Ryan Young ‏@RyanYoung44 17m17 minutes ago

Prince is hosting a private concert for the Minnesota Lynx tonight. I guess that's a perk of being a #WNBA champion

bengarvin ‏@bengarvin 51m51 minutes ago Minneapolis, MN

Prince planing private concert for #Lynx tonight

Dang! are any fans gonna try going? I would but it looks uber private so I better not lol

inspireof said:

Dang! are any fans gonna try going? I would but it looks uber private so I better not lol

Sounds great but I have a full schedule tomorrow...kids, work etc.

Especially if it's private/invite only. Chances are we won't get in.

Looks like it was amazing!!!

CLOSE http://m.startribune.com/variety/blogs/333016441.html … ENUFF

question is, is hannah pregnant which is why she is not plating drums

lwr001 said:

question is, is hannah pregnant which is why she is not plating drums

Just guessing here, but I don't think that is what it's about. Ida hasn't been on bass either. They are about at their 3 year mark, so maybe their time is up.

It went three hours!

http://m.startribune.com/...16441.html

Playing guitar and keyboards (and even a drum solo at one point), Prince led a band that featured his usual guitarist, Donna Grantis, but not his usual rhythm section from 3rdEyeGirl. Kirk Johnson, a former NPG drummer, was behind the kit and Mono Neon manned the bass. Backup singers Liv Warfield and Ashley Minnieweather, and keyboardist Josh Welton joined in occasionally.

The lengthy opening set was heavy on hits including “Kiss,” “When Doves Cry,” “Sign ‘o’ the Times,” “Guitar” (with a great exchange between Grantis and Prince on guitar),“Hot Thang” (“hot thang, world champs,” he sang) and a mashup of Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” and the Time’s “Cool.” At one point, Warfield and Minnieweather broke into their own funky refrain of “we are the champions.”

There was one newer song, “1,000 X’s and O’s” from Prince’s new “HitNRun” album, which was the night’s slow dance. Prince also mixed in a gospel treatment of Bill Withers’ “Use Me” and the Allen Toussaint-penned Pointer Sisters classic “Yes We Can Can,” sung by Warfield and Minnieweather.

After two hours of nonstop music, the Lynx were knocked out.

Of course, the Lynx didn’t realize it was just halftime.

After 25 minutes of disc spinning from DJ Mike, Prince and his band returned for another set that could best be described as a loud jam. Prince started with the raucous “Shut This Down” and “X’s Face,” both from his September “HitNRun” release, and it didn’t seem to matter to him that there were only about 35 people in the audience.

Prince admitted to the faithful that “we’re just jamming,” and he had an improvised soulful and sexy exchange with Minnieweather. But that was topped by Minnieweather and Warfield doing a slow jam treatment of Rufus’ “You Got the Love” that was super S-E-X-Y.

Despite his jam mentality, Prince mustered a couple more actual songs, including “Alphabet Street,” which seemed like the finale as his musicians started to exit, and then “Gold Standard” with a little tease of “If I Were Your Girlfriend.”

It was three minutes before 4 a.m. Prince, the party man in black with a black stocking cap, bowed, walked off the stage and headed into the crowd. When he got into the middle of the dancefloor, he feigned like he was going to fall over from exhaustion. He steadied himself and marched off like a champion.

motherfunka said:

lwr001 said:

question is, is hannah pregnant which is why she is not plating drums

Just guessing here, but I don't think that is what it's about. Ida hasn't been on bass either. They are about at their 3 year mark, so maybe their time is up.

or he going to two configs like he had with RBJ and Gouche on drums and bass

that would have been fun

tatocorcu said:

Once again, this is all over Twitter and there are only eight comments here. Too many forums for too few members...

yep, this place has been reduced to rubble..Okayplayer is the same....too much censorship, cant share or talk about anything unrealeased as they scared of being sued, etc etc etc....say fuck off, you get nasty org notes for flaming, they've being succesful at driving people away

http://www.startribune.com/prince-throws-3-hour-concert-party-for-champion-lynx-at-paisley-park/333016441/

Prince hatched the idea on Wednesday afternoon: If the Lynx won the WNBA title, he’d host an after-party for them at Paisley Park.

The Lynx did their job at Target Center, and Prince, who attended the game, responded with a three-hour concert — one hour for each of the Lynx’s championships, perhaps — in front of Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus, MVP Sylvia Fowles and others. It was one of Prince’s longest and most joyful performances at Paisley in years.

The Purple One started the party with “Purple Rain” shortly after 12:30 a.m. even though the champs hadn’t arrived yet. Within a few hits including “Let’s Go Crazy,” he was showing his respect, congratulating the Lynx “on a job well done.”

The players arrived in time, swelling the invitation-only crowd of Lynx and Target Center personnel to maybe 150. Augustus wore an orange championship ball cap as she joined dancing machine guard Renee Montgomery onstage. Prince invited several Lynx onstage to dance — and Montgomery proved to be as impressive on the dance floor as she was on the court.

The lengthy opening set was heavy on hits including “Kiss,” “When Doves Cry” and “Hot Thing” (“hot thing, world champs,” Prince sang). Even though the set was improvised with a revamped band (featuring guitarist Donna Grantis of his band 3rdEyeGirl, drummer Kirk Johnson and bassist MonoNeon), Prince seemed as focused as the Lynx had been earlier in the evening.

After two hours of nonstop music, the Lynx were knocked out.

“I didn’t expect this party,” Moore said.

What did she think of the performance?

“Unbelievable.”

Of course, the Lynx didn’t realize it was just halftime.

After 25 minutes of disc spinning from DJ Mike, Prince and his band returned for another set in front of only about 35 people, including two Lynx players with stamina.

Prince told the faithful: “We’re just jamming.”

About three minutes before 4 a.m., Prince, dressed in black with a black stocking cap, bowed, walked off the stage and headed into the crowd. When he got into the middle of the dance floor, he feigned like he was going to fall over from exhaustion. He steadied himself and marched off like a champion.