[relictele]

Van Halen had a note that no brown M&Ms could be backstage.

You may know this already but the no-brown clause was inserted to test the attention to detail by each venue manager/promoter - if they couldn't handle the M&M provision then the band didn't trust them to comply with requirements relative to the stage setup. The rigs/risers were very heavy and they feared accidents.

[angcat]

I had no idea! I figured it was something sexual.

[Tamar1973]

That’s why these bands/singers make these nit-picky requests. They want to make sure that the venue/promoters actually read the contract. They just have to one-up each other as well.

[real saxophonist]

Saw Van Halen in Augusta GA on their '1984' tour. When they started to play 'Jump', a cord to the synthesizer came loose, and Eddie told Alex and Mike to vamp while he climbed down through those risers and reconnected the cord.

I've had a couple of gigs where we, the local pickups, were offered the 'pleasure of the table'. Sometimes there's some unusual stuff. 8~)