: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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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.
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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
The sale comes months after Vincent’s former KISS bandmate Gene Simmons made headlines for offering up the chance to be his personal assistant and band roadie for a day for $12,000.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
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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
The sale comes months after Vincent’s former KISS bandmate Gene Simmons made headlines for offering up the chance to be his personal assistant and band roadie for a day for $12,000.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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