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Heh ... reminds me of the story of Van Halen's rider - no brown M&Ms or they have the right to not play the event (without penalty)! This actually served a purp
by iqster 15y ago
Heh ... reminds me of the story of Van Halen's rider - no brown M&Ms or they have the right to not play the event (without penalty)! This actually served a purpose. The had exacting specs for some of their pyrotechnics. They reasoned that if someone had adhered to the rider carefully enough to notice the M&Ms clause, they likely would have been exacting for the other specifications as well.
- Arjuna 15y agoFor those that want to read more about the "Van Halen and M&Ms" story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839581 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2839581
- mbreese 15y agoI thought it was the weight of the stage, not the pyrotechnics...
- derleth 15y ago> The had exacting specs for some of their pyrotechnics ... and their electrical gear (amps and so on), and possibly the sheer weight of everything they'd be bringing on to the stage, and the simple fact that, at the time that rider was drawn up, Van Halen was playing venues that had never had a serious rock band of their kind before and were likely to be unprepared to the point of putting the fans at risk of being killed, which has happened a few times (that Whitesnake concert is the most recent, I believe).