[theshrike79]

And an additional note: The Van Halen show wasn't a few dudes with guitars and a set of drums going around in a van.

It was a massive display of pyrotechnics and staging - the requirements in the rider weren't there for fun, it was for actual safety.

[red_admiral]

Didn't they also specify something like a 20 ampere widget plugged into a 10 ampere cable or something? If no-one questioned that, they'd hire or bring their own electrician to check absolutely everything with a cable near it. (That might have been another band, it was a long time ago I read this.)

[guerrilla]

Are you young? I would think that is common knowledge. No offense, genuinely curious. Sounds like I must be getting old.