Van Halen is a big rock band. They were famous for doing pranks like throwing TVs from the windows of hotels in the 80's during their grory days. I hear that they demanded in their concerts contract that M＆M's chocolates without the brown ones had to be prepared backstage. If they saw even one brown chocolater backstage, they made a great fuss and smashed up their backstage. Were they overindulgent and arrogant ?
The answer is "No". They checked if there were any brown chocolates backstage when they first arrived there. And if there was even one brown chocolate, they demanded a full check of their stage requirements. They said, " If there is even one brown M＆M, then certainly there must be some technical glitches because no one read the contract. We almost could failed our show. " . They are really professional.
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To Eric
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Oh man. What will performers think of next? Before performing the role of Romeo in my high school drama club, I asked my parents for a loan to hire an entertainment lawyer. My intentions were to have a "backstage rider" written up. The demands included pizza for everyone after the performance.:))) That was a long time ago my friend. 1984 has come and passed. Hopefully, after going through a few lead singer battles, Van Halen has finally come of age. Good job tam. I enjoyed the sentiment of your writing.