When a
musical artist or band becomes famous, concerts become larger, and so do the
production crews for each event. The infra-structure becomes more intricate,
stage and backstage. Producers feel that the artist must be fulfilled in his
every need, in order for himself to enjoy the concert as well. However, making
some famous artists feel comfortable can be quite difficult, as it is known
that many of them are way too demanding. For example, Barbra Streisand demands
rose petals on toilet seats, Moby’s dressing room must have an excessive amount
of spare underwear, Coldplay refuses North-American beers at all cost, and
Beyonce only consumes Pepsi products. Other remarkable demands:
Eric Clapton needs space in his dressing room enough to fit
a foosball table and twelve people. There also has to be a private bathroom for
himself.
When David Hasselhoff decides to sing in
concerts, his dressing room must have a life-size cardboard cutout picture of
himself.
Jennifer Lopez must have and all-white dressing room,
including carpet and furniture, and her coffee can only be stirred
counter-clockwise.
Both Amy Winehouse, when still alive, and The Black Eyed Peas required a sober
crew to handle their gear, which is ironic in Amy Winehouse’s case.
Prince likes everything in his dressing room to be
wrapped in plastic until he himself unwraps for use. He also needs a doctor
always available to inject him with B12 vitamin, for reasons unknown.
Britney Spears requires a very detailed list of foods, which
is normal to a certain extent, but she also requires a private phone line for
outgoing calls only. If she happens to receive any incoming calls on this
private line, the promoter is fined in US$5.000.
Mariah Carey always likes to have a collection of small
furry animals, champagne and bendy straws backstage.
In the
other hand, Paul McCartney’s dressing
room must not, at any circumstance, have anything animal-related, only plants
and vegetarian foods.
One of the
most famous weird requests is Van
Halen’s. There must be bowls of MM’s in their dressing rooms, except none
of them can be brown. The excuse the band gave was that they had to include
small details in their contract in order to certify if the promoter was paying
full attention to it.
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