Imagine you had the power to write a shopping list with anything you want on it and people would just get it and bring it to you, no questions asked, no matter how utterly fucking ludicrous it is.
Well, that's what the stars get when they perform and it's called a rider.
I don't know about you, but I would go to town with mine: throne, jewel-encrusted sceptre, jacuzzi filled with champagne, beef and onion pie - the lot.
But not Ed Sheeran; his Glastonbury festival rider has reportedly just been leaked and there's not even the vaguest whiff of self-indulgence.
Yes, good old Ed has once again proved himself to be the humble, down-to-earth bloke we all know and love.
While many stars are well known for their outlandish requests, all our Ed was after was a few cans of pop and some honey. Not much to ask for, really, is it?
A bottle of Robinsons fruit squash, a six-pack of Coca-Cola. a six-pack of Diet Coke, a six-pack of Fanta Orange, a six-pack of Sprite, and a jar of Manuka honey - that's all he wanted. Considering he could have basically asked for anything, we'd say that displays a huge amount of modesty.
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Other stars aren't quite as easily pleased.
According to Complex, pop-rapper Drake's tour rider consists of the following: Four dozen natural-scented incense sticks, Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap, pork-free food, E-Z Wider rolling papers and a pack of Dutch Master President cigars, Pinot Grigio, Heineken, bottles of Jack Daniel's, Patron Silver tequila, a bottle of Hennesey or Courvoisier, Grey Goose, Andis T-Outliner trimmers, and extra sets of speakers.
Foo Fighters, on the other hand, ask that crew to "make arrangements for leftover food to be collected by a local soup kitchen, homeless shelter or our roadie that looks like Osama Bin Laden."
As far as ridiculous riders go, though, super diva Mariah Carey takes the crown. On her last tour she demanded 20 white kittens and 100 white doves. A source told the Daily Mail: "We did manage to source the doves that we were going to release into the sky, but the kittens proved terribly difficult."
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In the past, she's also reportedly asked for a Rolls-Royce, a pink carpet, pink podium, confetti shaped as butterflies and 80 security guards.
We shudder to think how much that lot would come to but the Daily Star rounded up the cost of Ed's simple rider and it came to a mere £57.31.
You can't really complain about that in comparison, can you?
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LADbible has contacted Ed's representatives for comment.
Words: Paddy Maddison
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