: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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The guitarist kept gigging, earning extra money by working as a roadie for the Spencer Davis Group, the high-octane R&B outfit featuring a teenage Steve Winwood on keyboard and guitar.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
Price alone can’t decide who gets what, so other rules take over—rules like knowing a roadie who can get you behind the stage, or having an alumni vouch for you.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Like having a roadie in your gig bag, in fact.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
The then-unknown actress plays a quieter student who is first designated by Dewey as a roadie for the band.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
Price alone can’t decide who gets what, so other rules take over—rules like knowing a roadie who can get you behind the stage, or having an alumni vouch for you.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
Like having a roadie in your gig bag, in fact.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
The then-unknown actress plays a quieter student who is first designated by Dewey as a roadie for the band.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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