PRINCE AT COACHELLA..THE PICTURES!!!

Cheers erupt as Prince takes Coachella stage

11:36 PM PDT on Saturday, April 26, 2008
By VANESSA FRANKO
The Press-Enterprise



http://www.pe.com/reports...4b4e2.html

When Prince stepped onto the stage, everyone in the packed audience at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival knew they were witnessing Coachella history, and the crowd erupted into applause and cheers accordingly.

The stage was filled with fog as he took it, about 25 minutes late, dressed in a flowing white suit.

Festival promoter Paul Tollett said he has been wanting to get Prince to play the festival for years.

At one point, Sheila E joined Prince on stage and sang her hit, "Glamourous Life."

After 20 minutes of a Morris Day and Sheila E. reunion with Prince on the guitar, he launched into 1999.



Prince plays Coachella, covers Radiohead!!!
By JAKE COYLE
http://ap.google.com/arti...wD90A3MIG0

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — "Coachella, I am here." Prince hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with that announcement, heralding his arrival as the much-anticipated headliner of the summer festival.

Shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, Prince strutted onto the stage wearing white pants and a white shirt with glittery fringe. His performance, the centerpiece of the three-day festival, was announced only two weeks ago, immediately making an already very hip festival of 125-plus bands significantly more in-demand. And Prince knew it.

"You are the coolest place on earth right now!" Prince declared to a sea of tens of thousands.

Prince, who had been sought out to perform at Coachella since the festival was founded nine years ago, told the crowd that when he agreed to perform, he informed the organizers that he would not only play, but party too. True to his word, Prince then launched his band — complete with a horn section and background singers — into "Jungle Love." Morris Day came out to sing his song, while Prince strolled around the stage with his guitar.

For the beginning of the show, Prince preferred to let his guitar do the talking. He also welcomed the singer and drummer Sheila E, who took the lead for a song and then joined Prince in an extended jam. Finally, Prince satisfied the crowd with a celebratory performance of "1999." His classic "Little Red Corvette" soon followed.

One of the big surprises of Prince's concert was his cover of Radiohead's "Creep," which was sure to be one of Coachella's most talked-about performances. With some lyrics adjusted, a ripping guitar solo and extended falsetto crooning for a finale, Prince's "Creep" had the crowd slack-jawed. To close the set, he gave another unique take on a song not his own: the Beatles' "Come Together." He urged the audience — whom he called his "choir" — to sing "Come together, yeah" over and over.

And just as trepidation was beginning to take hold in the crowd that Prince might actually leave without playing "Purple Rain," he returned to confirm that even in the desert, it could rain purple. Even after the encore, though, he came back for more. "They're telling me that we got to go, but I can't leave!" Prince shouted. He then flew through a torrid version of "Let's Go Crazy."

Prince had widely been considered the one act most all concertgoers — a diverse 60,000 of indie rockers, electronica dancers and pop fans — were certain to see. And by the end of "Let's Go Crazy," Prince had seemed to put his stamp on Coachella lore. "From now on, this is Prince's house," he shouted before triumphantly strutting off stage and tossing his guitar 30 feet behind him.



































































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Sounds good, but Morris Day & Shelia E. @ Coachella??? People seemed to enjoy themselves, though!!!

Maybe not everyone is sick of "the same old, tired hits" afterall!!!

serpan99 said:

viewaskew said:

viewaskew said:

Paris9748430 said:

viewaskew said:

Too bad he's a dick & we can't watch it online.

Maybe you should've gone to the festival like 100,000 other people did!!!

viewaskew said:

Paris9748430 said:

Maybe you should've gone to the festival like 100,000 other people did!!!

And maybe he should have allowed it to broadcast like every other artist did.

F-ing fanatics.

Paris9748430 said:

OH MY F*&#ING GOD


:::runs to go change underwear :::

KidaDynamite said:

OH MY F*&#ING GOD


:::runs to go change underwear :::

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WOAH !! THAT OUTFIT IS BAD-AZZED !!! DAAAAAYUM

NOW YA ON POINT PRINCE !!



DAYUUUUUM NOW THAT'S FINE




OOOH I SEE CHONKLIT TOO
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Can a brotha get a setlist?!?!?!?

Paris9748430 said:

nice!


setlist?

prince is currently playing radioheads creep

well creep was fuckin awesome. what now? hesdone little red corvette cream and 1999. don't recognize this song
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emilia1 said:

KidaDynamite said:

OH MY F*&#ING GOD


:::runs to go change underwear :::

.....i had to do the same

giminicricket said:

Great pics, thanks for posting, love the clothes.

oooooh he looks good!!!

veronikka said:

oooooh he looks good!!!

purplecorvette1 said:

ur welcome

HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SERPAN99

Great pics...thanx for posting & sharing....man he looks hot!!

L4OATheOriginal said:

Paris9748430 said:

Sounds good, but Morris Day & Shelia E. @ Coachella??? People seemed to enjoy themselves, though!!!

Maybe not everyone is sick of "the same old, tired hits" afterall!!!

and that's precisely y didn't bother going since I AM SICK of the hits

ben might have been about a rat but it makes me think of my son. Thank you mj. May u find peace at last
I wish for one day when people wouldn't mistake a realistic perspective for negativity- meow85

AMAZING pics - he looks FABULOUS!!

That's so cool of Prince to share the Coachella stage with Morris and Jerome - Wow!

Aquarius said:

Thanks againg Serpan.
You're magnificent!
You are the person to turn to for pix on the latest gig.
You da man!!!!

4EVER
~~Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.