Wow. Three thoughts:
1) His roadies are excellent: that much water and electricity all in one place and nothing visibly went wrong in this video (see: Van Halen brown M&M legendary contract clause)
2) No quit in that guy and
3) I hope he didn't get sick afterwards from something a vaccine would have prevented /S

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This dude is the friggin' Bob Ross of roadies!

That tone and countenance reminded me so much of him!

Once you know how the system works, it's really easy to get in secured areas. Found out about it when for once i wasn't in the crew but as regular audience member, just didn't even think about it and went backstage to toilet.. Remembered half way, hey, i didn't have a pass. I'm an ex-roadie and few years went by as never being on a festival or concert without a backstage pass, it just became a habit (i rarely carried my pass in open anyway as it snags easily when climbing or carrying..). But i did/do look like a roadie, only black t-shirt, black jeans and black everything in my wardrobe (ask any stagehand how can they find their cloths in the dark without a maglite, they'll give you "the look"...).

A lot of it is about your demeanor, you don't act. Acting is pretending and you are spotted mile away. You belong there, you have a job to do: no one asks any questions. If you try to act like you are crew, you will fail. Also, crew members are sober while everyone else is hammered in the audience, so... Hammered crew members will be asked for passes everytime they enter, unless the persons actually do know each other (note, not everyone with a working pass is at the moment working, i was mostly pre/post-show techie so my free-time was the concert..)

Finland, my previous profession for many years was touring as audio technician and a roadie so i've connected different electrical sockets in my time. Schuko is by far the best solution for general single phase 220V systems (multiphases in the world are far better standardized anyway and they are equally brilliant..).

Maybe she's just tired of being the lead singer AND roadie. I can imagine there was some mind-numbingly boring set up for this.

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The absolutely craziest roadie work I ever saw was at a concert for an Australian band called Johnnie Diesel and the Injectors. Great band, good songs, but the lead singer/guitarist played so hard that he would break a string every second song. Just off stage, his roadie was re-stringing his guitars like mad, and when a string would break, he would catch the roadie's eye, and throw the guitar off-stage. The roadie would throw a new guitar back, and he would keep on playing. I never saw so many guitar changes in my life.

Yep, and notice Stevie's little head nod just before the replacement guitar arrives, right on time (in the vocal break).

And afterwards, here's what we don't see (but is surely happening backstage) - the roadie rushing to restring and quickly tune-up Stevie's favorite guitar.

Actually, to practice road ride, you MUST ride in a group. There is a huge group etiquette and not to mention learning to pass, take over, draft, follow etc can only be learned by actually doing it.

Most road groups like that ride on long stretches away from town. It's not like it's the end of the world to pass them, safely mind you, by waiting a good 30 seconds.

But you're right, roadies are lame. Fat Tire for life!

BTW, should be noted that most cycling experts will attest that most cycle lanes are more dangerous than not having them. Between all the road debris and poor maintenance, it's sometimes the worst place for us to be.

Which means I should also point out, that cycle lanes does not mean we're required by ANY law to use them. They are basically a courtesy for slower solo riders. In Florida they tried passing a requirement law, and it hit a lot of walls due to liability issues. If a cyclist is in the bike lane and there's an obstacle, and they hit it and get hurt, the city/state is completely 100% liable for any injuries or deaths.

Just have to reveal, i was in Helsingin Juhlaviikot with Jori (Lumi Records "funeral").. That Björkenheim piece was awful, good idea but just horrible.. What a trip that was, i was suppose to be a roadie/techie, ended up eating tacos on stage, nobody had slept the night before and we stole Pan(a)sonics beers...

That was good, but the All American Roadie made it for me.

I've met a few heavyweight jazz musicians-Dizzy Gillespie, Marcus Roberts, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Mann, uhhh...Met B.B. KIng after a show (all these are in passing after shows) Partied with Ike Willis a couple times in different states (guitar player for Zappa for years)
Played 3 holes of golf onna photo shoot with Nolan Ryan when he pitched for the Astros.
Met a few rock stars, Met and spoke with Roger Daltrey when I was 11 years old atta Mall record shop in Dallas(1976 NA Tour, last with Kieth Moon) , my mom was standing in line to get her albums autographed, and then when it was her turn, she grabbed Daltrey by his head and hi-jacked him with a wet one, got a picture of that one...Daltrey looked overwhelmed and looked over at me and asked, "That your mum?!"

Most impressive star-saturation came Labor Day weekend, 1975 in Atoka Oklahoma atta 3-day outdoor concert event...camp out-I was 10, found a backstage pass onna chain, and wandered around backstage and on buses with a fuckload of country stars.
Waylon Jennings, Jerry Jeff Walker, can't remember em all, I was a little kid but i remember a lotta musicians tripping on me running around backstage-Some thought I was just a roadie's kid.
Met Jerry Lee Lewis backstage there....