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Star Tribune: "Call to 'bestest friend' made Prince late"

From the Star Tribune:

Call to 'bestest friend' made Prince late
Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows on Saturday?

Last update: July 09, 2007 – 1:13 AM

Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows Saturday?
At noon, he had one of his people call guitarist Wendy Melvoin, formerly of Prince & the Revolution, and summon her from L.A. to play that afternoon in Minneapolis.

After leaving her 14-month-old son with grandma, Melvoin headed to the airport. She couldn't arrive in time for the 4 p.m. performance at Macy's (which actually started at 5:10). In fact, she landed in the Twin Cities at 9:15 p.m., 45 minutes after the Target Center show was scheduled to begin.

Melvoin had performed with Prince in the past two weeks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel so she was relatively up to speed. But when she got to Target Center, she received a surprise: "We're opening with 'Purple Rain,' " Prince said. "You're on."

It was grab your guitar and hit the stage at 10:05 p.m.

During the Target Center, Prince called Melvoin "my bestest friend in the world."

Is that true?

"Apparently," she said with a sarcastic shrug on Sunday night.

Melvoin will play at Prince's 21-concert run next month in London. For those, she'll bring her son and a nanny.


JON BREAM


http://www.startribune.co...91371.html
(story link originally posted by sharonzeke - thanks for the goodlookinout!)

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Reply #1 posted 07/09/07 7:21am

myloveis4ever

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Anxiety said:

From the Star Tribune:

Call to 'bestest friend' made Prince late
Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows on Saturday?

Last update: July 09, 2007 – 1:13 AM

Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows Saturday?
At noon, he had one of his people call guitarist Wendy Melvoin, formerly of Prince & the Revolution, and summon her from L.A. to play that afternoon in Minneapolis.

After leaving her 14-month-old son with grandma, Melvoin headed to the airport. She couldn't arrive in time for the 4 p.m. performance at Macy's (which actually started at 5:10). In fact, she landed in the Twin Cities at 9:15 p.m., 45 minutes after the Target Center show was scheduled to begin.

Melvoin had performed with Prince in the past two weeks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel so she was relatively up to speed. But when she got to Target Center, she received a surprise: "We're opening with 'Purple Rain,' " Prince said. "You're on."

It was grab your guitar and hit the stage at 10:05 p.m.

During the Target Center, Prince called Melvoin "my bestest friend in the world."

Is that true?

"Apparently," she said with a sarcastic shrug on Sunday night.

Melvoin will play at Prince's 21-concert run next month in London. For those, she'll bring her son and a nanny.


JON BREAM


http://www.startribune.co...91371.html
(story link originally posted by sharonzeke - thanks for the goodlookinout!)

thanks!smile and first

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Reply #2 posted 07/09/07 7:23am

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It has to be infuriating to be Prince's friend at times...

A little forethought Prince...

MJ was a brilliant singer/dancer...best of all time, however, that's all he was. Let's not compare him to Prince, best musician of all time, but rather, compare him to someone like Sammy Davis Jr (who I don't hear anyone calling a musical genius).
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Reply #3 posted 07/09/07 7:25am

Snap

would Prince do the same in return?? hmmm

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Reply #4 posted 07/09/07 7:27am

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Prince is such a big girl's blouse.

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Reply #5 posted 07/09/07 7:32am

iain

More importantly :

"Melvoin will play at Prince's 21-concert run next month in London"

Is this confirmed now - for all 21 shows?

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Reply #6 posted 07/09/07 7:41am

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Anxiety said:

From the Star Tribune:

Call to 'bestest friend' made Prince late
Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows on Saturday?

Last update: July 09, 2007 – 1:13 AM

Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows Saturday?
At noon, he had one of his people call guitarist Wendy Melvoin, formerly of Prince & the Revolution, and summon her from L.A. to play that afternoon in Minneapolis.

After leaving her 14-month-old son with grandma, Melvoin headed to the airport. She couldn't arrive in time for the 4 p.m. performance at Macy's (which actually started at 5:10). In fact, she landed in the Twin Cities at 9:15 p.m., 45 minutes after the Target Center show was scheduled to begin.

Melvoin had performed with Prince in the past two weeks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel so she was relatively up to speed. But when she got to Target Center, she received a surprise: "We're opening with 'Purple Rain,' " Prince said. "You're on."

It was grab your guitar and hit the stage at 10:05 p.m.

During the Target Center, Prince called Melvoin "my bestest friend in the world."

Is that true?

"Apparently," she said with a sarcastic shrug on Sunday night.

Melvoin will play at Prince's 21-concert run next month in London. For those, she'll bring her son and a nanny.


JON BREAM


http://www.startribune.co...91371.html
(story link originally posted by sharonzeke - thanks for the goodlookinout!)



Ok maybe I'm really late on this but since when does Wendy have a kid?

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Reply #7 posted 07/09/07 7:43am

Anxiety

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Anxiety said:

From the Star Tribune:



http://www.startribune.co...91371.html
(story link originally posted by sharonzeke - thanks for the goodlookinout!)



Ok maybe I'm really late on this but since when does Wendy have a kid?


i was kinda confuse about that too, but i'm not the biggest girlbros-o-phile in the world, so i just went with it. shrug

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Reply #8 posted 07/09/07 7:44am

pardonme4livin

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I wanted to know about the kid too.... confuse

As to short notices from Prince.....that has to be par for course with anyone who has played with him over the past twenty-years.....

Selective hearing is wonderful... 'cause sometimes the answer to your question is not what you wanted to hear...
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Reply #9 posted 07/09/07 8:13am

LollyPopLife

They adopted some time back.

I'm glad he's working with Wendy again... I would have liked to have seen The Time at this show though.

Was Wendy @ the First Ave aftershow as well???

Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.

*everybody needs a thrill*
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Reply #10 posted 07/09/07 8:17am

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Anxiety said:

Ifsixwuz9 said:




Ok maybe I'm really late on this but since when does Wendy have a kid?


i was kinda confuse about that too, but i'm not the biggest girlbros-o-phile in the world, so i just went with it. shrug



its been rumored that Lisa Cholodenko gave birth last year....

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Reply #11 posted 07/09/07 8:18am

BSK3478

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Was Wendy @ the First Ave aftershow as well???

i saw her standing alongside the stage with bobby z.

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Reply #12 posted 07/09/07 8:20am

SexyBeautifulO
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LollyPopLife said:

They adopted some time back.

I'm glad he's working with Wendy again... I would have liked to have seen The Time at this show though.

Was Wendy @ the First Ave aftershow as well???

Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


spit Wanna bet?

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Reply #13 posted 07/09/07 8:24am

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thumbs up!

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we're ONE but we're not the same, LOVE is the higher law
let me come over it's a beautiful day to play with you in the dark
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Reply #14 posted 07/09/07 8:31am

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madartista said:

thumbs up!


She opened the show. touched

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Reply #15 posted 07/09/07 8:33am

live4lust

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Prince would not do that for Wendy. lol

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Reply #16 posted 07/09/07 8:33am

Anxiety

LollyPopLife said:



Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


wait, what? lol

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Reply #17 posted 07/09/07 8:34am

live4lust

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Anxiety said:

LollyPopLife said:



Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


wait, what? lol


falloff falloff falloff

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Reply #18 posted 07/09/07 8:38am

Muse2NOPharaoh

Anxiety said:

LollyPopLife said:



Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


wait, what? lol

Was she talking about the prince of belair? eek

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Reply #19 posted 07/09/07 8:39am

Muse2NOPharaoh

Anxiety said:

LollyPopLife said:



Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


wait, what? lol

The only reason i knew you guys would probably be ok for the macys gig was because he always runs late....

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Reply #20 posted 07/09/07 8:41am

Muse2NOPharaoh

CarrieMpls said:

madartista said:

thumbs up!


She opened the show. touched

woot!

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Reply #21 posted 07/09/07 9:05am

CalhounSq

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SexyBeautifulOne said:

LollyPopLife said:

They adopted some time back.

I'm glad he's working with Wendy again... I would have liked to have seen The Time at this show though.

Was Wendy @ the First Ave aftershow as well???

Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


spit Wanna bet?

falloff falloff I don't think I've EVER seen him be on time & I've been to 20+ shows!! lol

eek falloff

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Reply #22 posted 07/09/07 9:12am

BSK3478

Anxiety said:

LollyPopLife said:



Also, Prince is almost never late to a gig... so Bream and everybody else should cut the man a little slack.


wait, what? lol

i don't think we know the same prince, because the brotha i know has NEVER done a show on time. falloff

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Reply #23 posted 07/09/07 10:04am

jn2

During the Target Center, Prince called Melvoin "my bestest friend in the world."
hmmm I thought it was Larry.

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Reply #24 posted 07/09/07 10:28am

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I'm really glad they are playing together again. I think she brings out something special in Prince cuz he obviously feels comfortable around her and has a tight bond with her.

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Reply #25 posted 07/09/07 10:41am

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Prince is ALWAYS late. I have been to over 50 shows and it starts "FASHIONABLY LATE" all the time. Me and wife went to Paisley Park for the filming of "Raveun2theyear2000" for New Years Eve. (Which by the way wasn't nowhere near December 31, 1999, we just had to pretend!). Any way, the show was supposed to start at 8:30 I believe and at 10:00 we were still standing outside the gates of the property freezing our ***** off in 25 degree weather.

After we were finally let inside the show started around 11:45 p.m. and then he got 2 or 3 songs into the show and got pissed off because he almost slipped and busted his ass. So they started all over again from the top (with a rug on the stage) almost 45 minutes later. The show started at 12:15 or 12:30 a.m.

But no he is NEVER LATE.

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Reply #26 posted 07/09/07 12:03pm

thedoorkeeper

Saw Prince on Musicolgy Tour in Phoenix &
he was late getting started (supposedly because of an interview with Entertainment Weekly) so he had to cut the show short
which meant no accoustic set.
GRRRRR mad

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Reply #27 posted 07/09/07 12:19pm

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Is that true?

"Apparently," she said with a sarcastic shrug on Sunday night.



Ha. Something tells me they don't even talk, let alone are they best friends. He didn't even call her himself.

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Reply #28 posted 07/09/07 12:25pm

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I totally knew it!!!!! I knew if I missed the shows that one or both of the girls would be playing with him!!!!! SON OF A .....!!!!! mad It's my own fault really for taking a vacation. Never mind it was my first one in more than 5 years!!! But still sad CURSES!!!

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Reply #29 posted 07/09/07 12:26pm

KoolEaze

sosgemini said:

Anxiety said:



i was kinda confuse about that too, but i'm not the biggest girlbros-o-phile in the world, so i just went with it. shrug



its been rumored that Lisa Cholodenko gave birth last year....


Is that Lisa Coleman´s new name ? Did she get married ? I thought she was with Wendy Melvoin ? Could it be that the child is the child of Wendy and Lisa ?
You´re the Wendy and Lisa expert here on the org, so maybe you have a little bit more inside info ?
[Edited 7/9/07 12:27pm]

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