: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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In May, the former roadie for the band Smash Mouth moved into his own apartment.
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
That includes bar wait staff, roadies and audience members − and teens and adults who blast music through earbuds or headphones.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
In fact, this is their first roadie longer than five games since February 2022.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
Hart then took a moment to mention late members of the Dead, including Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, lyricist Robert Hunter, and longtime roadie, Ramrod (Laurence Shurtliff).
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
That includes bar wait staff, roadies and audience members − and teens and adults who blast music through earbuds or headphones.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
In fact, this is their first roadie longer than five games since February 2022.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
Hart then took a moment to mention late members of the Dead, including Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, lyricist Robert Hunter, and longtime roadie, Ramrod (Laurence Shurtliff).
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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