Backstage booty for Beyonce

Even by a diva's standards, it was a list of backstage demands to behold. Details emerged today of an astonishing list of requirements from Beyoncé Knowles.

The former Destiny's Child singer issued it to organisers of last week's Pepsi launch in Leicester Square, which also featured Britney Spears and Pink.

Beyoncé demanded a VIP room with separate "vanity area", another dressing room and a recently sterilised bathroom with four new white towels. The dressing room, she insisted, must be "heated to 78 degrees". She also requested - and got - a mountain of food served to her dressing room "no earlier than 15-20 minutes prior to her arrival".

This included chicken legs, wings and breasts with specific instructions on seasoning; a large tray of turkey and vegetables and condiments including ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise and hot sauce; one case of Aquafina water (half cold, half room temperature) and one tea set-up (including a new coffee pot).

Most importantly, whether she wanted it or not, Beyoncé was provided with one case of Pepsi and one case of Diet Pepsi. A strongly worded note read: "Because of contractual agreements, Beyoncé can only have Pepsi products. There cannot be any competitor products anywhere she or her entourage may be photographed."