Sheryl Crow, The Queen Of Green (Singer’s 2010 rider demands recycled toilet paper.....)

The Smoking Gun ^ | AUGUST 11, 2010 | Staff

[Paleo Conservative]

AUGUST 11--Touring the United States and Europe this year, Sheryl Crow arrives at venues with an assortment of environmental demands certain to vex concert promoters, according to a review of the musician’s 2010 backstage rider.

The document, excerpted here, actually has a 2-1/2 page “environmental portion” to be “strictly followed and policed.” Seeking to “minimize the overall environmental impact of our tour,” Crow demands that only biodegradable cups and dinnerware be used by the caterer. Produce should be “organic and purchased from local suppliers as much as possible.” And for the five backstage “watering stations,” water “must be sourced from a local spring water vendor.”

According to Crow’s rider, her tour party travels between gigs in two 45-foot buses, while her equipment is packed into two tractor-trailers.

Crow, 48, also offers promoters “venue greening suggestions.” She wants “traditional light bulbs” swapped out for compact fluorescent bulbs in “all offices, dressing rooms and common areas.” “Eco-friendly cleaning and bathroom products” and “post-consumer recycled toilet paper and paper towel” should also be used. Crow’s rider also notes that, “We strongly encourage you to use renewable sources and/or to buy sustainable energy credits where possible. Many local utilities offer ‘green power’ as an option--please check with yours and opt in.”

The document also details how Crow’s backstage hospitality room is to be stocked. The singer needs an assortment of “biodegradable non-petroleum cups” and 24 “disposable napkins made of 100% recycled fiber.” Crow’s rider also lists a wide variety of drinks and snacks that she needs, including organic coconut water and two bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon (“Sheryl’s Favorite” is Stag’s Leap Artemis). Two “good quality, dark, organic chocolate bars” are described as “***VERY IMPORTANT***”

[Our copy of Crow’s 2010 rider has a number of items crossed out. It is unclear whether this indicates that the individual items had been obtained, or whether the promoter declined to supply them.]

As in a prior Crow rider, the current version includes her specific liquor schedule. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, she needs a small bottle of Ketel One vodka that will be mixed with a half-gallon of organic cranberry juice. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday, Crow requires a bottle of Patron tequila that will be mixed with a half-gallon of organic grapefruit juice. (6 pages)

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[Paleo Conservative]

Recycled toilet paper? Yuck!

[EyeGuy]

So Crow has decided to broaden her entertainment repertoire into knee-slapping comedy?

Do these pampered fools know how utterly ridiculous they are?

Why doesn’t she make her way from venue to venue on a gossamer, solar-powered sail-plane?

[Ackackadack]

What an annoying diva. Thanks for posting this. Not only will I never go near one of her shows, I will now turn the station whenever she comes on.

[This Just In]

Let her friggin’ tour travel on rickshaws, and her roadies peddle stationary bikes that general electricity.

Unless she’s performing in the middle of the day, the venues are burning up some high voltage. How much water are her audiences using while in the restrooms, or for drinking? Is she performing at solar or wind powered venues? Is she flying or sailing to Europe? How are those instruments manufactured? By machine? What about the materials for her instruments, speakers, soundboard, etc?

The Crow’s a croc....

[Rastus]

She also said you can get by on a single sheet. This is one stinky, stinky broad.

[TheCipher]

Seeking to “minimize the overall environmental impact of our tour,”

I know of a way that you could have zero environmental impact. Don't tour at all.

[ABQHispConservative]

Amazing that she earns enough to justify these ridiculous demands.

[hosepipe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=201pgTaEseQ

[Outlaw Woman]

Yuck is right..and just how is toilet paper recycled? This opens a whole field of questions like how do they obtain the used toilet tissue?; who has the job of collecting it?; where is the recycling performed?; etc etc

[SloopJohnB]

who has the job of collecting it?; where is the recycling performed?; etc etc

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I nominate Crow.

[swheats]

Is her shows growing or declining in numbers? Hard to believe she still has a following. The one sheet of toilet paper was crazy enough. She must pray to the goddess Gaia.

[BigCinBigD]

[Outlaw Woman]

Perfect

[Ktulu]

What a hero.

[OrangeHoof]

My grocer offer some of this recycled toiler paper (it’s a dingy brown color which makes me laugh at the idiot libs who buy into this) but I don’t believe it is recycled in the way you think.

It is recycled paper that is converted to toilet paper - not toilet paper that was reclaimed from the sewer system.

[Outlaw Woman]

LOL...yeah that’s an appropriate color ... It’s a better ‘tale’ if we just spread it around that it’s really recycled toilet paper not recycled paper :) which would be fitting for Ms Crow.

[WKUHilltopper]

She should just use her hand and save a tree...

[citizencon]

I don’t trust her hygiene...

[I still care]

She drinks alternates drinking vodka and tequila every day. That’s interesting.

She makes people use green garbage, yet she drives her crew around in two giant buses.

This is hypocrisy I hate. All these people demanding I cut down use ten times the energy I do. They have buses and planes and have huge homes (I wonder how big Sheryl Crow’s house is- does she live in 1000 square feet like a lot of regular folk do?) yet they lecture me on my light bulbs.

[OBXWanderer]

One Square Crow

running her mouth again?????

I found several of her CDs at a yard sale a few days ago....4 for a buck......love the smell of microwaved CDs in the morning....smells like...........victory....