The most outrageous luxury hotel requests made by touring A-list celebrities


A room service won't cut it for these stars. Years on the road mean they know exactly what they like and aren't afraid to ask for it


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The life of a celebrity often means a lot of time spent on the road. So, when they reach their hotel home, it's understandable that the A-list stars want to make sure it's up to their standards of comfort – even if these do tend towards the pedantic or slightly odd.

Read on to find out some of the rumoured requests of your favourite artists, from a flock of sheep to a temperature set at exactly 71 degrees...

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Madonna is the ruling Queen of Pop and reportedly has the exacting standards to match

Madonna

As the Queen of Pop, it's not surprising Madonna has a few extra requests to make when she makes a temporary home on tour.

 According to 29 Secrets, the singer requested that her hotel room be emptied and filled with her own travelling furniture. Her eye for detail reportedly goes even further in her dressing room, requesting lilies and roses with 6-inch long stems.

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Kanye West reportedly requests a brand of speakers that were discontinued over a decade ago

Kanye West

Kanye West reportedly has several highly specific demands when he travels away from home, from the exact shape of flower vases to discontinued tech.

Hotel demands apparently include black towels, Kashi Go Lean cereal, discontinued Genelecs 1031a speakers and cylindrical vases only.

American singer Prince (1958-2016) performs onstage during the 1984 Purple Rain Tour on November 4, 1984, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. © Getty Images

We'd do anything for Prince but the artist reportedly had only humble, if odd, requests

Prince

No-one defined an extravagant pop persona like Prince. We're still humming 'Purple Rain' to this day and mourning the loss of the music legend.

Prince’s demands were highly specific to his environment. For his 2004 tour rider, the artist famously required that all items in his dressing room be covered in clear plastic wrap until he personally uncovered them. He also requested a physician on standby to administer B-12 injections, alongside Yogi cocoa tea and jasmine and lavender candles

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Geri Halliwell apparently didn't want to be a few steps away from a famous pop group

Geri Halliwell

Sometimes celebrity requests aren't about what's in the room, it's who's sharing your floor. Geri Halliwell reportedly knew exactly which neighbours she wanted to avoid and didn't hesitate to make that dream a reality.

Geri reportedly wished to book out a floor of the Hilton to avoid the members of Steps, who were performing on the same bill as the singer in 2001.

Portrait of Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali (1904  - 1989). He is wearing a pinstriped suit and his trademark mustache. © Getty Images

Salvador Dalí brought surrealist's touch to the St. Regis in New York, and tried to add to his accrued animal companions during his stay

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí is still one of the most well-known and internationally recognised surrealist artists in history, with particular thanks to his melting clock piece The Persistence of Memory. While others headed south for the winter, Salvador spent the colder months in New York. 

But the artist brought a strange group of guests along with him and his wife, including his pet ocelot Babou. He reportedly demanded additional animal companions be delivered, once ordering a horse to his suite and calling room service to order a flock of sheep.

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Nicole Kidman apparently prefers a 40-watt bulb to a 60-watt kind

Nicole Kidman

We've all been humbled by the bright lights of a changing room stall or slept under uncomfortably starched sheets. But Nicole Kidman has apparently decided to use her star power to avoid these inconveniences.

While planning to stay at the Four Seasons in Chicago, she reportedly sent over her own Italian sheets complete with an instruction manual for making the bed. She's also been known to ask her assistants to swap 60-watt bulbs for 40-watt, for a more flattering light.

Jay-Z looks on in the Paddock prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada© Getty Images

Jay-Z's requests range from reasonable parent to those fit for a star rapper

Jay -Z

Some of Jay-Z's requests point to his parental love, reportedly requesting that his hotel room be child-proofed while Blue Ivy was still young. 

But others apparently skew more towards megastar tastes, including a room temperature of 71 degrees, 3 $80 Mayan tuberose candles and a bottle of Ace of Spades champagne.

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