Comments on: Artist Riders: Inside the Diva Dressing Rooms of Your Favorite Musicians http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:06:12 +0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kate Sedgwick http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4536 Kate Sedgwick Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:21:39 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4536 Wow. If you're up for writing a piece with some remininceses of some of these experiences, it sounds like a great piece for Nights! Let me know. Wow. If you’re up for writing a piece with some remininceses of some of these experiences, it sounds like a great piece for Nights! Let me know.

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]]> By: bingojesus http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4503 bingojesus Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:02:28 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4503 This actually used to be my job. I worked for a big concert promoter organising gigs and went out on tour with bands. Basically, I had to sort out this nonsense. I can confirm that Manu Chao likes big hunks of raw fish in his dressing room, Elbow are lovely, the Manic Street Preachers insist on their own exclusive portaloo at music festivals and Goldfrapp are horrible. Some golden rules are: 1. Brits need lots of beer, Americans need lots of ice. There will never be enough beer to keep them happy. There will never be enough ice. 2. There will never be enough water, however much you buy. 3. Bands will get bored of their rider after several weeks on the road and want to make lots of changes to it (usually just after you've gone and bought everything). 4. Every band will ask for fruit but nobody will ever eat it. 5. Young bands will always think it's amusing to play with the cucumber. It's not. 6. Nobody actually likes champagne that much. 6. When bands get big, they will start to quibble about the BRAND of water you get (see RHCP rider). When you can no longer take this, and think only of all the people in the world who don't have water, it's time to get out of the industry. I got out a few years ago but still dabble now and then, mostly doing music festivals. In all the years I've done this job, no rider has ever matched the beauty of the Iggy rider. That rider rocks. This actually used to be my job. I worked for a big concert promoter organising gigs and went out on tour with bands. Basically, I had to sort out this nonsense.

I can confirm that Manu Chao likes big hunks of raw fish in his dressing room, Elbow are lovely, the Manic Street Preachers insist on their own exclusive portaloo at music festivals and Goldfrapp are horrible.

Some golden rules are:

1. Brits need lots of beer, Americans need lots of ice. There will never be enough beer to keep them happy. There will never be enough ice.
2. There will never be enough water, however much you buy.
3. Bands will get bored of their rider after several weeks on the road and want to make lots of changes to it (usually just after you’ve gone and bought everything).
4. Every band will ask for fruit but nobody will ever eat it.
5. Young bands will always think it’s amusing to play with the cucumber. It’s not.
6. Nobody actually likes champagne that much.
6. When bands get big, they will start to quibble about the BRAND of water you get (see RHCP rider). When you can no longer take this, and think only of all the people in the world who don’t have water, it’s time to get out of the industry.

I got out a few years ago but still dabble now and then, mostly doing music festivals. In all the years I’ve done this job, no rider has ever matched the beauty of the Iggy rider. That rider rocks.

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]]> By: Nancy http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4472 Nancy Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:29:00 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4472 This is awesome...spoiled musicians. Poor Barbara Streisand-no wonder she has stage fright. This is awesome…spoiled musicians. Poor Barbara Streisand-no wonder she has stage fright.

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]]> By: Kate Sedgwick http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4467 Kate Sedgwick Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:41:07 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4467 The oatmeal MUST arrive at this temperature WITHOUT a second heating and must be the consistency of mashed potatoes. Should the pablum drop below this temperature BEFORE being served to Josh, a FRESH bowl of oatmeal will be prepared and this process will continue until the desired result is achieved. While it may be believed by certain parties that a second heating might escape Josh's notice, be aware that Josh has very keen sensibilities that are sure to ferret out a reheating and that household responsibilities may be null and void upon presentation of such oats. The oatmeal MUST arrive at this temperature WITHOUT a second heating and must be the consistency of mashed potatoes. Should the pablum drop below this temperature BEFORE being served to Josh, a FRESH bowl of oatmeal will be prepared and this process will continue until the desired result is achieved. While it may be believed by certain parties that a second heating might escape Josh’s notice, be aware that Josh has very keen sensibilities that are sure to ferret out a reheating and that household responsibilities may be null and void upon presentation of such oats.

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]]> By: Paul Sullivan http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4466 Paul Sullivan Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:35:07 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4466 Rock stars and their goddam egos! Hilarious! Rock stars and their goddam egos! Hilarious!

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]]> By: joshua johnson http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4465 joshua johnson Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:53:59 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4465 This is great! Maybe I should start making similar demands around the house... "Josh needs his oatmeal exactly 104 degrees with freshly grated Nutmeg available in a fabriche egg that was painted by a harem of Berber virgins, unopened." This is great! Maybe I should start making similar demands around the house…

“Josh needs his oatmeal exactly 104 degrees with freshly grated Nutmeg available in a fabriche egg that was painted by a harem of Berber virgins, unopened.”

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]]> By: Candice http://matadornights.com/artist-riders-inside-the-diva-dressing-room-of-your-favorite-musicians/comment-page-1/#comment-4459 Candice Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:32:42 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=5994#comment-4459 I want to punch all these celebrities in the face. Several times. I want to punch all these celebrities in the face. Several times.

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