If you're hosting Pharrell Williams at your music venue this summer or fall, you'd best get a framed photo of Carl Sagan, stat. The "Freedom" singer's tour rider has made its way on to the Internet, and including typical things such as tequila, potato chips and bananas, the Voice coach also has a few oddities included in his demands, including an image of the famous astronomer and Pedialyte (which is typically intended for children).
The Smoking Gun got a hold of Pharrell's rider, which lists his demands before he takes to the stage in any given city. Most of the rider is standard affair: his crew is on the Atkins diet and requires "lean meats" and fresh vegetables, Pharrell himself wants SUPER COLD Coke, Sprite and ginger ale as well as grape jelly, raw almonds and gluten free bread and crackers.
However, there are a few oddities. For his dressing room, Pharrell demands a one framed picture of Carl Sagan (which is so important, it's listed twice), Pedialyte and one "bag of Goldfish," which is neither clarified as the crackers or the animals.
Pharrell's rider also insists that illuminated ads in any stadium venue are dimmed. In a sassy statement, the rider reads that, "We are not hawking pizza or the local ambulance chaser in your burg."
It also seems as though Pharrell has had bad experiences with parking attendants in the past. His rider wants to have "constant security presence" from load in to load out and that the attendant must be "well rested, sober" and "less concerned with texting or twittering than keeping fans/stalkers from infiltrating the venue."
