This was the best show out of all 3. I think it worked out better that Larry came out in the middle of Prince`s set instead of opening. Also Prince said he promised to come back soon. Maybe more Bay Area shows in the works.

felixcat67 said:

This was the best show out of all 3. I think it worked out better that Larry came out in the middle of Prince`s set instead of opening. Also Prince said he promised to come back soon. Maybe more Bay Area shows in the works.

I agree that worked really well, I thought.

Also, I think Take Me With U was an encore not the opener....he said "I'm tired of singing, you sing for me now."

The opener was The Love We Make which really was stunning.

Cecy said:

Also, I think Take Me With U was an encore not the opener....he said "I'm tired of singing, you sing for me now."

The opener was The Love We Make which really was stunning.

no that was raspberry beret

Take Me With U followed immediately after The Love We Make, which was then followed by Guitar. Man, these setlist reports are awfully shoddy = /

Great show, as always, but I wasn't feeling the crowd as much on this one. I was sat next to mostly old fogies or casual concert goers who didn't give much of a shit. Plus I was right at the arrowhead where two aisles meet, and had to constantly watch security eject people and guide others to their seats with flashlights the whole show. Very distracting. The drunk chick during Raspberry Beret was particularly good.

Wednesday's show was without a doubt the best between the three, in my estimation.

NDRU said:

Cecy said:

Also, I think Take Me With U was an encore not the opener....he said "I'm tired of singing, you sing for me now."

The opener was The Love We Make which really was stunning.

no that was raspberry beret

Lol, those 2 always merge into the same song for me, ha my bad!

Cecy said:

NDRU said:

no that was raspberry beret

Lol, those 2 always merge into the same song for me, ha my bad!

I haven't seen him do them separate from each other in over 15 years! LOL

[Edited 2/25/11 1:17am]

Re: the club mighty after party rumor: Tonight is their 80's night. Sounds like publicity to me. They also have no stage. I call BS on that rumor.

Yeah, you know what, I went straight to the show from work and had no dinner. I was expecting an intermission to get food and instead was surprised by the no opening act and 3 hours of amazing Prince.

It was one of the best concerts I've ever seen and the best Prince concert I've ever been to. But I only have 3121 in LV to compare it to, a couple of shows (I'm originally from the NW and Prince never played there much).

You will have to forgive us the shoddy setlist tonight. We were all having too much fun.

Yeah, there were definitely some blue hairs there tonight, but honestly, I thought the crowd was pretty great. Where I was, everyone was dancing and on their feet the entire 3 hours.

The encores went on forever. I did think we'd get one more, but I lost count of how many there were. I need to sleep and take it all in.

I know there's video screens, but did anyone see a few more cameras then usual? He needs to release one of these Welcome 2 America shows on DVD in full and maybe with that 40-minute 21 Nights In London documentary that was made.

Agreed, the crowd was into it for the most part, and Prince pulled another amazing setlist for the occasion, and with just as many encores. It was well worth being there! How surreal. Two nights in a row with Prince, each with a different setlist (well, mostly).

Weds will always be -the- show for me personally, though. There are many reasons why, personal and otherwise. It was great to be there for both! Had to call my next of kin to tell them my socks didn't even match after all that funk n' roll.

Still insanely jealous that Monday got Bambi, but I'd say we more than made up for that.

[Edited 2/25/11 1:29am]

802 said:

I know there's video screens, but did anyone see a few more cameras then usual? He needs to release one of these Welcome 2 America shows on DVD in full and maybe with that 40-minute 21 Nights In London documentary that was made.

I agree that he should release a official Dvd of The Welcome 2 America tour. If not, hopefully someone filmed these shows like they did for all 6 NY/NJ shows.

over 3 horus??? omg. he loves oakland more the nyc!!

Do Me Baby and Darling Nikki...ah I can die happy. AMAZING SHOW

This was one of those Prince shows that washed away all of the frustration you might have had with prince and his ways in the past. I have seen probably about 25 P shows and this was possibly the best I have ever seen of him or anyone. You always hear people say that it was the best show ever but this was really something special. From the first track you could tell it was going to be something different. You didn’t get the speeches and routine jokes vibe I don’t think he even really talked for the first 5 songs it was just no holds barred music time. Even some of the things that drive us crazy like Larry and the 1000 performance of kiss somehow worked. His voice, the arrangements, the sound system...just flawless. The relationship he has with Sheila is something totally different than I have seen from them or almost anyone. So many things tonight people were all over the place. Sheila played the full kit on an encore., LRC, she’s always in my hair, the love we make...just special. If I missed this show I would only be saved by the fact that I wouldn’t know just how much I lost out on. Almost felt sad to go home and back to regular life.

2020 said:

... Prince just brought a lady on stage who was shaking her groove thing and he said, "she ain't Kim Kardashian!!" LOL Delirious 1999 Little Red Corvette [Edited 2/24/11 21:55pm] [Edited 2/24/11 22:00pm]

OMG! I had just heard about the Kardashian incident today while at work! How embarrassing for her, but shouldn't she know the rules by now? You get on stage, you shake that money-maker!

aftershow at Mighty

Cecy said:

Just some real quick notes:

He played "Guitar" somewhere near the top of the setlist

He started the piano set with instrumental of Under the Cherry Moon, went into Do Me Baby, then the snippets started which also included The Most Beautiful Girl

During his set with Larry he wowed by playing guitar one handed and with the other piano at the same time! For a good while too!

Also with Larry he was playing the congas and guitar at the same time, putting the pick in his mouth while he banged on the congas and then playing rhythm without missing a beat.

He also did this cool jump onto his piano....he put his hands on the base and kinda launched himself up there rabbit style..don't know if that make sense lol

And yes he did play for nearly three hours! Best concert EVER!!

Now THAT is what a fine musician is all about! Gotta teach the younger generation what's up! None of that auto-tune or what have you. None of the digital stuff. Just plain RAW music with real musicians playing real instruments. I wish I could've seen him rock Oakland for 3 nights!

Thanks everyone for the reviews. I'm highly jealous. This show was better than the one I saw in NYC 2/7. He performed all my favorite songs on the Oakland tour...

But glad you guys had fun.

[Edited 2/25/11 5:32am]

3 hours!!! U all are so lucky 2 have been there! nothing compares to Prince 4 3 hours. Keep writing all about the evening! please!

How about LA next week 4 more of ~Welcome 2 America~? That would b excellent!

[Edited 2/25/11 5:45am]

Thank you guys again for your reviews.

It is always fun to experience the fun and excitement of the show through you guys. I hope pictures will be coming soon.

I do not know about anyone else but I am excited to see where Prince will go next.

Chiquetet said:

This is the setlist I've pieced together from posts and tweets - not sure if I've got it all though...

**Updated once we got some clearer info! Thanks all **

The Love We Make

Take Me With U

Guitar

Anotherloverholenyohead/Rock Lobster

Shhh

#prince is flying solo 2 night & kicking some purple a##!

--> Sheila joins P

Glamorous Life

Controversy

Love Bizzare

Nothing Compare 2 U

She's always in My Hair

Welcome 2 America

Let's Go Crazy

Delirious

1999

Little Red Corvette

--> Larry Graham and P

Everyday People

Alphabet St

Extended Jam - "Family Stone in the house" "It's like a huge house party!"

Thank You For Letting Me Be Mice Elf Again

Purple Rain (looks like the lighting was awesome for this)

Kiss

[I assume these are snippets like last night - not sure of order, reports vary]

Under the Cherry Moon (Instr.) / Do Me Baby / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Nasty Girl / When Doves Cry / TMBGITW / I Would Die 4 U / Darling Nikki

Pop Life

Raspberry Beret

Cream

C O O L

Let's work

U Got The Look

[Edited 2/25/11 5:37am]

You missed Dreamer. He did all of it and then led into Welcome to America. he also played a snippet of All the single Ladies and sang part of Sign o The Times in the medley part

Cyra said:

Take Me With U followed immediately after The Love We Make, which was then followed by Guitar. Man, these setlist reports are awfully shoddy = /

Great show, as always, but I wasn't feeling the crowd as much on this one. I was sat next to mostly old fogies or casual concert goers who didn't give much of a shit. Plus I was right at the arrowhead where two aisles meet, and had to constantly watch security eject people and guide others to their seats with flashlights the whole show. Very distracting. The drunk chick during Raspberry Beret was particularly good.

Wednesday's show was without a doubt the best between the three, in my estimation.

Thanks for sharing. Orger "L4theoriginal"is going to be pissed off that Prince sang "The Love We Make" at the Oakland show and not at the shows in NYC. That was the song L4 was hoping Prince sang at MSG. Poor thang.

[Edited 2/25/11 7:45am]

purplemookiebut said:

over 3 horus??? omg. he loves oakland more the nyc!!

Prince will always be loved in the San Francisco Bay Area. I thought I read somewhere that we are his number one fan base. He knew he could announce a show on Thursday and it would sell out all 3 shows. He has played at the civic center, warfield, san jose event center, oracle, paramount, fillmore and aftershows at DNA. He plays all over the bay and we all flock to him. He played the San Jose Event Center and the bottom floor was standing only, you should have seen the crowd bounce up and down the whole night. Great music from a great musician

Cecy said:

Just some real quick notes:

He played "Guitar" somewhere near the top of the setlist

He started the piano set with instrumental of Under the Cherry Moon, went into Do Me Baby, then the snippets started which also included The Most Beautiful Girl

During his set with Larry he wowed by playing guitar one handed and with the other piano at the same time! For a good while too!

Also with Larry he was playing the congas and guitar at the same time, putting the pick in his mouth while he banged on the congas and then playing rhythm without missing a beat.

He also did this cool jump onto his piano....he put his hands on the base and kinda launched himself up there rabbit style..don't know if that make sense lol

And yes he did play for nearly three hours! Best concert EVER!!

Say WHAT??

I wish I was there.

Last night was the last night of the Oakland shows…..I attended Monday’s show, had a great time and was very impressed but it could not hold a candle to what I witnessed on Thursday night.

One thing that I recommend for people (if you can) is to sit in lower level for a show, and floor for another. You get a completely different experience. For lower level, I got a great overall feel for the show with a view slightly above the stage so I can see the lighting as well as the performance.

The floor gives you a very intimate experience of the show but you have no idea what the actual stage looks like. Both were awesome, but I always prefer up close & personal on the floor.

So why do I consider Thursday nights show one of Prince’s best arena shows that I have ever attended? It was all over the place, he played rarities, fairly new songs, and hits galore. I won’t go into the setlist cause that has been done but it was sooooo unpredictable and a completely different show that I saw on Monday.

Couldn’t believe he opened with “The Love We Make”, and that version of LRC is literally the best I have ever seen! Prince and Sheila have amazing chemistry and I have not seen them act this playful since the Lovesexy days!

The encores are what floored me….one after another. I felt he basically took Monday and Tuesdays show and combined them for Thursday night. This is one show I left thinking “He did just about everything!” Hit after Hit for the encore and he invited floor people to rush the stage for COOL. Being 2 feet away dancing to COOL was insane!!! Almost everyone thought the show was over…lights were on but crowd continued to chant….he came back for 2 more "Lets Work” and U got the Look. (again dancing right next to the stage with other hard core fans!!)

Are you kidding me? Thursdays show was at least 1 hour longer than Monday nights show. 3+ hours….I think I prefer not having an opening act!!!

I know some have witnessed Prince 100s of times in concert. This was my 21^st time and it was the best arena show I saw him put on! (along with Lovesexy).

Absolutely blew me away…..and paying $280 for Section A seats with last nights set, was worth every penny and the 2 hour drive home to SACRAMENTO!!!!

Still in awe this morning!!!

[Edited 2/25/11 8:59am]

HE PLAYED "THE LOVE WE MAKE"??????

I've been waiting 12 years to hear that live !!!

Put down the needle... put down the spoon is my OrgName... well, in the appreviated version...

Needless to say, I always loved this song and still can't wait to hear/see it live...

Are there any versions of this floating around? PM me please?

Enjoy the shows CA...

Sounds amazing!!

Wonder where he is going next?

brechten said:

Chiquetet said:

I think it ended up being just over 3hrs...sounds like he's off stage again now...

no way it was 3 hours..

in a couple of hours the bootleg will surface and it will be around 110-125 minutes.

Only in europe he gives shows over 3hours ( + aftershows)

The show started at 8:26 and ended at 11:34

OVER 3 HOURS!!!