BEACH BOYS Tour Contract

[drlandy]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/beachboys/beachboys1.html

....anyone seen this yet?

[Jonas]

Looks like its for the "Beach Boys Family and Friends" and not Mike Love's band...

(I was wondering why it wasnt stricter )

[Andrew G. Doe]

Um... does no-one actually read these things before posting links ?

Here's the first sentence - " Here's a Beach Boys bonanza, culled from three different tour riders."... and I severely doubt that M.E.L.E.C.O. would be organising tours for Alan's band.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Plus, you gotta know that Brian would never agree to a rider that prohibited fast food!

Although it's not surprising that there is a section called "munchies" 

[Jonas]

What is M.E.L.E.C.O?

and yes Andrew Doughboy, I did read the first lines...its a bummer they dont label which page comes from which rider but the last page read the 'Family and Friends' line so I quickly assumed (my mistake, I suppose) the majority was from that one. Considering a few Mike Love facts...

[Andrew G. Doe]

Michael

Edward

Love

Entertainment

COmpany

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I'll be damned. I never knew that!

[Jonas]

Learn something new everyday!

thanks AGD!

[Alex]

Why the hell do they have to be so picky with their rider?

[Jonas]

You should read some of the others on that site, compared to those the Beach Boys dont seem that bad at all!

[MBE]

It's funny Elvis only wanted towles and Pepsi.

[LostArt]

Was it Van Halen in their glory days that wanted M&Ms, but only brown M&Ms, so some poor schmuck had to sit and sort through bags of these things?  Or it might be a myth.  I have seen some band's riders that are just ridiculous.  These BBs/BBF&F riders are pretty tame, comparatively.

[shelter]

Why the hell do they have to be so picky with their rider?

Compared to other riders I've seen, there's really nothing outrageous about these ones. All demands are pretty reasonable. And I assume that after 46 years of touring, you know exactly what you want and what you should try to prevent...

[shelter]

Was it Van Halen in their glory days that wanted M&Ms, but only brown M&Ms, so some poor schmuck had to sit and sort through bags of these things?  Or it might be a myth.

No, that's not a myth. But they had a reason for demanding that... It was just a way of checking how accurately the shows were organized... If someone makes the effort of really sorting all these M&M's, it's safe to assume that everything else (sound, security etc.) is OK as well, right?

[Aegir]

Riders always give me something to aspire to. I'll know I've made it big if I can ask for something obscenely specific and receive it.

[shelter]

JENNIFER LOPEZ

Only a world-class diva would get banned from The Ivy (for booking and unbooking tables three times and demanding a "security sweep"), disrupt the organisation of an 11 September fundraising record (she needed a 45ft trailer with a CD player and video, plus a white dressing-room with white roses and white curtains) and clog the Sanderson hotel's foyer on her last visit to London (must have been those 66 suitcases). Nor was the BBC prepared for her 90 staff before her appearances on Parkinson and Top of the Pops (not to mention the 10 dressing rooms). On film sets, she is even more demanding: the National Enquirer reported last year that her bodyguard must remain within four feet of her and call her "No 1". She also insists on being driven in a black Mercedes by a male driver, and issues "strict orders to cast and crew that 'No 1' is never to be looked at or spoken to directly".

BRITNEY SPEARS

Britney refused to greet fans in Leicester Square last month at the premiere of her film, Crossroads, and during her Top of the Pops appearance in January she forced BBC executives to move their cars, apparently to give her a shorter walk. But it's her tour requirements that show Britney at her most demanding. She requires in her dressing room: "two six-foot couches, two easy chairs, a clean and odour-free carpeted or rugged floor, a large coffee table, two floor lamps and four cushioned folding chairs." She needs her own phone line, but woe betide the promoter if anyone calls in by mistake: "any incoming calls will result in a $5,000 fine". In case Britney gets the munchies, she requires two boxes of Pop Tarts, a box of Captain Crunch and Fruit Loops, and a "bowl of fresh tuna salad, with Hellmann's mayo, eggs, relish and albacore tuna only!"

MARIAH CAREY

Mariah required a litter of puppies and kittens on set for an MTV appearance, and arrived for a GMTV interview with her own sofa. And just in case she gets thirsty when she's touring, her backstage demands leave no room for confusion: "Please note that 16oz plastic bottles of Evian are the only acceptable bottles of water for the dressing rooms," her contract states. She also requires a tea service for eight ("must use Poland Springs water"), a Honey Bear pack of honey, a box of bendy straws and two air purifiers. Then there are the meals: "Lunch will commence approximately five hours after load-in and should continue for four hours." It must consist of hot soup ("tomato, black bean, minestrone"), assorted salads, as well as several hot and cold dishes ("deli sandwiches, including wafer-thin honey-roasted turkey breast, hamburgers, French fries, chicken pot pies, ribs, etc"). And here's a coincidence: Mariah's tuna "must be albacore solid white in water". What a lot Mariah and Britney have in common.

PUFF DADDY (P DIDDY)

J-Lo's former beau, Sean "Puff Daddy" Coombs, clearly learned a few tricks from his ex. He expects at least 204 towels and 20 bars of soap in the tour dressing room, and he tells his backstage caterers that "all food and ice must be inspected for hair, package, paper, etc, and all catering staff must wear hair nets". If you really want to make him angry, let him see a bottle of juice rather than a carton - for Puff is, it seems, a prima donna when it comes to beverages. Here is what he likes to drink backstage: "1 gallon of milk; 1 gallon of fresh squeezed orange juice; 1 gallon of apple juice; 12 cases of Tropicana Twisters; 12 cases of spring water; 2 bottles of Hennessy cognac; 1 bottle Alize; 1 bottle of Cristal champagne; 1 bottle of Dom Perignon." And all "iced down for 20 minutes prior to serving" in a large, plastic-lined dustbin.

ELTON JOHN

Elton's 12-page backstage rider specifies his every preference, from the dressing-room flowers ("NO chrysanthemums, lilies, carnations or daisies") to the buffet table ("absolutely NO cold cuts"). Unlike Puff Daddy, Elton requires just 74 towels, but these are not, of course, to be used by the drivers of his two limousines, his luggage van or his laundry cars (all washing to be back by 5pm, naturally). But there's one thing he really hates: "Elton John is not accustomed to [staff] wearing their passes once they have arrived backstage. Security is to be briefed [as] to who these people are."