This day in music history.

September 27, 2003, A BBC program reports on backstage requirements by musicians. Limp Bizkit insist that all the lamps in their rooms be dimmable, Mariah Carey will only have bendy straws as she will not use straight ones. Van Halen insist that back-stage celery is trimmed and not peeled. The Red Hot Chili Peppers ask for a meditation room and a selection of aromatherapy candles. Barry Manilow requests that the air temperature be kept at 65 degrees. Snoop Dogg requests 50 packs of rolling papers and a whip, Eddy Vedder demands loaded shotguns to be placed every fifteen feet, U-2 asks for a photographer every fifteen feet, Aretha Franklin demands a roasted turkey every fifteen feet and Elton John demands someone kiss his ass every fifteen feet.