Hell has frozen over and Van Halen are reuniting with David Lee Roth for a world tour and their first album with Diamond Dave since 1984's 1984.
When Van Halen gets to their venue, they'll expect a bowl of M&Ms waiting for them WITHOUT any brown M&Ms in there.
In the world of rock n roll, artists make some bizarre requests on their riders.
That "wont go away Madonna" demands brand a new toilet seat at every concert she plays...probably a wise thing for everyone involved HA.
Van Halen claims they included the special M&M request as a way to verify if promoters were actually reading the contract all the way through.
Years later, The Rolling Stones actually demanded all of the brown ones that Van Halen never ate.
I am convinced this is what Parker does to me when she sneaks in posts about Madonna.
Parker is making sure I am reading the blog all the way through.
IMO, the strangest request comes from Lady Gaga's father - Marilyn Manson.
The Antichrist Superstar requests an oxygen tank with regulator and mask, lots and lots of air conditioning blueprints of the venue, personal information for the security people, bags of Haribo gummi bears, Jolly Ranchers, veggies, milk, yogurt, absinthe, Manwich mix, and a bald toothless hooker.
A bald tootless hooker - seriously - and something tells me that this request may not be in effort of verifying if promoters read the contract.
Naturally, with my pop culture ADD, these lyrics: "I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag" sprang in my head.
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