12 crazy celebrity tour riders: Katy Perry, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and more
A LEAKED rider from Katy Perry’s camp reveals she needs someone to wash and cut fresh fruits and veggies before every show. She’s not alone.
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DIVAS may be suffering in their album sales, but those lows are certainly not slowing up the demands they make on tour.
A recently leaked tour rider from Katy Perry’s camp revealed the Birthday singer requires someone to wash and cut fresh fruits and veggies before every show. Staff are also reportedly forbidden to speak to her.
It has been said that celebrities include bizarre requests on their tour riders to simply ensure the venue is actually reading the riders. Real or fake, these ridiculous demands must’ve taken some serious brainpower to even come up with, let alone actually ask for:
Drake:
4 dozen natural scented incense sticks
E-Z Wider rolling papers
One bottle of Pinot Grigio, one case of Heineken, one bottle of Jack Daniel’s, one bottle of Patron Silver tequila, one bottle of Grey Goose, and one bottle of Hennessy or Courvoisier
Justin Bieber:
2 packages of plain white crew-neck teeshirts, in sizes XS and L
2 packages of white tank tops, sizes L and XL
3 packages of white lo-rise socks, size XS and L
John Mayer:
4 soft head toothbrushes, a bottle of Listerine, two small tubes of mint-flavoured toothpaste, and two packages of Altoids breath mints
“Kids brand cereal” (either Capn’n Crunch, Count Chocula, Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp or Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
Mariah Carey:
20 white kittens and 100 doves
$200 bottle of cabernet sauvignon
Two dozen white roses and vanilla aromatherapy candles
No busy patterns in the living room space
Her room should be about 24C
Madonna:
A 200-person entourage that includes 30 bodyguards, personal chefs, a yoga instructor, an acupuncturist and an on-site dry cleaner
20 international phone lines
Lilies and white and light-pink roses that have stems trimmed to precisely 6 inches
Lady Gaga:
Mannequin with puffy pink pubic hair
White leather couches, fresh roses and black satin drapes
Old rock posters of David Bowie, Queen, Elton John and Billie Holiday
Peanut butter with flax seed that contain no more than 4g of sugar
Rihanna:
Haribo gummies
Oreo cookies
Mini Babybel cheese
Cans of Red Bull
Nicki Minaj:
Scented candles that must smell like baked goods
2 Space Heaters — VERY IMPORTANT
Buckets of spicy fried chicken — no thighs, lot of wings — a large cheese platter
Three packs of gum in three different flavours
Jay Z and Beyonce:
Jay Z:
Venue transportation must be a late-model black Maybach
Two bottles of $300 champagne and two $200 bottles of 2004 Sassicaia wine
Queen Bey:
Juicy baked chicken, HEAVILY seasoned with fresh garlic, season salt, black pepper, and Cayenne pepper
Jennifer Lopez:
White flowers (preferably roses or lilies)
White lounges
White covers for the chairs
White candles
White food, such as fish and fruit
Kanye West:
Imported and recut Versace towels.
Any chauffeur who drives him must wear 100% cotton clothes, “no man-made fibres.”
This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post.