"Wow, Rock Stars Ask For Some Stupid Crap" - May 13, 2008

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Foo Fighters Will "Call Out a Catering Jihad" if Tour Rider Is Ignored [Memos]
Published 5/13/2008 by Sheila at Gawker
... Being on tour is hard work, and cheapo promoters screwing you out of hotel rooms and serving crappy food at every turn doesn't help bring the rock to the kids. There must be standards! In a document procured by the Smoking Gun, rock band the ...

Foo Fighters’ Tour Rider: Funnier Than “What Happens in Vegas”
Published 5/14/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... before, Gatorades with “wacky colors” and a bag of Pirate’s Booty, “but not Johnny Depp’s.” The rider also warns that if the band doesn’t get their sixteen ounce Solo cups, a “catering jihad” will be called. In the section “Wow, Rock Stars Ask For Stupid Crap,” the band demands that films starring Jamie Kennedy and Martin Lawrence be banned from backstage. And that’s just for starters. Follow the Smoking Gun’s red arrows for the rest of the comedy gold. ...

Foo Fighters' Tour Rider
Published 5/14/2008 by Jason Tate at AbsolutePunk.net - News
... A recent Foo Fighters' tour rider can be found here. It's hilarious - read it.

Foo Fighters 2008 Rider
Published 5/14/2008 at OH NO!!
Wedgie threats, fat roadies highlight hilarious Foo Fighters rider We're not sure who authored the Foo Fighters 2008 tour rider - frontman Dave Grohl, the production manager, a witty roadie-but whoever is responsible for the document deserves much praise. The rider, an excerpt from which you'll find below, is filled with jokes about flatulence, fat roadies, leftovers from "last night's Dio show," and the provision of "big ass kielbasas that make men self conscious." While we've used red arrows to point out some of our favorite lines, a close read of the ...

How to keep the Foo Fighters happy
Published 5/15/2008 by Gary Susman at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... , spotlighting the often outrageous, diva-ish demands for backstage food and hospitality items that top musicians feel entitled to make at every venue, is pretty amusing, but who knew such documents were an art form? Foo Fighters, that's who. One of their staffers (as was revealed today, it was tour manager Greg Brandt, a disappointing blow to Foo fans who hoped it might be Dave Grohl, second from left, or his onstage colleagues) actually made a point of trying to out-clever the ...

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Published 5/20/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (sovietpanda) at SOVIETPANDA
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Following Top Chef Judging, Foo Fighers Rider Fun
Published 5 days ago by Jen Carlson at Gothamist
... ? Check out this recent concert rider from the band, which The Smoking Gun found out the Foo's tour manager made funny so it's "interesting to the woman in Oklahoma City who has to go out and get the hummus." The rider includes soup, of course ("every lunch should include a soup of the day--please try to to make it a vegetarian selection. Meaty soups make roadies fart."), which was the surprise twist of the Quickfire challenge this week when the band guest-hosted. Too bad the cheftestants didn't have to come up with a "healthy cookie" though, which the Foo's ...