I never thought I'd be performing and in a position to have a 'rider' but I was paid to give a talk at a university. I asked for 250ml of heavy water as the only item in my rider, hoping the chemistry lab could make it. They just gave me a plastic bottle of water from Asda.
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However riders do come up quite a bit, and generally they're mostly shorthand from a venue asking about how you want the venue set up (mics, screens, seating arrangements etc.)