POOR Posh. She can’t do anything right.

This week Victoria Beckham has been lambasted for her outrageous rider.

Her backstage demands included – gasp – lots of chopped fresh fruit, green salad and balsamic vinegar.

Call that outrageous? Frankly it sounds like the contents of my Sainsbury’s shopping basket after a trip down the fruit aisle on a Monday when I’m embarking on yet another soon-to-be-broken health kick.

I don’t think her requests can be considered anything other than perfectly reasonable in a world where Mariah Carey asks for a special attendant to dispose of her used chewing gum, Barbara Streisand insists on rose petals in the toilet, and the law according to Van Halen states that brown M&Ms must be removed from the packet.

My favourite rider rumour was that Sir Elton John supposedly had a new toilet built for him when he played St Mary’s Stadium. Then he didn’t even use it.

Now that’s rock ’n’ roll.

I have first-hand experience of being backstage at the Isle of Wight Festival when the Rolling Stones turned up in their blacked-out chauffeur-driven motors – and promptly asked for shepherd’s pie with HP sauce and a game of snooker while watching the cricket on TV.

Now it’s full steam ahead for the big event of the summer next weekend, when Sir Paul McCartney is the massive draw at the Isle of Wight Festival 2010.

His previous riders are said to have included requests for lots of leafy 6ft plants and vegetarian catering.

That sounds pretty fair for a star of his stature.

But just a little bit of me is still hoping he’ll insist on a grand piano backstage, a giant swimming pool and maybe even a yellow submarine…