Undoubtedly, the artist's favorite document is the rider. In it, the artist indicates all his whims and demands on the tour organizers and... with his unrealistic whims, he often leads them to heart attacks.

A standard rider consists of two parts: technical and household. In everyday life, artists allow themselves to have a blast: here you have the car’s interior perfumed with the aroma of the sea, fans on duty at the dressing room, and escorted by a police car with flashing lights, writes MK. And when the tour organizers have become familiar with the star’s quirks, she can allow herself a little weakness - refuse to get off the plane if the meeting limousine is not equipped with a warm blanket.

When compiling a technical rider, the artist should not go wild: we're talking about about remote controls, keyboards, guitars and microphones. The artist usually asks for everything highest quality and at your disposal.

“King of Riders” - Philip Kirkorov. His list can be safely shown as a benefit for the star. If there is no stage in the city at least 15 m wide, 10 m deep and about 1 m high relative to the auditorium, then you can’t expect a hater of pink blouses to visit you. By the time the star arrives, the customer must be completely overwhelmed, but provide a “starry sky” in the background. Otherwise, “there will be no movie”...

It’s hard to believe, but even Alla Borisovna (!) is more modest in her demands. And her daughter Kristina Orbakaite, she’s just a sweetheart and loves to repeat: “Just let everything be worthy.” Although, of course, the star family is also full of whims: additional power of the monitor system, a monitor mixing console, powerful “lumbago” speakers, a bouquet of yellow roses in the hotel room, and, of course, the best hotel with the most expensive room and a police squad for security

The “Factory” and “Roots” groups, in terms of riders, have proven themselves to be true professionals, their requirements are approaching the level of pop superstars. So talk about star fever is not such gossip.

For Malinin, the movers have to work like bees - the creative team carries all the decorations with them.

Vocal abilities are one thing, but sexy appearance is another. And to push beauty to the masses, you need more than one suitcase of luggage. The Reflex group carries two turbofans with them. Girls are much prettier if a stream of air is directed at them, from which their skirts rise seductively and their blond hair develops. So when on tour you have to carry 160 kg of luggage from city to city. But by the standards of modern celebrity luggage, this is just fluff. For example, the composition and weight of Valery Leontiev’s props - 29 suitcases and 7 iron boxes (oversized) - total weight 1000 kg. So it turns out that the higher the star’s rank, the heavier the luggage.

All our stars have one thing in common - a passion for expensive cars. All of them want to travel around the vast expanses of their homeland exclusively in executive VIP-class cars. And again Kirkorov. AB's husband will only leave the ramp if the customer provides him with a VIP meeting. In his rider it is written in black and white: “The following vehicles must be provided for meeting at the airport: a limousine class car (access to the aircraft ramp is allowed) for Kirkorov, 2 escort vehicles (the first for personal security, the second for service personnel), Mercedes class bus for the team of Philip Kirkorov. If the tour takes place in cities of Russia or CIS countries, there are traffic police cars to accompany them.”

Valery Leontyev in his rider indicates passenger cars, limousines and middle-class foreign cars. Alexander Peskov also insists on a limousine, as a last resort - a Mercedes S-Class 140 sel 500, 600 or S-Class 220 with an empty and clean trunk. A comfortable Mercedes or Audi class car is suitable for Malinin. Even the little popular singer Nikita demands a black limousine or a foreign car no later than 1999 when on tour. Witty Lolita, in order to check whether tour organizers read her rider, at one time indicated an “Oka” with flashing lights as a greeting car. In one of the cities, the rider was taken seriously, and the singer was greeted by just such a car.

The cooler the star, the earlier he wants to get acquainted with the scene. Peskov can complete the rehearsal in an hour; Gurtskaya needs at least three hours. The organizers are obliged to provide a stage for a “live” rehearsal for Malinin’s musicians 4 hours before the concert. “The client must ensure full access to the venue at least 14 hours before the performance!” - Kirkorov’s rider says threateningly.

By the way, stars treat ordinary people very undemocratically and warily. I just want to hang signs on their dressing rooms: “Caution, angry dog!” The artists have their own, very strange, idea of ​​the viewer and the ideal worker on stage... This is some kind of terrorist, dressed in rags, capable of getting drunk at any moment and throwing bottles at the unfortunate musician. Alexander Peskov asks to “organize face control” at the entrance to the auditorium and insists on the presence of “at least three sane workers” on stage. Singer Glukoza demands that all technicians on the set be “absolutely sober.” Boris Moiseev is very afraid for his life on stage, so there are special requirements for security. She must monitor all entrances to the stage, “in order to avoid unauthorized persons entering it during the performance of the group, and also ensure that foreign objects are not thrown onto the stage (bottles, cans, etc.).” Otherwise, Moiseev will stop the concert, and the organizer will bear the costs.

In Kirkorov, in general, “Admission of Spectators” is a separate chapter, according to which the doors to the auditorium should not open “until this is authorized by the director of the production.” Besides, Philip Bedrosovich needs messengers so much. The organizers are obliged to provide him with two people at his full disposal, who must be drivers, have minibuses, know Russian and local languages ​​and local service providers.

But the singer Valeria, apparently, was so tortured by ill-mannered law enforcement officers that in her rider she wrote that she should be accompanied by six “sober and neatly dressed” guards. But for Peskov, one security guard is enough, who must always be with the main artist, and he must be “commercial.” “Not the police! And not a soldier!” - Alexander insists. The girls from the “Reflex” group stipulate in the rider “mandatory security escort of three people throughout the entire stay!”!

Stars want to live only in the suites of the most expensive hotels. The main requirement is that the rooms have a working toilet and shower with hot water, a telephone, a TV, and clean bed and bath linen.

Verka Serduchka always bets enough high demands. Andrey Danilko also prefers “five stars”, VIP service and all the honors due. The fulfillment of all the rider’s points is monitored by as many as three male Ukrainian directors. Boris Moiseev's rider requires a five-star hotel for the singer and a three-star hotel for the band. Leontiev also agrees to live only in a cottage or a 5-star hotel with luxury apartments; both a state dacha and private apartments are suitable for Oleg Gazmanov. But Alla Borisovna prefers a mansion, country house or the best hotel with the most expensive room. In addition, the suite must have at least three rooms. The most prestigious hotel should be provided for Philip Kirkorov, his security and staff, with a presidential class room for Kirkorov. The same hotel needs one double and four single rooms for security and service personnel. Singer Alsou takes with her two security guards, who must live either in the room adjacent to her or opposite.

Singer Nikita lives only in a room in pastel colors and always requires a separate car, a dog handler and a room for... his chow-chow dog named Seva. “He is a friend to me, man! - says Nikita. “He is purebred, with a good pedigree, but I don’t prepare him for any exhibitions, because I think that it’s not interesting for both of us.” Seva prefers to go on tour with his owner, especially considering that he is treated like a king and is fed only young meat and vegetables.”

The food of the “gods” is fruits, mineral water and sandwiches. But this is only to give the artist a snack in the dressing room before the concert. Many stars are simply saving their stomachs for the evening banquet. Alexander Malinin and Boris Moiseev are very scrupulous about food intake. Malinin is a believer, so he observes all fasts. In his list of requirements, the menu becomes almost the main item. If the tour falls during Orthodox Lent, then the organizers must exclude all meat dishes from the artist’s daily diet. Moiseev demands a paid breakfast at the hotel, lunch before and dinner after the concert in a restaurant. “Do not offer alcohol!” - Moiseev warns and reminds that four members of the team are vegetarians. Gazmanov gives preference to Russian national cuisine. And the soloists of the group “Reflex” do not participate in banquets after the concert, which is always reported to the organizers. The little popular singer Nikita is immodest in his desires on tour - he only needs dietary nutrition. He eats everything boiled, steamed, and only fish, and if there is meat, then only young meat, steamed veal, and cottage cheese casserole.

But, as always, Filya outdid everyone. He brings a personal chef with him. The star's list of requirements contains a large list of necessary food products: hard cheese (mostly French), mayonnaise, chicken fillet, beef loin, seafood, bread (black, cheese), etc. “Hot tea, coffee, mineral water should be available from the moment the equipment is unloaded until it is fully loaded after the concert.”

Touring is a serious matter, artists have to be nervous a lot. And where the nerves are, there bad habits. Alcohol and cigarettes help the stars calm down, respectively. Peskov insists on allowing smoking on the bus. Two bottles of light imported beer should be waiting for him in his room, and Hennessy “XO” cognac in the dressing room.

Most of our stars are deprived of the happiness of enjoying the “view from the window.” True, according to at will... Almost all artists insist that the window be covered with a dark curtain. Valery Leontyev generally has problems with his eyes, so one of his conditions is: “There are dark curtains in the bedroom; under the curtains, be sure to hang a thick black blanket.” In Leontyev’s bedroom there should be “a feeling of dark night at any time of the day.”

big ship- a big doc... Therefore, it is necessary to allocate two rooms for Philip Bedrosovich’s dressing room: “The first room for the artist should be quite spacious and equipped with a mirror in full height, a cosmetic table with mirrors, lighting, a sofa and two armchairs, a dining table covered with a white tablecloth, four comfortable chairs, a wardrobe for at least 20 suits, a separate toilet with a washbasin, flowers (roses, carnations, lilacs, chrysanthemums), mineral water without gas and freshly squeezed orange juice.” The second room serves as the star's wardrobe...

Well, if you don’t yet know that a superstar is coming to visit you, rest assured - local television will report this in advance. Here again you can look into Kirkorov’s rider, one of the mandatory conditions of which is “the advance screening on local TV channels of video clips and concert recordings of Philip Kirkorov, the film “Philip Kirkorov. One Year in the Life: Love and Stage” and promotional commercials with a running time of 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes.” So meet me, let's go...

Ksenia BOGATYREVA, General manager CJSC “ROSCONCERT”:

IN Soviet era the hotels were equally bad. In this matter, people's artists had an advantage, who, according to the ministerial decree, could go to the North and stayed in the best hotels in the city, from the regional committee or city committee. Traditionally, folk artists were accommodated in luxury rooms, and program directors were also accommodated in similar rooms. All the artists lived, as a rule, in the same hotel. Only the numbers differed. The issue with nutrition was different. Previously, daily allowances were officially issued in the amount of about 2.5-3 rubles per day. And the artists fed on this money on their own. Many took tiles with them on tour and cooked in their rooms. Sometimes the concert organizers organized special outdoor banquets in honor of the artist, but this was not advertised. To concert hall the artists were transported on buses, and folk artists They brought us a Volga car. But in general, the riders of our artists are reasonable, unlike Western performers. How do you like having a multi-colored jelly bean delivered to your Bed Boys Blue room? Moreover, the number of caramels different colors was strictly regulated. In numbers. The group also demanded that they be served only a certain type of beer, which was sold exclusively in Germany, in a single store in some outback, and had to be purchased.

A rider is a list of conditions and requirements of the artist to the concert organizer. In general, there are two types of riders - household and technical. The first contains everyday requirements, for example, transport, hotel, food, condition of dressing rooms, etc. And the second includes technical support for the concert.

Please note that full compliance with all points of the rider by the organizer is a necessary condition for ensuring the artist’s performance. Otherwise the artist has every right refuse to go on stage without returning the fee and compensating the organizer for losses.

Many people have probably heard that each performer has his own rider. Everything is clear with the musicians' technical rider - a list of brands of microphones, monitors, "combinations" and other equipment necessary for the performance. But household rider- this is the biggest headache for the organizers of any concert. When compiling this document, the stars are as sophisticated as they can be. I decided to dig into the celebrity riders and found some pretty interesting points in them.

1. Axl Rose, of course, an eccentric, but his latest demands surprised even the most persistent. He wants a square melon. At all his performances.

2. Classic example - band members Van Halen demanded to sift out brown candies from packs of M&Ms." The incident, which became the talk of the town, was actually intended to increase the attention of the bosses reading the riders.

3. Prince, for example, insists that there is always a doctor next to him, ready with a dose of vitamin B12. He also cannot stand plates covered with film.

4. Maybe in everyday life the participants Red Hot Chili Peppers and do not need fresh underwear, but the rider has a clause with such a requirement.

5. To perform in Ireland at "Tennet's Vital Festival" Eminem it was necessary to build a wooden pond for carp.

6. Optimistic Beastie Boys wanted to have colorful condoms at their disposal. To inflate them and pull them over your head.

7. James Blunt He wants to seem like a good guy so much that he orders 120 bottles of beer, 12 bottles of cider, 4 bottles of vodka, 3 bottles of white and 2 bottles of champagne every time.

8. Coffee JLo You need to stir exclusively counterclockwise.

9. Scottish post-rockers Mogwai postmodern sense of humor. Confirmation: There should always be a photo of Princess Leia in the dressing room from " Star Wars" in a frame.

10. Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails can't do without two boxes of cornstarch. After all, he needs to somehow pull off his sweaty leather trousers after the concert.

11. Spandex Kings Mötley Crüe They usually include whatever comes into their head in their rider. One day they needed a gun, then a detailed schedule for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Los Angeles, and, as icing on the cake, a 12-foot python.

12. Cher requires a separate room for all of its wigs. Sounds like a fire hazard, to be honest.

13. Prince of Darkness Marilyn Manson, like a true prince of cold, sets the air conditioner to the lowest temperatures. In addition to air conditioning, the rider includes a bald, toothless prostitute and Haribo gummy bears.

14. Nicki Minaj you need lots and lots of chicken. Buckets of breasts and legs for the studio.

15. Like a true squire, sir Mick Jagger includes shepherd's pie, a bottle of HP and a pool table on her wish list.

16. Rider Britney Spears usually incredibly long. One item particularly sticks out: 4 pints of tomato salad.

17. Rider The Stooges– a real work of art compared to their albums. For example, they need 7 gnomes, whose size is not as important as their presence, and broccoli to throw into their bucket.

18. The habits of a real diva: in the dressing room Mariah Carey there must be kittens, puppies and rabbits. God knows what they do with them later. And also toilet paper All toilets in the area should be replaced with pink, her favorite brand. The royal ass should be comfortable too.

19. P.Diddy. What does a person who has everything need? Monogrammed handkerchiefs.

20. Sir Elton John armfuls of flowers are required everywhere (God forbid you put lilies, chrysanthemums or daisies). And 74 more towels. Under no circumstances is it 75.

Jack White's rider became a sensation: it contains, among other things, whole recipe guacamole, which is the artist's preference.

Although some other items may seem no less extravagant: for example, eight champagne flutes, eight wine glasses and eight tall glasses (“all made of glass”), as well as “a pound of freshly cut high-quality prosciutto and aged salami, plus sharply knife".

For some reason, bananas have earned the musician special hatred (or fear?), about which he speaks as follows: “This is not some kind of banana tour! (Seriously.) We don't want to see that fruit anywhere in the building." The rider also prohibits the use of fluorescent lighting and photography of Jack White inside or outside the concert venue.

2. The Who and the tea party set

The Who's Roger Daltrey's dressing room was required to be stocked with six bottles of tonic, a bottle of vodka and a jar of honey, two packets of a certain brand of lozenges and "a small amount of vanilla ice cream".

While Pete Townshend's list included two large bottles of orange juice, six Evian or Perrier mineral waters, six cans of cola, six glass (of course!) cocktail glasses and a tea set (tea with chamomile and milk, not just anything).

3. Pearl Jam and carrots without tails

Pearl Jam, according to their rider, is particularly careful that "there are no sponsorship banners, signs or banners on or near the stage" during the concert. The musicians are also categorically against the sale of glowing merchandise.

The dressing room should have multigrain bread, a dozen fresh bagels, four large bags of chips, a good selection of lemonades and - most importantly - freshly squeezed juices. The musicians take their own juicer with them everywhere, so the list of requirements is filled with celery, beets, tomatoes, apples, oranges and six pounds of carrots (“no stems!”).

4. Ozzy Osbourne and an oxygen tank

For Ozzy Osbourne, carnal pleasures are not so important as emergency medical care. On the day of the concert, “an ENT specialist must be constantly on duty behind the stage, who, if necessary, will provide the singer with an urgent injection of B12 or an anti-inflammatory drug.”

In addition, the list of requirements of the Prince of Darkness includes a fully filled oxygen tank.

5. Aerosmith and free booze

Aerosmith musicians always count on a set of alcoholic drinks “at the expense of the organizers,” as well as a dressing room filled to overflowing with pieces of chicken tikka masala with yogurt and mint sauce, turkey sandwiches (and “whole wheat only”), majhol dates, corn on the cob (“cooked exactly three minutes”), a variety of fresh diet muffins (“not from 7/11”), and “no processed meat or cheese.”

It is equally important that concert venue there was an ENT doctor, internist, osteopath and licensed chiropractor.

6. Joe Cocker and Shepherd's Pie

Joe Cocker, according to his rider, could not do without isotonic Gatorade drinks (“lime and lemon flavored”), four liters of Evian mineral water and a refrigerator with eight bottles of Corona beer, “chilled at 6 pm, then at 8 pm and again - at 10:45" (or, as stated in the contract, "during the performance of the song With A Little Help From My Friends"). And without a cooler bag with six cans of Beck's or Heineken beer, as well as Diet Sprite and Gatorade drinks, which had to be available to the musicians left, right and center of the stage.

Organizers were also required to have “one traditional shepherd’s pie with a side of baked beans” on hand at all times.

7. James Brown and the steamer

In those great times, when James Brown was still giving concerts, he always demanded a limousine of the latest model, “black or white, 186 inches long.”

The artist's dressing room was required to have two full-length mirrors, as well as "two makeup mirrors equipped with light bulbs." "Professional ironing and steaming services" are required to maintain the singer's and band's costumes. James Brown's musicians were to be given rooms in a four-star hotel, "separate from the dancers."

8. Bloodhound Gang and a refrigerator magnet

The first lines of the rider of the ever-perky guys from Bloodhound Gang try to convince that “this is a serious document.” And at first, such a statement can be believed: the list includes quite ordinary items, like sandwiches, soda, macaroni salad... Until it comes to “a jug with six hot dogs” - yes, exactly a jug! Or a large bag of Skittles, where the candies must be sorted by color so that one of the group members does not have an exacerbation of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Quite out of the ordinary wishes are listed in the “Miscellaneous” section: a refrigerator magnet with a local landmark and the skeleton of a rhesus monkey. And these guys want to be taken seriously!

9. Foo Fighters and plastic cups

When compiling a rider, Foo Fighters are guided, rather, by common sense: their list is full of self-irony and kindergarten jokes (for example, the clarification that “meat soups should be excluded, because they make sound players fart”!) - which, however, does not exclude some strange items. One of these is the requirement to have Solo branded plastic glasses in the dressing room - in the absence of these, the group vows to organize a “catering jihad” for the organizers.

However, the final provisions of the contract reduce the level of pathos: “We are just another rock band that doesn’t have enough money for fuel for a private plane. Please be understanding."

10. The Beach Boys and no plastic cups

The Beach Boys insisted that waiting for them backstage were 25 boiled and peeled shrimp, a bowl of white (“not red”) pistachios, a half-pound bag of peanut M&Ms, “unlimited organic vegetables,” as well as a package of alfalfa sprouts, sliced ​​avocados, a tray of fruit, pack of 12 Freedent Spearmint chewing gum.

A separate item, the importance of which was especially emphasized in the rider, was a box of Marlboro Lights in soft packaging. As green advocates, The Beach Boys advocated for recycling bins to be placed behind the stage and opposed the use of plastic cups during their concert.

11. Goo Goo Dolls and Safeguard Soap

Before their performance, the Goo Goo Dolls want eight Starbucks Frappuccinos or Nestle cappuccinos (“four regular coffee and four vanilla”), a large bowl of hummus and pita bread, two bottles of red wine (“good quality”), and 12 bottles of Budweiser beer in the dressing room. and Heineken (but “not Ice or Lite”), a half-pound bag of fresh turkey, four bars of newly made Safeguard or Ivory soap, and six new pairs of tall socks (“a must.” white»).

12. Sting and again the tea set

Sting in his rider expresses a desire to have a carpet, a two-seater sofa, two chairs and dim lighting in his dressing room. The mandatory list of drinks and snacks includes "one bottle of full-bodied red wine, a six-piece tea set, twelve fresh lemons, a jar of honey and freshly peeled grated ginger."

The team accompanying the singer must be provided with tea and water, but they can do without wine. Although in a separate guest room there will be liquor, beer, a bottle of vodka, two bottles of champagne, red wine (“French, Italian, Californian or Spanish”) and white (“cheap wines are not acceptable”) for those who are thirsty.

13. Prince and a lot of security

The requirements in Prince's rider were quite strict: only Fuji mineral water, only vegetarian meals and healthy snacks, and a ban on any kind of drugs, alcohol or "other prohibited substances" anywhere near the stage or dressing room.

But the most stringent conditions were listed in the paragraph on security measures. There had to be at least eight bodyguards between Prince and the public, and at least four guards had to be on duty at the entrance, checking the documents of anyone who wanted to get inside and disturb the invaluable peace of the great singer. By the way, the average deposit for a Prince concert was, according to 2004 data, 500 thousand US dollars.

14. Metallica and the alcohol ban

Most riders consist of 5-7 pages - the list of Metallica musicians barely fits on 24 pages. And it covers everything from accident insurance ($5 million per team member!) to a full breakfast menu for a hundred people (“fresh fruit, a dozen types of cereal, ten liters of juice of all kinds, and LOTS of bacon”). .

The rider's text also warns that musicians are categorically against having their products sold at their shows. alcoholic drinks, ‒ “otherwise the organizers themselves are responsible for all possible incidents during the concert.”

15. The Stooges and good wine

The 2006 Stooges rider can be considered the standard for a hilariously funny yet informative list of requirements.

For example, checking amps shortly before a concert, where “shortly” means “not like three weeks ago when it fell off the shelf in the warehouse.” Well, that's reasonable! Or how about the point about plate racks? The rider says to keep them straight, and then clarifies that “the group is actually an equal employment opportunity group, so gay stances will do.” When it comes to booze, Iggy prefers Grolsch beer and two bottles of red wine - “preferably one whose name we know but can’t pronounce.” If this description doesn't seem accurate enough, it goes on to explain: “Look, there's a lot of good red wine out there. Ask the guy at the wine boutique for advice."

And the icing on the cake comes next to The Stooges' extensive alcohol list: "Broccoli / cauliflower, divided into inflorescences and immediately thrown into the trash. I hate this crap!”

A rider is a list of requirements that celebrity agents send to the organizers of the performance in advance. Sometimes these lists make the receiving party grab their head: “Why would they need THIS?”

The editors of the site found out what things Russian and foreign stars require for a comfortable existence. Here is a selection of oddities and quirks from star riders.

This information was collected from celebrity riders different years, so the information may be out of date due to changes in their show programs, tastes, or other reasons.

Ridiculous riders of foreign stars

Celine Dion

Celine Dion demands that the air temperature in her dressing room be no more or less than 23 degrees Celsius. Otherwise there will be no concert!

Britney Spears

Britney Spears demanded a dedicated telephone line in the dressing room, otherwise the organizers would pay a $3,000 fine for each incoming call. There was a time when she and her team needed 100 McDonald's cheeseburgers before a concert... without the buns. And for a concert in London in 2011, she needed a framed photograph of Princess Diana.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez wants to be surrounded by white everywhere and could leave organizers with nothing if her sheets aren't made from pure cotton. And during a performance in Moscow, she needed a motorcade of 19 S-class cars, and hippos and crocodiles were to be embroidered on towels for her children.

Rider Jennifer Lopez for a concert in Moscow

Madonna

Madonna requires a staff of two hundred people, including a personal chef, a yoga instructor, 30 bodyguards and a special person to vacuum the stage costumes. The room should contain soft pink lilies or white roses with a 15-centimeter stem.

Iggy Pop

The requirements of Iggy Pop and his band The Stooges took up 28 A4 pages. One of the demands was as follows: “We need 7 dwarfs dressed exactly like those gnomes from the Walt Disney cartoon about a woman who goes into a hundred-year hibernation after being bitten by a poisonous gnome, or after she pricks her finger with a sharp an apple... or something like that. Well, taller people will do too. The main thing is attitude. And don’t forget the pointy hats.”

Paul McCartney

A vegetarian for many years, Paul McCartney will not tolerate anything in his room that leads to the death of a living creature: no skins, fur or skin, not to mention meat for dinner.

Marilyn Manson

The brutal Marilyn Manson will cancel a concert if there are no his favorite Haribo bears, popcorn and chips in the dressing room.

David Hesselhoff

Actor and singer David Hesselhoff wants to see a life-size cardboard figure of himself in the issue.

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand wants her bathroom floor and toilet to be covered in rose petals.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj's requests are very modest: a bucket of spicy chicken wings, two warmers, bakery-scented candles, three different flavors of gum, and a plate of cheese.

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey asks for a bottle of Crystal champagne and a straw to sip slowly in her room. She needs a helper to throw away her chewing gum and help her up the stairs. The room should have a sofa in dark colors “without those annoying patterns.” The temperature in the room is exactly 24 degrees Celsius, and there are many white roses and vanilla-scented candles in the room.

Cher

Singer Cher needs a separate room for her wigs. It sounds strange, but she really has a lot of them.

Coldplay

The Coldplay members don't have any special requirements, except that every hotel room should have postcards of local landmarks - they send them to family, it's a tradition.

Beyoncé

Beyonce has two conditions that are not negotiable under any circumstances: a huge dressing room the size of a school gym and baked chicken for dinner.

Rihanna

Rihanna's room should have a plush sofa and pillows with an animal print, preferably zebra or tiger stripes, definitely without glitter, as well as a brand new carpet for walking on barefoot.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry's 45-page rider includes the following features: two cream-colored egg chairs, a glass-door refrigerator, a vintage French lamp with an ornament, and a special person to wash fruits and vegetables. And none of the staff should talk to her.

Eminem

Eminem is no longer the brash bully he was at the beginning of his career. Now he adheres to the philosophy of contemplation, which is perhaps why he once demanded that the organizers of a performance in Ireland have a hotel with a pond full of Japanese koi carp.

Robbie Williams

Another fan of Zen Buddhism is Robbie Williams. In his dressing room there must certainly be a bonsai tree, a photograph of the Dalai Lama and four ashtrays, and sometimes also a live monkey.

M.I.A.

Singer M.I.A. wants to see a couple of 20-25-year-old dancers dressed in burqas as backup dancers, and “gruyère cheese as old as dinosaurs” in the act.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga's rider is weird simply because it's Lady Gaga. The dressing room should be decorated in a glam rock style (whatever that means), all bath amenities should be lavender in color and scent, and there should be a mannequin with pink pubic hair in the bathroom.

Moby

Moby requires 10 pairs of white cotton socks and the same number of crisp white boxers. He takes the remaining laundry with him after the performance.

The secret becomes clear

The rider for rockers Van Halen stated the following: “The room must have a bowl of M&M’s, from which all candies have been removed brown" But this strange, at first glance, requirement is more than a whim of the stars.

The fact is that each performance of the group required serious efforts from the receiving party. During the show, Van Halen rode on stage in huge trucks and did many other stunts that turned the show into a colorful show, and any mistake in stage design could spell disaster.

To ensure that the organizers have carefully read the technical requirements to the stage, among detailed description Every little detail like sockets and the width of doorways was hidden in a “Sweets” section with a line about M&M’s. If, upon checking into the room, the artists saw brown M&M’s in the bowl, the concert was immediately canceled and the money was not returned to the organizer.

Riders of Russian stars

Singer Nikita

Singer Nikita, the author of the once popular song “Flew Away Forever,” loves his chow chow Seva very much. In 2005, the media reported that a mandatory condition for its rider is a separate room, a car and a hairdresser for the pet. Seva should be fed young meat with vegetables and nothing else. Nikita was not so scrupulous about his beloved: he only asked to be accommodated in a room in pastel colors.

Lolita

Lolita Milyavskaya's rider seems quite adequate: a suite in a five-star hotel, bodyguards and a limousine at the ramp. But these simple requirements were not always met. Tired of the irresponsibility of the organizers, Lolita added “Oka” to the list with a flashing light, which should meet her at the airport. This is how she determines who has read her rider and who has not. Those who read it will certainly call and clarify, to which the singer replies: “Just kidding, relax!”

As for the performance itself, on stage Lolita needs two Viennese chairs and three water cannons. After the last point I even wanted to go to the singer’s concert.

Taisiya Povaliy

In the rider

Zemfira

In 2013, Zemfira came to Ukraine with a concert. The organizers of the event posted the singer’s rider online with a demand to provide her with a suite in a 5-star hotel, a BMW or Mercedes executive class with the ability to smoke in the cabin, 5 security guards, and a dressing room, which must have 10 terry towels and soap (including a shower). there was not a word). The menu listed 10 raw eggs, apparently to maintain his voice. But there was no alcohol on the list at all, contrary to widespread rumors that Zemfira likes to drink a glass of Veuve Clicquot or a glass of Hennessy before a concert.

Alexander Rybak

In 2009, a pop star with Norwegian roots amazed the organizers with her demands. Slavic Bazaar» in Vitebsk. The producers of Alexander Rybak requested an executive Mercedes S220, and for its accompanying Mercedes Sprinter. The rider, it was said, must be assigned at least two security guards to the singer, and during concerts the backup dancers and musicians had to have their own security. The minibar in the room should have been stocked with the following drinks: 10 bottles of beer, 1 bottle of dry white wine, 20 bottles of still water, 20 bottles of lemonade and 5 bottles of Coca-Cola light. At the same time, it was strictly forbidden to feed Rybak’s troupe pizza and fast food. It is not clear why the festival’s management was so taken aback by the “excessive and irritating” conditions that were rather modest for the Eurovision winner, which took up only 2 pages.

A limousine, 2 escort cars and a Mercedes bus for backup dancers are required to meet the singer at the ramp. In Russia and the CIS countries, Kirkorov’s safety on the road must be ensured by traffic police vehicles.

The artist must be provided with at least a two-room presidential suite. The first room is large and bright, with a full-length mirror, upholstered furniture, a dressing table, a wardrobe for at least 20 suits, a table with a snow-white tablecloth, a separate bathroom, fresh flowers and a decanter of orange juice. The second room is completely dedicated to a wardrobe.

One of the strangest conditions of Kirkorov’s rider is “a preliminary screening on local TV of Kirkorov’s video clips, the film “Philip Kirkorov. One Year in the Life: Love and Stage” and promotional videos for his performance.
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Beyonce is said to require only Pepsi products, honey nut cereal, ginger root, a loveseat, a temperature of 26 degrees and no sweets in her dressing room. Iggy Pop's rider has a clause that requires broccoli to be delivered to his room every day, which the father of punk rock hates. The singer will throw away the cabbage and thereby improve his mood. Also, seven dwarfs in a sports Jaguar must meet him every day at the hotel and accompany him to the site.
During a tour in Moscow, musicians American group The Bloodhound Gang demanded bowls of M&M's in their dressing rooms. Moreover, the dragees could be any color except brown. The entire team of the promotion company had to unpack multi-colored bags and take out brown candies from them for several hours. It's funny that Limp Bizkit also love M&M's, but they demand that the jelly beans be divided into three bowls: with green, red and yellow candies.
Naomi Campbell caused a lot of problems for our promoters, whose rider includes a clause: provide her with a professional masseuse and must be 16 years old. I wonder if Miss Campbell checks the girls' passports before entrusting them with her body? Norwegian band Hurra Torpedo performs in tracksuits and plays household appliances. Therefore, for inspiration, they need white equipment (blenders, microwaves, stoves, washing machines), hammers for rhythmically breaking this very equipment, and also “relaxed and happy technical staff.” During a show in Glanstonbury, the Gallagher brothers from Oasis demanded that the organizers sign a document that there would be no drug addicts among the 150,000 listeners at the concert. Alas, the promoters were unable to keep their promise: during the show, one unfortunate person died from an overdose. P Diddy demands: 204 towels, 20 bars of soap, two bottles of Hennessy cognac, two bottles of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, two bottles of Veuve Clicquot, a bottle of Dom Perignon, Gray Goose vodka, a tape recorder, a bouquet of white flowers, cheddar cheese, sour cream chips and bulletproof Maybach. While filming Top Of The Pops, Janet Jackson demanded 20 black towels, 20 candles and vanilla-flavored soy milk. Eminem has some of the most bizarre requests: a bucket of fried chicken, a large TV with Play Station, a basketball hoop, a ping pong table, a supply of booze and diet snacks. Madonna demands specially charged energy water from the Kabbalah center into her room. They say that once in London she asked for a bath in her dressing room. Sir Elton John is said to be unpretentious. Flowers (not chrysanthemums), fresh fruit, soft drinks and teas, large green plants and a large sofa are what he needs to be happy.
They say that Jerry Halliwell once rented an entire floor at the Hilton Hotel just to avoid meeting the pop group Steps.
Britney Spears' requests are quite reasonable: a bag of Doritos and a bowl of mints. True, the star requires seven additional numbers for his entourage. Actress Julia Roberts needs the least: a lot of fresh milk - and she is happy. Jennifer Lopez is said to demand that the scent of gardenia be spread behind her during public appearances. She is also said to be very picky about hotel bedding. Singer Robbie Williams is unpretentious, but when he tours he is said to ask for a framed photograph of former Blockbusters presenter Bob Holness. Marilyn Manson demands a tray of cat litter for his dressing room, but not for his cat, but for himself, in case he gets the itch.
Latino Ricky Martin requires orange lighting to make him look more tanned. The Rolling Stones insist they have a pool table backstage.
Whitney Houston's rider features a variety of snacks: peanut butter, sandwiches, crab legs, bagels, shrimp rice and spring rolls. Mariah Carey is said to have once refused to get out of her car at 2:15 a.m. when she arrived at her hotel because she wasn't given the red carpet with candles she demanded.