: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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Stanley drifted in and out of the band’s orbit; other engineers and roadies expanded on his original visions.
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John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
The show went well until, in the middle of set, a kid jumped onto the stage and told a roadie that someone in the audience was aiming a shotgun at Sly.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Anderson, a longtime music journalist and editor, draws on hundreds of interviews with band members, engineers, roadies, and crew to tell the story of how a group of idealistic audiophiles attempted, and briefly achieved, sonic perfection on a stadium scale.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025
More on culture One man spent more than $12,000 to be Gene Simmons’s roadie.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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John Hendrickson, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025
The show went well until, in the middle of set, a kid jumped onto the stage and told a roadie that someone in the audience was aiming a shotgun at Sly.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Anderson, a longtime music journalist and editor, draws on hundreds of interviews with band members, engineers, roadies, and crew to tell the story of how a group of idealistic audiophiles attempted, and briefly achieved, sonic perfection on a stadium scale.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025
More on culture One man spent more than $12,000 to be Gene Simmons’s roadie.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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