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Springsteen's Rider: No Budweiser Allowed!
18 Feb
Summary
- Bruce Springsteen's rider explicitly banned Budweiser beer.
- The ban was part of a 37-page rider from March 2023.
- Springsteen prefers 'high quality beers,' according to his rider.
Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, during a March 2023 concert at North Carolina's Greensboro Coliseum, included a notable stipulation in their 37-page rider: no Budweiser beer. This specific exclusion, detailing a preference for "high quality beers," contrasts with the beer's prominent "Made of America" slogan.
The rider also mentioned other beverage preferences, such as Belvedere Vodka, Santa Monica Pinot Grigio, and various Bai 5 drinks. While the document contained other requests, like specific chicken soup and numerous love seats, the Budweiser ban gained attention.
This particular rider from 2023 predates Springsteen's subsequent decision to forgo alcohol altogether following a peptic ulcer diagnosis later that year. Despite past instances of drinking, including a DUI charge in 2000, he was never known as a heavy drinker.
Comparatively, Springsteen's rider is considered reasonable. Other artists, like Frank Sinatra and Eddie Van Halen, had more elaborate or quirky demands. Sinatra famously requested specific chicken salad sandwiches and limited diet sodas, while Van Halen used a no-brown-M&Ms clause as a safety check.
