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Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Prince is playing 6 shows in the Carolinas this month on his current "Welcome 2 America" tour, and I've got tickets to the show in Greensboro, NC. Anyone been to any of the earlier shows in NY or CA?
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

I felt ridiculous enough to get VIP tickets for the Charlotte show. I never thought he'd come through this way...
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the $500 ones??? I love me some Prince, but that's waaay to steep for me. I've seen him 4 times before..(Charlotte 3 times...Columbia once)...so the $50 seats were good for me this time.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

No, the second-tier VIP ones. $324, I think? Considering that the closest not-VIP seats were $199, I figured...eh, if I'm gonna spend that much, I might as well go all (well, most) of the way. This'll be my first time seeing him live and, honestly, my first show I'm going to of my own volition in a venue larger than a theater.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Recent setlists:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/prince-13d6b9ed.html

Those are pretty awesome. Are his shows still heavy on the medleys and truncated versions of the songs?
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Adam, you should have a blast. I saw him in '88 at the Charlotte Coliseum on the Lovesexy tour, then same arena a few years later on the Emancipation tour, then Independence arena for the Hit N Run tour. Last time was the Musicology show in Columbia in...'04?
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I saw him on 12/29 at Madison Square Garden. I had never seen him before so I can't compare to previous tours but it was easily one of the best shows I've been to - he made the arena feel like a tiny club, like he was playing just for me and thousands of my closest friends.

The set list was also just about perfect - some would say a bit too nostalgic with nothing later than 1991's "Cream" - but I certainly found nothing to complain about.

A friend of mine saw one of the New Jersey shows and had similar to say.

If you've got the chance, go.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Inflation? I saw the Purple Rain tour with opening guest Sheila E. and tickets were $35.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Did this come through CA? I can't believe I missed it.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Did this come through CA?
Oakland, but that's it.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

I got tickets to a show on the Purple Rain tour on my 15th birthday. He cancelled.

I got 20th row seats on the Lovesexy tour. He cancelled.

I vowed never to buy tickets to one of his shows again. But then a friend of mine who knew my plight bought me a ticket to the Musicology tour and it was glorious. Opening band was Morris Day & The Time. None of this has anything to do with the current tour.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

I was in the sixth row at the Musicology show at the RBC Center in April 2004 and it still ranks as the best concert I have ever been to. The tickets were $75.00. I brought up floor seats for the March 23rd RBC Center show and they were $226
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Top Tix for the Greensboro show "VIP" package is $500. For that $$ I want to hand him a set list.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

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Inflation? I saw the Purple Rain tour with opening guest Sheila E. and tickets were $35.

Same here.
Saw him in 1984 at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, NY.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

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Inflation? I saw the Purple Rain tour with opening guest Sheila E. and tickets were $35.
That was actually rather pricey for 1984. Most concerts back then were in the $10 - $20 range.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

He's announced a 21 night stint at the LA Forum, but only three dates are going on sale this morning. Interestingly, almost all of the tickets are $25, except the VIP ones. For Prince, I might have to splurge and go VIP.
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Originally Posted by big whoppa
Inflation? I saw the Purple Rain tour with opening guest Sheila E. and tickets were $35.
saw metallica and GnR on their stadium tour in 1992 and paid $50 a ticket
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

I'm down for one of the LA shows. Any guesses how it will be done. Thur, Fri, Sat for 7 weeks?
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Well, it's Prince, so I splurged and got a VIP ticket. There was a higher tier of VIP where you sat at tables by the stage, but those were $700 and could only be purchased in pairs. Still, this is incredibly close and it's this Thursday, so fuck yeah.

Mabuse, the only tickets that went on sale so far were for this Thursday, next Thursday, and next Friday. I assume he'd do some Saturday night shows as well.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

I saw him in '04... as a longtime fan I was disappointed. He played a lot of his new stuff and the older tracks were mixed up as one giant song. It was still cool as hell to see a legend (IMO) live. I hope he makes his way back to Motown soon.
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Well, this was his setlist from March 30th: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/prince...-3bd24ca0.html

Seems like he's going more classic this time around.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Is it possible any of these shows might be released on DVD?
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

So is this a CA only "tour"? Nothing on Ticketmaster indicates that he's coming to the Midwest or East Coast.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

Originally Posted by Rob V
So is this a CA only "tour"? Nothing on Ticketmaster indicates that he's coming to the Midwest or East Coast.
He just finished playing a round of shows in the Southeast, and he was in NY/NJ a few months ago.

The other thing is that Prince hasn't been giving any lead time on his most recent shows...they've been announced the week of or the week prior. If he's gonna play anywhere else, you're probably not going to have much of a heads-up.
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Re: Anyone seen Prince on his latest tour?

BTW, as the OP I guess I should pop back in to say that the Greensboro show was epic! Of the 5 times I've seen him, it was probably the second best, bested only by Lovesexy tour back in '88. Pretty full house, despite the ticket prices. I almost went to the Greeneville SC show, but just couldnt get the time off from work.

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