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To: Chickensoup
Back in the 1980s, the rock band Van Halen would write that provision into all their concert deals. The promoter had to ensure that a bowl of M&M candies was provided backstage — with all the brown ones removed.

It sounds nuts, but there was a method to their madness.

42 posted on 09/15/2023 10:53:22 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”)
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To: Alberta's Child

Trolling the venues and promoters to see if they were really reading and paying attention to the tour contract riders


44 posted on 09/15/2023 10:57:16 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: Alberta's Child

It was just a way to see if the venue had read the whole contract.

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51 posted on 09/15/2023 11:12:43 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Alberta's Child

They figured if that detail of the contract was followed, others would be as well.


64 posted on 09/15/2023 12:01:15 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: Alberta's Child

I remember there was someone who did this. Entitled


72 posted on 09/15/2023 1:31:22 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Alberta's Child
"Back in the 1980s, the rock band Van Halen would write that provision into all their concert deals. The promoter had to ensure that a bowl of M&M candies was provided backstage — with all the brown ones removed."

Actually, there was a reason for that. It was an immediate visual indication that all the requirements on their contract had been followed...... ie equipment needed was there, set us was as expected etc.

79 posted on 09/15/2023 3:43:24 PM PDT by Grammy (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Alberta's Child

“It sounds nuts, but there was a method to their madness.”

Indeed there was. A member of their crew was severely injured because a promoter didn’t follow the specific safety protocols in the contract. So they instituted the M&M rule to make sure promoters actually read the contract.

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90 posted on 09/15/2023 6:57:06 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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