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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[rawcatslyentist]

Sheryl Stinkfinger Crow.

[PLMerite]

“She also said you can get by on a single sheet.”

It’d have to be a really big sheet....

[PLMerite]

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

Although that way the comedic potential is almost limitless.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I wouldn’t recognize Cheryl Crow. Is she a singer? Is she Larry Bird’s cousin?

[jla]

I believe the TP is recycled from paper products not previously used as TP.

Crow drinks too much. Shows on her face.

[Outlaw Woman]

It’s a shame. Sounds like she hits the hard stuff ...(so much for a beer buzz). When she first came out I got one of her CD’s and it really was very good. But since she went libtard I can’t stand the hag.

[17th Miss Regt]

She also said you can get by on a single sheet.

She's not the queen of green. She's the clown of brown.

[DemforBush]

I’m amazed Crow is still a big enough draw to be able to make these sorts of demands. I’d kind of figured she was headed towards the county fair circuit.

[mrs. a]

It would appear the girlfriend is a little too fixated on the mechanics surrounding a certain bodily pocess...

[panaxanax]

I’ll start sending her ours if I could get her home address.

She’s an over-rated idiot.

[george123]

Her venue also travels in two 45-foot buses and 2 semi’s. Maybe they need to walk and pull carts.

[red tie]

The promoter should have replied: Bring your own crap and let us know if you’re bringing your has-been ass to our event. I’m sure we can hire another warm up act anywhere.

[red tie]

Two semis for equipment? I thought she plays a folk guitar.

[GnL]

Aw jeez, not this sheet again.

[Will88]

No matter how bizarre, her personal efforts will amount to almost nothing since she’s just one person in venues that will be occupied by several thousand. So maybe she should demand that all audience members arrive in electric cars, and that only once sheet of toilet paper be allowed per person visiting the rest rooms, and other similar requirements to be followed by all audience members.

[GnuHere]

Yeah, I think she needs to take a hike. Of course, that would cut down on her concert dates and $$$ and put 4 drivers out of a job. Hypocritical witch.

[drpix]

Another "star" in the media's crusade to remake American culture! Here's her prior pontification on the subject of toilet paper:

"One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit.." When presenting this idea to my younger brother, who's judgment I trust implicitly, he proposed taking it one step further. I believe his quote was, "how bout just washing the one square out.""

newsbusters.com

Her fecal fixation does fit well with the culture she would have all Americans accept.

[mike-zed]

Agreed. I was more shocked by the fact that there are enough people to support her tour than by her pretentious demands.

[DrC]

“how bout just washing the one square out.””

She can’t deny that reusable toilet paper would be more “green” than using even one square. Even better would be quick-drying underwear that could be used as TP, washed out, quick-dried and worn for a continuous month before being “recycled” into a new pair. If it also could be designed as a dual-purpose face-wipe, all the better. I can’t see how Sheryl could possibly raise any objections to this super-green idea.

[drpix]

She could also save paper by doing only free concerts - that don’t require tickets of any kind.