Love this era because it defined Prince the showman

GuardianAngel said:

Spinlight said:

That quote's correct, but Wally and Greg and Jerome were on stage during the Purple Rain tour, too.

And I wouldn't classify the band as "naysayers", so I think there's more than one topic being discussed at the same time here.

Fans don't tend to criticize the Parade tour.

Wendy made an off-hand remark about the crowded nature of the stage and about Susannah's increasing involvement in Prince's music.

Other than that, the Parade tour has largely been lauded on the org and elsewhere.

Band members criticized the tour to some extend, not fans. But yeah, like clbrooks already said, this becomming a discussion about nothing so I better stfu.

Still, Bobby Z called it the best tour they ever did, which says a lot, since he had been playing drums with Prince for many tours at that point. My favorite bootleg is the San Francisco show... so much improvisation and the show goes well over 2 hours...