This does have the machinations of a great concert event. However, as much as I woulds love to see Prince attend at the Carnegie Hall tribute, I doubt he will show up, considering he's not going to be in control of the bookings, and Prince's disdain for swearing and his more sexually explicit songs will be performed.

On the other hand, maybe the concert will be all the better having a musical director interpretting their versions of his songs. I love the Roots, but damn, does Questlove gotta be in every thing related to a Prince tribute?

metallicjigolo said:

This could be Really Good. Or Really Bad. I hope they get some amazing performers that will do his catalog justice.

I agree with you 100% Here, they need to get good singers...

I swear, I don't want to see Rihanna performing Darling nikki, Justin Bieber Performing Purple Rain Or Nicki Minaj performing Sign O' The times... Please

If they get good singers I can tell It's going to be good, otherwise It'll be a disaster...

ween - shockadelica

cyndi lauper w/ween - when u were mine

foo fighters - darling nikki

chaka kahn - i feel 4 u

chaka kahn w/prince acoustic - sweet thing

u2 - the cross

sinead oconner - nothing compares 2 u

bangles - manic monday

tom jones w/ kraftwerk - kiss

tricky - if eye was ur girlfriend

bjork - dirty mind

the cure - when doves cry

the revolution - pop life

the time - jungle love

sheila e - a love bizarre

sheila e w/prince acoustic - the glamorous life

prince acoustic - little red corvette

prince w/revolution - 17 days

prince w/revolution and sheila e - sign o the times

all star jam - america

all star jam - purple rain

NEW YORK TIMES update on list of performers etc.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nyt...of-prince/

kindofblue7 said:

NEW YORK TIMES update on list of performers etc.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nyt...of-prince/

I also see that the carnegieprince.com website now listed those artists on their site. Will be interesting to see who else will be performing. I'm glad 'Living Colour' is part of the program because I'm sure they will be able to deliver some of Prince's rock tracks.

Of course, most of the articles are reporting the same thing, but I had a little giggle at Spin Magazine's article heading though, and the end of their article....

NEWSWIRE

http://www.spin.com/#arti...-the-roots

Prince Will Let Other People Perform His Music at Carnegie Hall Concert for Charity

January 4 2013, 11:21 AM ET
by Kyle McGovern

Prince Prince and ?uestlove / Photos by Getty Images

The Roots to lead music education fundraiser on March 7

The Roots, Talib Kweli, Living Colour, and more will pay tribute to Prince for an annual benefit concert at Carnegie Hall on March 7, the New York Times reports.

For the ninth edition of the yearly series, which has previously raised more than $700,000 to support music education for underpriveleged children, selections from Prince's song catalog will be covered and reinterpreted by more than 20 artists, including also Madeleine Peyroux, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Booker T., DeVotchka, and Mike Scott of the Waterboys.....

(Edited for compliance)

........No word yet on whether Prince will help his disciples funk through a few tunes, like in 2009 when then-honorees R.E.M. teamed up with Patti Smith, but the former Revolution leader is already more supportive of this tribute than the nixed Le Petit Prince project. Just remember, audience members: Prince takes the whole "no cell phone" thing really seriously.

[Edited 1/5/13 8:44am]

Between this concert and the show in Minneapolis on the 9th it's going to be a funky weekend in March!

FEATURING (so far):

Booker T

Living Colour

Talib Kweli

Madeleine Peyroux
Blind Boys of Alabama

DeVotchka

Mike Scott of The Waterboys
with The Roots as your House Band

That's a great list so far. All awesome. I am stoked to see what this eclectic group does with Prince's music. This is going to be a treat. I can't wait to lsiten to what the Blind Boys of Alabama come up with. Should be epic.

V10LETBLUES said:

Alexandernvrmind said:

Truthfully I am just glad some men are finally doing his songs.... It's tiring to see only women doing these tributes V10LETBLUES said:

That's a great list so far. All awesome. I am stoked to see what this eclectic group does with Prince's music. This is going to be a treat. I can't wait to lsiten to what the Blind Boys of Alabama come up with. Should be epic.

My fears are eased. This will be awesome, and Questlove knows his shit. I trust him implicitly, especially after someone mentioned how great his 1999 tribute was. Got my tickets, see some of you guys there.

V10LETBLUES said:

FEATURING (so far):

Booker T

Living Colour

Talib Kweli

Madeleine Peyroux
Blind Boys of Alabama

DeVotchka

Mike Scott of The Waterboys
with The Roots as your House Band

That's a great list so far. All awesome. I am stoked to see what this eclectic group does with Prince's music. This is going to be a treat. I can't wait to lsiten to what the Blind Boys of Alabama come up with. Should be epic.

Fingers crossed it'll b something like this...

serpan99 said:

V10LETBLUES said:

That's a great list so far. All awesome. I am stoked to see what this eclectic group does with Prince's music. This is going to be a treat. I can't wait to lsiten to what the Blind Boys of Alabama come up with. Should be epic.

Fingers crossed it'll b something like this...

Yep!

There is a small 20 second clip of this with Prince rocking out and bobbing his head out there. Very easy to find.

Alexandernvrmind said:

Truthfully I am just glad some men are finally doing his songs.... It's tiring to see only women doing these tributes V10LETBLUES said:

That's a great list so far. All awesome. I am stoked to see what this eclectic group does with Prince's music. This is going to be a treat. I can't wait to lsiten to what the Blind Boys of Alabama come up with. Should be epic.

"It's tiring to see only women doing these tributes"? I would take a bevy of women singing Prince songs as long as they were good.

V10LETBLUES said:

serpan99 said:

Fingers crossed it'll b something like this...

Yep!

There is a small 20 second clip of this with Prince rocking out and bobbing his head out there. Very easy to find.

Oh I know...there was a thread back then: http://prince.org/msg/7/263970

Over the years I've seen on award shows people like Patti Labell/ Alicia keys and so on sing his songs and in the end I would rather have Prince perform them instead.

HonestMan13 said:

Between this concert and the show in Minneapolis on the 9th it's going to be a funky weekend in March!

What show on the 9th?

V10LETBLUES said:

FEATURING (so far):

Booker T

Living Colour

Talib Kweli

Madeleine Peyroux
Blind Boys of Alabama

DeVotchka

Mike Scott of The Waterboys
with The Roots as your House Band

That's a great list so far. All awesome. I am stoked to see what this eclectic group does with Prince's music. This is going to be a treat. I can't wait to lsiten to what the Blind Boys of Alabama come up with. Should be epic.

Yes it's a great line-up! Musicians who aren't afraid to give their interpretations of the songs so it's not like karaoke/covers. And with Questlove directing, it promises to be as great as the 1999 Tribute he & Living Colour's Vernon Reid did at the Brooklyn Academy of Music back in December '99.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

?uestLuv might as well audition 4 The NPG.......

For real!

Prince - The Roots Staging Prince Tribute Show For Charity

Picture: The Roots Spike TV's 'Ed...t Only'...

The Roots Staging Prince Tribute Show For Charity

The music of soul superstar Prince is set to be celebrated at a special benefit concert featuring hip-hop collective The Roots, Booker T. Jones, rapper Talib Kweli and funk rockers Living Colour.

The show will feature The Roots as the house band at New York's fabled Carnegie Hall and will also include performances by gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama, rockers DeVotchka, jazz star Madeleine Peyroux, and folk band The Waterboys, among others, all hitting the stage in honour of Prince.

The big gig, organised by philanthropist Michael Dorf, is due to take place on 7 March (13) and will help to fund music education programs for underprivileged kids.

PROPS & pOUNDS 2 ?UESTLUV

Added to Carnegie Hall's current list for the tribute is:

www.carnegieprince.com

"PRINCEss feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum"

I was hoping she would be part of this tribute.

[Edited 1/7/13 17:53pm]

The cheap balcony seats (and most other general seating) for this show is now on sale! I just got two side balcony seats for $48 each (plus $6 in fees). Website to order from Carnegie Hall is here:

https://www.carnegiehall.org/SiteCode/Purchase/SYOS/SeatSelection.aspx?startWorkflow=true&quickBuy=false&quantity=0&eventId=18736

(A few days ago, it looked like only VIP packages were for sale)

2elijah said:

Added to Carnegie Hall's current list for the tribute is:

www.carnegieprince.com

"PRINCEss feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum"

I was hoping she would be part of this tribute.

[Edited 1/7/13 17:53pm]

Hmm, they're entertaining enough, but a bit too karaoke-ish than I was hoping this tribute would be.

NuPwrSoul said:

2elijah said:

Added to Carnegie Hall's current list for the tribute is:

www.carnegieprince.com

"PRINCEss feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum"

I was hoping she would be part of this tribute.

[Edited 1/7/13 17:53pm]

Hmm, they're entertaining enough, but a bit too karaoke-ish than I was hoping this tribute would be.

I've never seen them perform. Just saw a clip someone posted of them a while back. Will be interesting to see how they pull their act off at the tribute.

bashraka said:

We got our tickets!!!!

Sunflower7, Banks, Estelle81 & PFunkPilot

HonestMan13 said:

We got our tickets!!!!

Sunflower7, Banks, Estelle81 & PFunkPilot

See you there!

HonestMan13 said:

We got our tickets!!!!

Sunflower7, Banks, Estelle81 & PFunkPilot

Congratulations!!! I know you all will have an incredible time and I'm glad everyone you wanted to attend together did...You, of course, will have a fabulous time at this once in a lifetime Prince event so to some of my favorite people going to see my favorite artist...enjoy, have a wonderful celebration & just "have crazy fun"

Updated list as of 1/14/13:

FEATURING (so far):

Booker T. Jones

The Waterboys
Madeleine Peyroux

Talib Kweli

Blind Boys of Alabama

DeVotchka
PRINCEss feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum
with The Roots as your House Band

Added to list:

Bettye LaVette

Sandra Bernhard

[Edited 1/14/13 6:21am]