TheSmokingGun.Com, a web site that specializes in posting scans of legal and other documents, recently discovered an oddity in the standard rider that Paul McCartney used during his 2002 tour. Specifically, the rider calls for venues to provide the singer and his entourage with “24 Large Bars of Ivory Soap.”
Ivory Soap is not only a Procter and Gamble product, but the major ingredient in the soap is animal fat mixed with vegetable oils. As The Smoking Gun puts it,
So, while Paul won’t sit on a leather couch, the Liverpudlian is apparently lathering with beef tallow.
Source:
Paul McCartney Tour Rider – 2002. The Smoking Gun, Accessed: December 15, 2002.