10 Absolutely Insane Rider Requests By Spoilt Musicians
4. A Mock-Up Living Room - Madonna
Madonna has been touring and making music for over 40 years and has gone down as one of the greatest pop stars of all time. Throughout that time, she has made headlines in a variety of different ways from her wardrobe malfunction at the 1984 MTV music video awards to awkwardly calling herself Jay Z and Beyonce's master in 2019. Considering the headlines and controversy that has followed her throughout her career, is it any wonder that her rider requests have turned a few heads over the years?
Being the multi-platinum selling artist that she is, it's well within your rights to expect nothing but the finest when it comes to her backstage requirements and you are absolutely correct. Madonna allegedly requires a brand new toilet seat at every venue, white or light pink flowers to be cut at six inches and, in her 2012 MDNA tour, she requested the backstage area be turned into a mock-up of her living room, much like the Alan Partridge Christmas Special (although she didn't say that).
Good for you, Madonna. If you want to lounge around in your tracky bottoms and dressing gown in your fake living room after a gig, you go, girl.