van halen's 1982 tour rider is not interesting for the "no brown m&m" stipulation

[datasuspect]

nay, it boggles the mind that they request more schlitz malt liquor than budweiser.

[JVS]

1. link?

[datasuspect]

3. here

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1211081vanhalen1.html

[gmoney]

2. someone had a theory about the brown m&m thing...

Being, if VH got to the dressing room of the venue, and there were no brown M&Ms, it was pretty safe to think most of the important stuff in the rider would be taken care of, too. Like sound equipment, etc.

[CreekDog]

4. Aretha Franklin had the M&M clause in her contracts

apparently each contract stipulated that there was to be a jar of beige M&M's as she entered her hotel. if not, she walked.

the point was to assure that the contract was read and fulfilled.

seems like a damned good idea.

nobody reads anything anymore. hell, most of you read three words of my subject line and stopped (if you were me). :evilgrin:

[Iggo]

5. Aretha Franklin had...um, hey, yer right! (n/t)

B-)

[CreekDog]

6. why must you mock me?????????

:rofl: