anon said:

I'll be there at 5am.

This was posted by Purplebomb over at HQ and I think it'll be helpful for those who are here in NYC for the concert.

FOR ALL THE TOURISTS AND NEW RESIDENTS HEADING TO MANHATTAN FOR THE CONCERT

If your are taking the subway to the Park, these are the trains that will take you DIRECTLY to Bryant Park:



Here's some information you need to know.

1. If you are coming to the park to camp out after midnight, these are the lines that will still be running all night: The D,F and 7 Trains. All trains run every 20 mins after midnight and run at that schedule till 5-6am. The B and V trains resume service at 6am.

2. If you are not by these lines or you don't want to do any switching, you can take these trains to Times Square which will be 1-3 blocks away from the park:
1,2,3,A,C,E,N,Q,R,W
If you are by these lines, they will all connect with the B,D,F,V and 7 but if you want to walk, here's another option for you

3 If you are staying by the 4,5 and 6 lines then you can take anyone of those trains to Grand Central and transfer to the 7 train headed to Times Square, it's last stop. Take it one stop to 5th Ave-Bryant Park and walk through the walkway to the B,D,F, and V and get out of the station at 42nd and 6th Ave.

4. For safety reasons, ride in the middle of the train in the conductor's car which is usually the 5th or 6th subway car.

Here is a link to MTA NYC Transit's website:

www.mta.info
[Edited 6/13/06 20:21pm]

thanx for that purplecam
I'll be coming in from GCT ...I looked at the map, it looks like I can just walk from GCT to bryant park. Is this true? any info would really help, thanx

Shorty said:

Yes, you can easily walk from Grand Central. It will be about 3 or 4 blocks depending on which side you exit GC from.

jone70 said:

thank you! I want to leave out of the "main" entrance/exit...right?

Shorty said:

Ummm...I think there are 4 main entrances one on each side....
Try to go out the VAnderbilt/42nd Street. Then you will walk (west) along 42nd Street to Madison, Fifth Avenue, then Sixth Avenue. THe blocks are kinda long, esp b/t Fifth & Sixth Aves.

The NY Public Library (with the famous lion statues) can be seen from the corner of Fifth & 42nd and Bryant Park is on the back side of that.

Has ANYBODY ever played extra songs after 9AM for GMA ? like the TODAY show tapings?


otherwise, not likely youll see anything thats not on tv...

origmnd said:

I don't know...by the sounds of the GMA VIP TIX e-mail all people including GMA VIP's will be escorted out by 9:00 am. bummer..I hope that's just fromality and not concrete...BUT even if true, I don't think it's accurate to say it's not likely you won't see anything that's not on TV...There's a sound check that's not on TV and there are commercial breaks for TV viewers. I'm hoping for the best.

Hi does anyone know if they ll be showing 2morras free prince concert in the uk ? I ve got satelite / sky tv but don t know where to look
cheers x

origmnd said:

Maybe the soundcheck beforehand?

jone70 said:

it depends on his mood probably. in 96 he wasnt at soundcheck, in 98 he was

A related note: When Springsteen released his "post 9/11" album (of which I forget the name) he actually came out with his guitar *before* the 8:30 concert and did a few songs.

I can't see Prince doing that, though.

briant said:

what time does the show start?

lilgish said:

7 a.m.

I'm in a jam here. I'm here in NJ and the buses don't run till about 5, but i want to be at the park at 5. No im not walking from Bergen County to Bryants park, my parents dont want to get up at 4 in the morning..What's a teen prince fan to do?

HEY! I'll Be there... U guys want to meet up in a particular area????

hmmm... i can see Sheila's percussion kit on stage with the webcam.

So it's gonna be really special, you lucky ny fans...

Off the chain!

I only saw "On The Boat" (which I knew he would do), and "Let's Go Crazy", at the end. I missed whatever was inbetween that, but I recorded it.

"On The Boat" was a little rough, but man, he tore it up on "Let's Go Crazy".

He looked damn good. This new hair style is kickin'. He's lookin' Sign O The Times Funky now.

Peace.

G.

Giovanni777 said:

The song inbetween was Tamar's "Red Head Stepchild".

Prince is the ONLY guy I know that could pull off a pink suit.

Cool.

How was it?

I still haven't heard this song.

G.

The sound wasn't so good. The mics were really low. I was kind of close to the stage near the spotlight on the left. I wonder if anyone on the grass further back heard anything at all.

"Get On The Boat" was really rough... Prince's mic was low, his guitar was 2. The band seemed 2 stiff.

I thought "Let's Go Crazy" rocked though.

I'll have 2 watch the whole thing later, when I get home.

Cool that U were there.

The crowd was amped.

Who was in the band?

(man, I didn't even think about DVR'ing this - I just woke up and got ready for work like usual...)

booyah said:

I'm not really familiar with his band these days. The only person I recognized was Maceo. And Sheila of course.

Sigh...it's sorta sad how little I ever want to hear Prince play Let's Go Crazy again.....if Wendy&Lisa, maybe Bobby Z and the Finkster are on board, then pull it out - FULL version, please. Otherwise, don't you have a couple other tunes you feel proud of, Prince?

theblueangel said:

If the show wasn't broadcast on TV then I think he would have done a different song.

sextonseven said:

That is Tamar's band.

Graycap23 said:

That's probably why I didn't recognize any of them.