When she’s not giving a middle finger to middle America or “glamorizing terrorism,” M.I.A. is living the good life. A very good life, if the tour rider posted today on The Smoking Gun is any indication. While most of her ‘demands’ are hardly cause for a public outcry (there’s plenty more fodder for that), the onetime illegal immigrant has certain expectations – the cheese must be European, there must be a bottle of Absinthe handy, and female backup dancers must be prepared to endure a long set “grooving to the music” in “full covered burqas.”
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