content to make do with clean dressing rooms and a decent buffet, as part of what the industry calls a concert contract "rider".
But others indulge in more bizarre backstage demands.
Here are just some of the noteworthy riders made by music artists who have performed in Ireland, north and south:
DONNY OSMOND: The Puppy Love heart-throb's dressing room must be filled up with a vegetable tray including carrots, broccoli and cherry tomatoes, as well as jicama, a Mexican turnip.
Don't try and look too closely at the well-preserved star, though - he bans the rental use of binoculars at concerts, unless it is agreed beforehand.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA: "What A Girl Wants", a girl has to get! The US pop queen's list includes Oreo biscuits, Nesquick drink and even chewy Flintstones sweets.
Another demand is for a police escort to and from the concert. "Under no circumstances are the vehicles to be allowed to encounter delays, due to traffic", her contract sternly warns.
BEYONCE: The Destiny's Child diva has hygiene high on her list. Her dressing room must be maintained at 78 degrees, with "a private bathroom that is cleaned with disinfectant and anti-bacteria products before she arrives".
DIONNE WARWICK: The sophisticated, smoky-voiced singer, who performed at Belfast's Waterfront Hall in 2003, requires two bottles of Cristal champagne per concert, as well as "six glass ashtrays".
SHANIA TWAIN: Security-conscious Shania stipulates that every venue may be searched "to lessen concern for crank bomb threats", and that an "artist security dog may be with her at any time".
Among her lengthy list of fruit and veg for her juicer machine is 10lbs of carrots - a little healthier than her craving for bags of orange cheese popcorn!
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: While the multi-millionaire's starriest request is for a personal guitar security guard, his sax player, Clarence Clemons, obviously has a very "Hungry Heart".
Among the list of what he wants Beluga caviar and "one whole fresh roasted chicken" to be "boxed and placed in dressing room at 9.45pm".
PAUL McCARTNEY: Don't let anything to do with animals near the megastar. The music legend won't travel in a leather-seated limousine, nor tolerate fake animal products in the backstage.
jmcgurk@belfast telegraph.co.uk
Your wish is our command
Your wish is our command - that's what concert promoters often have to put up with, coping with often weird and wacky demands from pampered pop stars.
One local concert organiser told Sunday Life that a show by a US dance music star had been in doubt, while a desperate hunt went on in Belfast foodstores for special chilled green tea!
Said the promoter: "I don't think the gig would have been cancelled, but at one stage it was the main thing to keep the guy happy about being in Belfast!
"I know of another promoter who had a terrible time, trying to get all these special Jamaican foods, like jerk pork, because the reggae artist had demanded them (on the rider)."
If concert promoters are usually diplomatically reluctant to reveal their trials and tribulations over keeping stars happy, then one source is delighted to blow the lid on them.
US website The Smoking Gun regularly lifts the veil on more than a few music stars' favourite things - from Mexican turnips for Donny Osmond, Flintstones sweets for Christina Aguilera and prunes in juice for another internationally known star.
Among the most legendary whim-ish wants are seven dwarves for Iggy Pop, giant bowls of M&Ms - with all the brown ones removed by hand - for hard rockers Van Halen, and fluffy pussycats to keep diva Mariah Carey company backstage.
Michael Jackson's sister LaToya also gave Ulster sofa king Gerry Kelly a headache, by demanding a specially constructed bathroom before she appeared on his chat show. That request was turned down by UTV bosses. |
 Source: www.sundaylife.co.uk | |
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