There are always local businesses who will cut a local celebrity a break on something, probably thinking that they will get some free PR out of it, with the DJ raving about how great the place is on their next show. In reality, that would violate a lot of rules in the radio biz. The local business would have to compensate the radio station for their air time, not give the DJ a free $10 admission.
So, no. But that never stopped some of the larger egos from trying to cash in.
Iirc it doesn’t prevent them from BASHING the place though, so it becomes a sort of “protection” payment even if they can’t legally get a positive ad for it.
Also frowned upon by radio management, and a great way to discover new career opportunities. 
On a related note, my second favorite story in Rush singer/bassist Geddy Lee’s recent autobiography was the one where they hired a photographer who was openly gay, and at some time in the late 1980s, they were on tour and at a stop in San Francisco, the photographer took Geddy to a favorite bar of his. The bouncer recognized him, and said, “You do know this is a GAY bar, don’t you?”
My favorite? Geddy’s 8-year-old grandson realized that Grandpa really was famous when he found out about this asteroid.
I don’t get the bar story.
Maybe the bouncer thought that Lee might not want to be seen in a gay bar. IDK. Further explanation would be helpful.
I’m thinking famous bands tend to have lots of female groupies, wild parties, etc… The bouncer may have thought Geddy was in the wrong place for ‘chicks’.
He’s used to it. Rush concerts were the wrong place for chicks.
This “chick” saw Rush 4 times.
The point is that the bouncer knew who Geddy was, and that he was not gay and might feel out of place there, especially in that era.
I wonder how much this is a stereotype vs. reality. I love Rush!
Has any policeman in real life ever yelled “Stop, in the name of The Law!” at a fleeing suspect?
“Excuse me, Mr. Lee… I’m not sure you want to be in a bar where all the ladies have deeper voices than you do.”
“Oh, I’m [8va] uuuuuuused to iiiiiit…”
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[8va] = up an octave
If you like a marginal bass player who can’t sing but can only screech, this is the band for you.
Or had some say “follow that car!”
I’ve never actually said “Follow that car” but was in the car when a co-worker did. (We were in New Orleans at a convention, on our way to an exhibitor-only event, but the only person who knew the destination was in the other taxi.)
And no idea if anyone has offered this but how about escaping a stuck elevator via the trapdoor in the ceiling. First of all, I’m told that elevators don’t have trapdoors (and I’ve looked but never seen one) and second, how would you reach it, without a ladder? Perhaps if someone else hoisted you up, but even then, what would you do on the roof of an elevator cab?
Maybe get to the upper floor and open the door somehow?
Modern elevators have an emergency access hatch in the ceiling, but it may not be visible from inside the cab, and it’s usually locked from the outside. (As we all learned from Archer, the hatch isn’t there to let people inside get out - it’s to let people outside get in.)
Yeah I believe they started locking them when people started elevator surfing with them in the 80s
I saw them multiple times, several times with women. I received reports that the lines for the woman’s restroom were very short.
Like in that episode of Mission: Impossible where Barney synchronized two elevators to set up a Mob boss they wanted whacked?