Entertainment Weekly:

Prince, Prince, Prince: On the scene for his three-show night in L.A.

A minute-by-minute blow of the evening that was.


Sample ...

9:00 Returns to stage. Adjusts levels on "side fills" again.

9:01 "The Bird."

9:04 "Jungle Love." Ann Powers and your correspondent begin doing backup dancer routines at our seats.

9:06 "I like Hollywood," says Prince. "I just like Minneapolis a little bit better." Begins "Glamorous Life," and suddenly Sheila E. is on stage singing it. She looks amazing.

9:09 "Thank you so much! Good night!" says Prince. "Sheila E.!" Curtain closes.

9:12 "That was Sheila f---ing E.," says one audience member as she files out.

9:14 We walk across plaza to next venue. There is a dance party happening outside.

9:22 Inside Conga Room, a tiny salsa club. White acoustic tiles on ceiling give it a geodesic dome vibe. DJ is playing "A Love Bizarre."

9:26 DJ is playing "Glamorous Life."

9:29 Announcement: "The best way to get kicked out of the Prince show is to take any kind of picture at all. You will be escorted out of the building."

9:33 Your correspondent orders a bourbon.

Hollywood Reporter

Bottom Line: The Royal One triumphs over technical problems to complete a challenging but rewarding musical triathlon.

In 1985, Prince released "Around the World in a Day." Nearly 25 years later, he launched his latest -- a three-CD set called "Lotusflow3r," available exclusively through Target and his Web site -- by going around L.A. Live in a night.

USA TODAY

Prince, fans go crazy in L.A. with back-to-back concerts

Churning out hits, covers, obscurities and new tunes, Prince thrilled audiences at three back-to-back concerts in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The electrifying sprint, which found the funk-rock legend dashing from the Nokia Theatre to the Conga Room to Club Nokia to perform with different bands, was staged to promote his new triple-disc bundle, LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND and Elixir (introducing protégée Bria Valente), available at Target and on his LotusFlow3r.com website.
Despite battling sound systems in each venue, Prince was animated and engaged, inviting fans onstage to sing and dance during the first show, packed with such crowd-pleasers as 1999, Controversy, Let's Go Crazy, Purple Rain and Kiss and capped by Sheila E's appearance for Glamorous Life.
[Edited 3/29/09 16:50pm]