![Wildest Backstage Tour Rider Requests: No. 7 Is a Stunner!](https://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/05/attachment-tour-rider-requests.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wildest Backstage Tour Rider Requests: No. 7 Is a Stunner!
If you're a country star trying to cultivate a certain image, your tour rider is a nemesis. Here are 11 of the strangest requests from hitmakers like Tim McGraw, Lainey Wilson, Hank Williams Jr. and more.
Beer and whiskey might be the most popular demands, but underwear of all varieties — and very specific brands — is a close second. No fewer than three artists expect clean white socks, T-shirts and boxers waiting on them.
The women are a bit more practical. In fact, just two women make this list of wildest tour rider requests, and one is included to show that not everyone expects to be dressed by strangers.
Several of the artists below request things that contradict their image. Maybe that's not too surprising — after all, this is what the Highwaymen asked for on tour in the '80s:
Who would have guessed this group would be chugging down decaf soda and melon balls?
Jelly Roll, Kid Rock, Dan + Shay and Taylor Swift circa 2008 are also featured. Most of these tour rider requests were gathered during interviews with Taste of Country Nights. For a few, we referred to the Smoking Gun, who were the OG curators of tour riders a decade ago.
Wildest Country Music Tour Rider Requests
Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes
Celebrity Mug Shots, the Best and the Worst
Gallery Credit: Wood
More From AM 950 KOEL
![Travis Kelce Is Taylor Swift’s Backup Dancer at London Eras Tour Concert: Watch](http://townsquare.media/site/252/files/2024/06/attachment-travis-kelce-performs-on-stage-the-eras-tour-taylor-swift-e1719179313461.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Jason Aldean Reacts to His Wife’s Gruesome Finger Injury [Exclusive]](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-she-was-just-like-Im-scared-Im-scared-my-pinky-is-dangling.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson Lead All-Star Toby Keith Tribute Concert Coming to NBC](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-toby-keith-tribute-concert.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Jason Aldean Remembers How Big & Rich Helped Launch His Career](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-Jason-Aldean-20-years.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Jelly Roll Adds New Dates + Opening Acts to His 2024 Tour](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-JellyRoll28.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![See Your Favorite Country Stars Rockin’ Their Sunglasses!](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-Matthew-Ramsey-Lainey-Wilson-Erich-Church-Luke-Bryan-Dierks-Bentley.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![WATCH: Jelly Roll Drops A HUGE Hint About His Next Album](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-JellyRollKimmel.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Post Malone’s 8 Best Classic Country Covers — No. 3 Is a Tear-Jerker!](http://townsquare.media/site/204/files/2024/06/attachment-Post-Malone-Country-Covers.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ick! Taylor Swift Coughs After Swallowing Bug Live on Stage: WATCH](http://townsquare.media/site/252/files/2024/06/attachment-Untitled-design15.jpg?w=980&q=75)