incredibleD said:

Yes. And Denner, PAM, Lidl and Grandma Heidi


4 me 2!!


No, only 2many fans wich woult buy tickets! It was sold out in les than
2-3 Minutes....

WetDream said:

Good one WetDream
regards

wundi said:

No, only 2many fans wich woult buy tickets! It was sold out in les than
2-3 Minutes....[/quote]
But still, I'd like to reference Matthew 6:24:
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

xenophobia2002 said:

Not if it sells out. Look at the prices people pay for Sports (Tennis, Soccer etc) If people are willing to pay.. why charge less? If anyones mentally deranged it's the ones who's buying the tickets...

Whistler said:

true, that's why I don't plan to go ....

Whistler said:

It's a question of supply and demand.
He gradually appears to be grabbing the concept, although using it in perhaps not the most proper way.

incredibleD said:

Thanks

So this will not the only concert in Europe?

Seriously, why flying three bands over...for one night???

Juize09 said:

Where does it say so?


Because he can barely pay the airfare from the income of the concert tickets.

Shall we take these "news" as something really *SERIOUS* ? ...

I see a lot of people are taking the info for granted. Personally don't know the source of said info (a French fan web site, I heard?), but it wouldn't be the first time a concert announcement turns out to be fake ... or never reach the "official" status (even though there might have been negotiations and so on).

Said this, I really hope it all turns alright for those who really plan on making it there. But until something pops up @ lotusflow3r.com I'd take this with a BIG grain of salt.

^it will be announced on the first day of the festival...that way the other artists have a good exposure before...Prince being the legend he is will overshadow the others ...I guess.

Juize09 said:

You might be right here!

My guess is that it's still going on and will be officialy announced on July 4th - 14 days before the show, like last time in 2007!
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[Edited 6/24/09 10:13am]

Still no artist announced for the 18th

But what a great line-up they have this year: Chaka Khan, George Benson, Kool And The Gang, B.B. King, Ray Parker Jr, Grace Jones and Alice Cooper Jesus!
[Edited 6/24/09 10:19am]

Maceo Parker @ milano jazzin festival on the 6th of july...

oqdeange said:

I sincerely wish he has other plans besides Montreux, Lee Hogan, Mike Philipps and Greg Boyer are the best only addition I would like to hear is Eric Leeds, the master of cool...

It's surely a fake news, the price regarding the first show can be true, it's not the first time that we see price like this for an artist in Montreux, but regarding the two other location, it seems impossible,

The Jazz café was never used for a paid live show and I would be surprise that they change it, the location is great for an after show without seat (it's more a café than a concert hall), they programmed 2 or 3 years ago CHic(it was great) and it was free with a rap session from Kid Rock on Rappers Delight.

Regarding the piano session in the palace, forget it! to do an elevator music session for 40 person sipping cocktails it's maybe ok... but 250 person in it would be like a normal elevator filled with 40 person.

I do believe in the show in Montreux, but I believe that with their experiences in organizing some amazing show they will organize something of quality and respect for the public he will do is show(s) all in the stravinski hall cause it's the best one regarding audio quality, And we will surely have a gratis after show like in 2007 at 4am in the jazz caffe then see you there.

Anyway, if the price is 700. - Euro, you’d better take the pass for the two weeks for all the montreux festival which is at 1500. - Swiss francs (1000. - euro)

If it's no fake news they can change venues when they realise this...

Today is a decisive day whether it'll happen or not, apparently....
[Edited 6/26/09 3:43am]

Frank said:

Source?
You mean he has to decide to decide whether to join the contract discussion conference call or to go buy a new suit for Michael's last trip?

maybe olny 1 concert according to Montreux organister Claude Nobs.
Nothing has been signed yet :

"We spoke for some time about Prince to come at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 18 for three concerts the same evening. It should make just one in an original ambience

In 2007, Prince had caused a sensation at Montreux Jazz Festival.

According to fan sites, rumor had continued to swell last month. The organizers of the Montreux Jazz Festival had to be confirmed in discussions with the management of the Prince to host the July 18 after a surprise shift observed in 2007.

Interviewed today by Patrick Ferla's show "Almost nothing about almost everything," Claude Nobs explained the history of the negotiations still ongoing, "Prince asked me if he could come in Montreux this year to play three concerts a row with three bands in three different rooms. As I do not say no - I was even nicknamed 'Nothing is Impossible Claude Nobs' - I said we'll see. It began to look with all the staff and we saw that it was possible but for a sizable budget. And then it dragged. The first negotiations date in April. Then the contract has been sent. Prince said 'yes, but I do not want television. Then, 'yes but I want 35mm cameras', which is financially impossible, given that the budget of the Rolling Stones concert in New York filmed by Scorsese was 20 million dollars for a single concert while there he wanted three. I finally managed to convince him that the HD was sufficient. "

But as with a star is never safe from a change in the last minute, Prince changed his mind earlier this week. "He told me he wanted to do a single concert and another concept. He sent me a video of the Ellen DeGeneres show, where it is in an environment of a "cuisine de campagne" and he does his show there, "said Claude Nobs.

As for the skipper of the Montreux Jazz this poses no problem "making a cuisine de campagne in Montreux," a new budget and a new contract have been made and sent to Prince and his management.

Claude Nobs explained at the time of the interview waiting for a response for the weekend. But it was not counting the death of Michael Jackson who has greatly shaken the world and particularly the United States

Thanks to zannalee for translating

great, thanks for the info. Cuisine de campagne, hmm. Can we expect sheila and rhonda on a sofa

Is he a musician or a cook?
Is it about the music or the scenery?
Was this the man who once did the 'nude' concept?
He appears to have lost much of his grasp with the real world, the fans:
Why does he have to drag this on so late? We want to plan ahead, arrange stuff, etc, just like other people.

udo said:

Montreux staff were told it would be clear on friday if and how the planned concert would happen. They were told mainly for planning reasons (if the concert would take place as planned it would later/longer shifts for many).
As with any negotiation (and as Xeno's post above indicates) things have changed once again.. Joy...
[Edited 6/27/09 4:43am]

udo said:

Montreux staff were told it would be clear on friday if and how the planned concert would happen. They were told mainly for planning reasons (if the concert would take place as planned it would later/longer shifts for many).
As with any negotiation (and as Xeno's post above indicates) things have changed once again.. Joy...
Where's the bloody DELETE function?
[Edited 6/27/09 4:46am]

As it has already been posted on the org, Prince will be at the Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland in 2 weeks:

http://prince.org/msg/7/3...sg_6750182
from: http://www.drfunkenberry....-festival/

Plus more details about it:
http://prince.org/msg/7/3...sg_6750578
from: http://www.drfunkenberry....-montreux/

In a nutshell:
Prince Will Be Performing 2 Shows At The Montreux Jazz Festival

Playing with Prince at the legendary festival will be Rhonda Smith, Renato Neto, and John Blackwell.

Prince has rehearsed the 3 players: John Blackwell, Rhonda Smith and Renato Neto for 2 weeks now and taught them new and old material alike as well as a few covers.

Prince is using a smaller crew these days to allow space for the audience to properly hear his favorite players right now.

We are being told that Prince will, of course be featured on guitar throughout the concert but mainly this year his goal is to showcase his sometimes overlooked vocal abilities.

Prince feels he is improving as a vocalist and has taken the time to re-work arrangements to showcase his gift.

Some tunes will just feature Renato on piano and Prince on vocals.

Prince has also been listening alot to new jazz star Esperanza Spalding.
In addition to Esperanza, Prince is a big fan of Ana Moura.

Accompanied by 3 musicians when Prince saw her, Ana was a template as well as Esperanza for Prince’s new approach to performance.

But there's still no news how and where to get tickets! Neither on the montreaux site nor on lotusflow3r... Respectively there's nothing in the Swiss media as of today...
[Edited 7/1/09 5:53am]

Giovanni777 said:

obviously the wrong forum!

German Swiss as well as French Swiss media has it now!
On the air and on the internet.
http://www.20min.ch/ro/sp...--30912255
French: Claude Nobs saying that Prince will do two concerts, giving the prices, and that the press conference this afternoon will confirm the concerts (as he hopes...)

http://www.drs3.ch/www/de...treux.html
German: Adding an info concerning the advance sale, it says that it would start on Saturday at 8 in the morning...

Just to be sure. Is there any time difference between Switserland and The Netherlands (summertime?)???

Very official news. Still before the press conference at 5:30pm (CET).

The "official" Swiss news agency ATS - http://www.sda.ch/fr/ (available in German, French and Italian) - has released this:

Culture vendredi3 juillet 2009
Prince invité-surprise du Montreux Jazz Festival
ats

Montreux Prince viendra bel et bien au Festival de jazz de Montreux (VD). Le chanteur et showman américain donnera deux concerts durant la soirée de clôture du 18 juillet. Les billets seront mis en vente samedi à 14h00, viennent d'annoncer les organisateurs.

L'événement ne sera pas gratuit. Pour y assister il faudra débourser 195 francs pour une place debout et 480 francs pour une place assise. Prince se produira à 19h00, puis en fin de soirée. Ses deux concerts vont attirer quelque 8000 personnes en tout.

Prince avait galvanisé 4500 personnes à Montreux en 2007. Les billets de ce concert-là s'étaient vendus en dix minutes.

http://www.letemps.ch/Pag...z_Festival

2 concerts during the night starting at 7.00pm
Advance sale at 2.00pm (cet) on Saturday tomorrow
195 Swiss Fr standing, 480 Swiss Fr balcony

Gerard said:

No, only in Switserland time is measured with Cuckoo clocks.