For a star concert to take place, it is necessary not only to pay a fee, but also to comply with all requirements. The organizers of the concert understand the desire of the stars to play the concert at the highest level and try to provide them with all the necessary equipment.
But with a household rider is not so simple. Sometimes stars make such demands that are incomprehensible to an adequate person. Someone requires sanctions foie gras, someone expensive cognac, someone a limousine.
Of course, the organizers are trying to create comfortable conditions for the celebrity and fulfill all, even the strangest requirements. Otherwise, the concert may not take place. You can blame the stars with their strange desires, you can just humanly understand them. It is not easy to be a star, to constantly go on tour, to be away from home. So they begin to show their character, demand what they do not even need.
If you're curious about what celebrities want, read our article. Below is a list of riders of foreign stars.
10. Mariah Carey
Mariah’s demands will surprise even the most seasoned organizers. The singer wants her plumbing to be changed in her dressing room and hotel room where she will live.
Yes, the singer uses only the new toilet, taps and bathtub, and the taps and handles should be gold. Probably, this is about color, because even for Carey no one will put a tap of pure gold.
Mariah's “want” list is pretty impressive. It includes soft toys in the room (certainly new), a couple of hundred towels, vases with fresh flowers. The singer and her dog love to take a bath, the water should be mineral. Of course, they take a bath separately, so there should be at least two in their room.
The list is completed by expensive champagne and a man behind the scenes who will pick up chewing gum from her before going on stage.
9. Justin Bieber
Justin's rider pissed off even his fans. Bieber prefers to ride a Rolls-Royce. He wants to live in a hotel, but there is a small snag. The singer and his team should be the only guests, no one else. Moreover, it requires not one, but two hotels. By the way, this is quite an expensive pleasure.
Apartments should be luxurious: cashmere linen, antique furniture. There should also be a massage chair, a ping-pong table, a jacuzzi, game consoles.
Bieber is especially demanding on his diet: 5 meals, each time a new dish. During cooking, the chef should be inspired by his work, and then come up with an original dish in honor of Justin.
8. Britney Spears
Britney does not pay so much attention to food as Justin, but she is very careful about trash cans. They must be fully consistent with the description, down to the labels.
Otherwise, the star rider is not so strange: 200 towels, 13 dressing rooms.
Specific staff requirements for Spears: only white clothing. From transport, Britney prefers a Mercedes Benz S-class and a golf car. At the last, she wants to move from the dressing room to the stage and back. Apparently the star is saving strength for the performance.
7. Madonna
If less popular singers make such tough demands, what does the legendary Madonna want? Nothing special: personal staff, among them must be a yoga trainer and a good chef, rooms for children.
Madonna loves flowers, so her apartment should be decorated with lilies and roses. But Madonna is not as simple as it might seem. Her most important wish is a disposable toilet. Every day in her room you need to install a new toilet, and then destroy it.
Madonna is very scrupulous in these matters. She even has a special team that is engaged in processing the dressing room.
Workers must clean the dressing room from the singer’s DNA so that there is no hair or a drop of saliva left.
6. Catti Pary
Catti with great responsibility reacted to the compilation of his rider. She described everything to the smallest detail. But the organizers often get furious after reading the requirements of the star.
Dressing room in a delicate color, pink or cream is suitable. Chairs in shape should resemble an egg, always cream-colored, and one of them with a footrest. A glass table (made of organic material), a glass door of the refrigerator, French floor lamps - perhaps Katy would have turned out to be a good designer.
The singer wants the dressing room to be decorated with white hydrangeas. If there are none in the city, the star will agree to other white flowers.
The star does not have any special requirements for apartments. A presidential suite in a five-star hotel will suit her perfectly.
5. Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is unusual in everything, including in her desires. Of course, the star’s requirements have changed a bit over time.
At the beginning of her career, the singer demanded apartments decorated with flowers, alcohol of various kinds, leather sofas ...
But now Lady Gaga has calmed down and lowered the bar a little. She asks for a lot of juice, water, and milk in the dressing room. Also, the star must be provided with fresh fruits and vegetables.
Perhaps the strangest Lady Gaga demand that surprises the organizers is long toothpicks.
4. Jennifer Lopez
The superstar does not hesitate to declare her desires, and she is very demanding on the little things. For example, the toilet must be equipped with a leather seat. A personal beach, earphones with diamonds - against the background of these requirements, others seem easy to do.
Lopez does not like white in the interior, so there should not be a single white thing in the room. Also, the organizers should be prepared for the fact that Lopez does not like the interior of the room, then they will have to provide other apartments or make repairs. Of course, the room should have fresh flowers. They should be changed three times a day.
3. Sting
Sting's rider is often called "normal, human." He wants to move around the city in a car with flashing lights, he hates long expectations in traffic jams.
The singer’s dressing room should be decorated with potted plants. In the dressing room - chamomile tea, several bottles of wine, ginger. As for nutrition, Sting carries his cook everywhere with him. He buys products at local supermarkets.
Sting's most unusual requirement is a black room. There, the singer practices yoga, restores his physical and mental health.
2. Rihanna
Rihanna pays a lot of attention to the interior of the room. In the dressing room, the star wants to see a leopard carpet and cabinets, which are specially draped into white fabric for her. By the way, Rihanna checks the cleanliness of the carpet personally, she walks on it barefoot. She will not say hello to those who do not ensure her compliance with this requirement.
Also during the concert (or maybe after it) the singer loves to eat. The dressing room should have a “grocery set for Rihanna”: buffalo wings, fried chicken, rice, different types of chips.
1. Kanye West
Popular rapper and husband Kim Kardashian also makes rather strict demands on concert organizers. His room must have expensive alcohol, this item is especially important for the rapper. He also wants to get mint toothpicks and black towels from Versace.
The rapper has one more requirement, which is not so simple to fulfill. In the room, he wants to see the Genelecs 1031a studio monitors. The problem is that they haven’t been released for 10 years, so the organizers have to do a search.
At the end of the rider - cylindrical vases, which they deserve love Kanye no one knows. Usually organizers do not have problems with this requirement.