dbuckley Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Flirting dangerously with the realm of the :P Why do so many riders specify no Evian water...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Why do so many riders specify no Evian water...?Because Evian (and Perrier, Vittel, Pelegrino) are owned by N3stl3 - as to the N3stl3 argument it's certainly OT! :P - Name of large corporation edited ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Yes it is, very much OT :P Please keep on-topic and refrain from mentioning large companies (with big legal departments) in anything that might possibly be construed as a negative light. Thanks ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wycome5 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I worked with a band once whose rider requested 3 clean white towels, when asked where they would like these placed, the response was 'what towels'? Have you ever had an artist who did not know what was on their rider? I also heard of one singer on Blue Peter, who demanded that there be no stairs between her dressing room and the studio - the last guest to ask for that were the Daleks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigG Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 We once had a band who's lead singer requested a small lego toy to be provided in his dressing room. The theory was that by the end of a big national tour he'd have tons of lego to bring home to his young son. Apparently we were the only venue on the tour to actually provide this so I presume his son was rather dissapointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Graham Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Yes I've had the lego one, last years Reading, too many bands to remeber who it was. I've still got it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Have you ever had an artist who did not know what was on their rider? Yup, all too often. The rider SHOULD be a useful information tool...but all too often it can be an ego trip written by a "hanger on" with no reference to the band/artist...or an exercise in "cut and paste" because somebody thinks they need a rider...but doesn't understand what it is. A couple of "hanger on" stories from my TV day job: We once had Steve Guttenburg in the studio for a satellite two way. The rider from his management office specified a cold platter, to include spicey chicken wings. When Guttenburg got there he asked...more in sorrow than anger..."why do I always get chicken wings...I can't stand the things". He was amazed to see the paperwork from "his people". Another time we had Kate Blanchett in and the rider said she'd only eat vegetarian sushi. We duely found vegetarian sushi...only to find it was her management agent (i.e. the person who sent the rider) who wanted sushi. Blanchett raided the crew's chocolate digestives. At the other end of the scale, Michael Caine. No special requests at all..and when there was a break he offered to go to Starbucks and buy coffees for everyone...including the runner who's job it was to get Caine coffee! A true gentleman! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 I also heard of one singer on Blue Peter, who demanded that there be no stairs between her dressing room and the studio - the last guest to ask for that were the Daleks. I don't think it was Blue Peter, I believe the show was Top of the Pops and the quote was 'Ms Houston does not do stairs' aaah Witney, bless her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 It's only a tech spec in a very loose kind of sense, but I found this very amusing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tivoliproduction Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 just read the info on gareths link, respectfully, the only word that springs to mind is "arrogance". is this band/show actually touring? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james jag Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I got a rider 2 hours before a show for a laser company, it said (I had to deal with it all), Stage left 1x125amp 3 phase/ 22mm water /drainStage center 1x125amp 3 phase/ 22mm water /drainStage right 1x125amp 3 phase/ 22mm water /drainF.O.H 13amp2x large bags of minstrels MAD ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 And what they really needed was the two bags of minstrels and 13A supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bythesea.33 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 It's only a tech spec in a very loose kind of sense, but I found this very amusing! if you've ever seen the sisters of mercy live at any point over the last 25 years, that's actually a very accurate lighting spec - and funny!they are THE goth band. how else should you light a goth band?backlight, floorlight and tons and tons and tons and tons and tons of smoke. that's it. You can even make the backlight o/w as long as it doesn't touch the band! Frankly there should be more of it. just remembered!Foreheads In A Fishtank lx spec came as (pretty much)o/w and 181. nothing from the front.and lots of smoke - we don't want to be seen. or The Fall - light the stage where the singer is not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwright15 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I had one last year which requested the theatre to supply a small Palm Tree. I assume how ever the person who wrote unable to supply on the rider did not tell the promoter beacuse a little tour manager was jumping up & down and shouting about it. Should that really be something a venue supplys. It had to be a real one not a artifical one. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac.calder Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Should that really be something a venue supplys. It had to be a real one not a artifical one. Never seen something on the scale of a small palm, but I have seen many riders that request plant life. A good relationship with the local nursery really helps. There are companies that do hire plants out for events - and I would not be suprised if they did keep a few palms on hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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