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Thread started 05/12/17 11:06am

Latin

THE NEW POWER GENERATION Celebrating Prince European tour

Check out the info regarding The New Power Generation Celebrating Prince European tour:

"Recent and Upcoming Shows

April 20th-23rd 2017
Celebration 2017 @ Paisley Park, Chanhassen, USA

June 30th 2017
British Summer Time, Hyde Park, London, UK

July 9th 2017
North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

July 13th 2017
Super Bock Super Rock Festival, Lisbon, Portugal

July 15th 2017
VeszprémFest, Veszprem, Hungary

The New Power Generation, a.k.a. The NPG, was the backing band of the artist Prince, from 1990 to 2013. They were last active in 2013 when Prince took a new direction and formed a new band he called 3rdEyeGirl. However, in 2015, some members of The New Power Generation reunited to work with Prince on his final studio album Hit n Run Phase Two.

This reunited configuration of the NPG is the ‘mostly’ original line-up that shared the most commercial success with Prince. The line-up consists of:

Morris Hayes previously also known as Mr. Hayes (keyboards and MD, longest-running Prince band member, MD of the Official Prince Tribute Concert)
Sonny Thompson a.k.a. Sonny T. (bass)
Levi Seacer previously known as Levi Seacer Jr. (guitar)
Tommy B. previously known as Tommy Barbarella (keyboards)
Kirk Johnson previously known as Kirky J. or Kirk J. (drums)
Tony Mosley a.k.a. Tony M. (vocals, guitar, dancer) and
Damon Dickson a.k.a. Damon D. (background vocals and dancer).

The “core band” will be joined by at least 2 lead singers from later line-ups of the NPG and/or the Prince family of artists, like for instance:

Kip Blackshire
http://www.princevault.co...Blackshire
https://www.facebook.com/...616/about/

Marva King
http://www.princevault.co...Marva_King
https://www.facebook.com/marva.king.90

Shelby J.
http://www.princevault.co...e=Shelby_J
https://www.facebook.com/shelbyjmusic

The basic NPG line-up can be “extended” with:

the “Hornheads” (http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Hornheads) and/or
a high(er) profile name lead vocalists.

As far as a higher profile name lead vocalists are concerned, some of the artists who performed with the NPG at last October’s Official Price Tribute Concert have expressed interest in performing additional shows with the NPG, depending on availability. These artists include:

Bilal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_(American_singer))

Jessie J. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_J)
and others

Alternatively, QG Enterprise can also offer the following acts to be added to the bill (possibly opening for the NPG and doing a guest appearance with them):

Love 4 One Another (= Liv Warfield, Shelby J. and Judith Hill + The NPG Hornz)

Larry Graham & Graham Central Station

Sheila E.

André Cymone"

Here is more info:

http://www.qgenterprise.c...eneration/
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Reply #1 posted 05/12/17 3:53pm

purplethunder3
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Why no U.S. dates? I'm glad I'll get to attend the Rev tour. It's sorely needed. Thanks, Latin.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #2 posted 05/12/17 4:25pm

Darshy

They will be supporting Phil Collins at Hyde Park. Wouldn't it be great if The NPG and/ or The Revolution did Glastonbury. The one thing I wished Prince had done before he passed was Glastonbury; he would have killed it! No doubt in my mind that he would have given the greatest performance ever. Instead we have muso's going on about those navel gazers Radiohead's amazing (not!) Performance in the downpour confused
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Reply #3 posted 05/13/17 12:40pm

Superfan1984

I would love to see this- thanks Latin!

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Reply #4 posted 05/13/17 10:02pm

AnnaStesia10

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I know NPG, have an offiical tour in the U.S. after Europe!

"A strong spirit transcends rules." - Prince
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Reply #5 posted 06/24/17 9:41am

Latin

purplethunder3121 said:

Why no U.S. dates? I'm glad I'll get to attend the Rev tour. It's sorely needed. Thanks, Latin.



Did you enjoy the concert?
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Reply #6 posted 07/02/17 9:38am

maceoparker007

Here is a clip of the NPG playing in London at Nell's Blues and Jazz club the day after the Hyde Park gig... LINK

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Reply #7 posted 07/03/17 2:20pm

Tokyo

maceoparker007 said:

Here is a clip of the NPG playing in London at Nell's Blues and Jazz club the day after the Hyde Park gig... LINK



Here's a review: http://cocoadiaries.com/u...of-prince/
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