To: romanesq
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.
To: relictele
I had no idea! I figured it was something sexual.
39 posted on
04/23/2007 10:47:29 AM PDT by
angcat
("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
To: relictele
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.
44 posted on
04/23/2007 10:57:25 AM PDT by
Tamar1973
(Every Thread a BYJ Thread (http://www.byj.co.kr/))
To: relictele
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~)
60 posted on
04/23/2007 11:19:34 AM PDT by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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