Band riders. A constant source of hassle for promoters. What will they ask for next?
Some bands just want beer and pizza. Others aren't quite so easy to please.
Here's a selection of some of the funniest, and downright outrageous items demanded for when this lot come off stage...
Def Leppard - very, very small plums.
Motley Crue - Grey Poupon dijon mustard
Keith Richards - Norah Jones
James Brown - two girls under 21
David Hasselhoff - a life size cut-out of...David Hasselhoff
Bon Jovi - two large Squeegees
Gorgoroth - 50 sheep heads and one carpenter
Pink Floyd - a miniature golf course
Lil Kim - three walls covered in pink fluff
Tenacious D - Three whores, houmous
“It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”
“It didn’t even represent what we were doing. Even the guitar solo has no business being in that song”: Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
“It sounded so amazing that people said to me, ‘I can hear the bass’, which usually they don’t say to me very often”: U2 bassist Adam Clayton contrasts the live audio mix in the Las Vegas Sphere to “these sports buildings that sound terrible”
“It didn’t even represent what we were doing. Even the guitar solo has no business being in that song”: Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
