Hard-Boiled Egg Alert!

Chart-topping Rihanna's backstage demands highlight new rider adds

NOVEMBER 7--We've just posted new concert riders for Bjork, Rage Against the Machine, Daughtry, Taylor Swift, M.I.A., Vanessa Hudgens, and Rihanna, whose various tour demands are excerpted below. The chart-topping pop star (real name: Robyn Fenty) requires a "5 star premium" hotel, two Trish McEvoy candles ("Light and fruity glass incased!"), "good quality" tortilla chips, and "fire hot" crunchy Cheez Doodles. Her dressing room must also be outfitted with a "professional make up mirror." And in case promoters were unfamiliar with such devices, Rihanna helpfully includes a color photo for comparison purposes. The 2008 tour rider also notes (warns?) that Rihanna may also ask for hard-boiled eggs at any point before a show. With regard to security, the document reports that concertgoers are barred from bringing political banners into a venue. Also, a "Crowd profile" makes it seem that the Rihanna audience is rather lethargic. Grading on a scale of one (quiet) to 10 (chaotic), the singer's followers are judged to be a two. Not surprisingly, the rider notes, there has been "No History of crowd disorder." (4 pages)

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