Starry Tantrums: The Craziest Backstage Demands
Your arm-candy acting too pricey? You are still better off than the people who host these performers
Madonna: The singer during her world tour in 2012 had categorically instructed that the toilet seats in her dressing room should be replaced with a new one before she arrives for the show.
Lady Gaga: The weird dresser for her Monster Ball tour demanded that her dressing room should have a mannequin with "puffy pink pubic hair", and it should be decorated with silver satin walls, white leather couches, black satin drapes and posters of famous rock stars such as David Bowie, Queen and Elton John. She also wanted a lavender-themed backstage bathroom.
Steven Tyler: In his memoir in 2011, the American idol judge revealed that the producers made sure that any girl that Steven developed a liking for, was ready under his shower before he returned to the dressing room.
Rihanna: Ahead of her 2010 tour, she demanded a specific set of candles that cost $29 per piece, a six-foot couch, six floor lamps with dimmers, throw pillows and a rug in animal print. She also insisted on flowers (white tulips with no foliage) being arranged in small, clear and square vases. Also, in the list of her demands she mentions,"BATHROOMS MUST BE SPOTLESS. PLEASE DEEP CLEAN TOILET & SHOWER ONE"
Beyonce: She wants her dressing room temperature to be just at 78 degrees, any cola beverage to be kept away from her surrounding because of contractual obligations with Pepsi.
Kanye West: His dressing room should have a barber's chair, shower shoes and a lot alcohol.
Eminem: Though he is known to be low on maintenance, he insists on 25 pound dumbbells.
Jennifer Lopez: Her trailer had to be a atleast 40ft in length, with two doors, a hair sink, a separate make-up area, TV, DVD and stereo.Also, her dressing room has to have everything in white.
Mick Jagger: Lot of alcohol, a few illegal substances, a groupie or two, a satellite TV tuned to the cricket, comfortable chairs, soft carpeting and a ping pong table were a must on his list of demands.
Paul McCartney: The icon would never travel in stretch limousines. Nothing with animal traces could make it to his surrounding because he was against the use of leather and other animal products. Even fake animal prints weren't allowed. A dry cleaner on stand-by, a greenhouse-like dressing room with nineteen leafy 6' plants and four leafy 4' plants. His food, only vegetarian, could only be served on an 8' banqueting table covered in a white tablecloth and he needed 24 large bars of ivory coloured soap to wash his hands before that.
Robbie Williams: He once asked the show organisers to hang tiny oranges), a bonsai tree, four ashtrays, clean underwear and a framed photo of Bob Holness to be hung on the wall of his dressing room.
Amy Winehouse: She required her show organisers to arrange for two 'sober and all time competent butlers to carry a large bottle of vodka, a bottle of champagne, two bottles of red wine, a case of lager and a bottle of Courvoisier brandy, plus 40 Marlboro Lights and four lighters where she went.
Elton John: His room, the temperature of which had to be maintained at 60 degress in summer and 70 degrees in winters, had to have a 6' sofa, a love seat, an armchair and some easy chairs.
Christina Aguilera: A police escort to gigs, while water, hot beverages that don't fall below 175 degrees while being prepared, 50 food and drink items and vitamin C tablets in the shape of Flintstones characters were on her list of priorities.
Britney Spears: She once asked for McDonald's cheeseburgers without the buns.
From the June 2013 issue of FHM India.
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