: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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Those were connected to a wire that ran back to the soundboard, where a roadie could trigger a phantom power supply, lighting both the bulb and the smoke bombs.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Jonathon Cooper, 10 days into a multi-national roadie and perched on the razor’s edge between a celebratory trans-Atlantic flight home and a silent one, was ready.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
In May, the former roadie for the band Smash Mouth moved into his own apartment.
—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
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Jonathon Cooper, 10 days into a multi-national roadie and perched on the razor’s edge between a celebratory trans-Atlantic flight home and a silent one, was ready.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
In May, the former roadie for the band Smash Mouth moved into his own apartment.
—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
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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