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 I don't get it, pay the price or simply shtfu. I flew to vegas from Detroit for the last show 4/28...total cost $1,500. I will be going to Minn. for the 7/7 show and that cost will be minimum $1,000. I love Prince, he is the epitome of "musicianship". He is worth every penny and some unlike others.Lemme | |
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BlackandRising said: dplatt said: Send a credit card number by email? How crazy do these people think we are? I had an epiphany today. I'm 37 yrs of age, and still crawling over the web to find info on tix, this time to the Roosevelt. As I was tripping over the lack of information and utter confusing way in which it's being handled, I thought, you know, I'd much rather just collect old films of performances and watch when the nigga just played and did things his way, as opposed to go through all of this drama he's creating for a ticket. Example, I just called the Roosevelt, and the message confirmed what I was thinking. All they say is that you should go to 3121.com or their website for ticket info. Both of those venues say send an email or call the hotel. WTF. I can honestly say that at this point, I could see him or not, but no more jumping through hoops. It's kinda corny when you think about it. When he came to SF last month, I was in a club 1/2 a mile away and didn't trip, as I really didn't feel like getting a scalped tix. Life is too short for drama. Sat is my b-day, I have a room reserved and airfare for LA, but damn, nukka still can't give out definitive info about the gigs. I suppose that when I was younger, this was kinda cool and all, but now, it's more of a pain in the ass. And how out of sync with the times do you have to be to suggest that people send a c/c number via e-mail? I think that when it's al lsaid and done, they simply have some very unprofessional people handling these things. And I'm tired of the chick thing to. Chelsea Rodgers? We get it Prince, you can pull the bitches. But, really, who is she but another pretty face, which are literally a dime a dozen in LA, and a giel who can design t-shirts? Do we really have to put up with another protege who's bring propped up cause she's slightly black and pretty? I know this has be said ad nauseum, but I really wish he had the attitude he did back in the day...even 5 yrs ago. I guess it's cool that it's all about the benjies at this point, but damn, if you want people to pay, get your shit together. I'll send the credit card. There isnt any room on it, but sure I will email it [Edited 6/24/07 1:48am] People say I'm rude-I wish we all were nude-I wish there were no black and white-I wish there were no rules | |
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live4lust said: live4lust said: Um, it's not $3,121. It's $312.10. Not quite cure for cancer territory, Mr tA.
 Unless you require fine dining. Perhaps you do? Yep.
VIP packages, including dinner at the Dakota (tax, alcohol, and gratuity excluded), will be limited to 130 seats, sold in pairs (65) for $3121.00. An additional 70, standing room only tickets will be made available for $312.10 each. I believe i've outgrown SRO type shows. The last few i've gone to, the knucklehead-factor was much too high. 
The Vegas VIP package was the only tolerable solution for me when he was there. 
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BlackandRising said: dplatt said: Send a credit card number by email? How crazy do these people think we are? I had an epiphany today. I'm 37 yrs of age, and still crawling over the web to find info on tix, this time to the Roosevelt. As I was tripping over the lack of information and utter confusing way in which it's being handled, I thought, you know, I'd much rather just collect old films of performances and watch when the nigga just played and did things his way, as opposed to go through all of this drama he's creating for a ticket. Example, I just called the Roosevelt, and the message confirmed what I was thinking. All they say is that you should go to 3121.com or their website for ticket info. Both of those venues say send an email or call the hotel. WTF. I can honestly say that at this point, I could see him or not, but no more jumping through hoops. It's kinda corny when you think about it. When he came to SF last month, I was in a club 1/2 a mile away and didn't trip, as I really didn't feel like getting a scalped tix. Life is too short for drama. Sat is my b-day, I have a room reserved and airfare for LA, but damn, nukka still can't give out definitive info about the gigs. I suppose that when I was younger, this was kinda cool and all, but now, it's more of a pain in the ass. And how out of sync with the times do you have to be to suggest that people send a c/c number via e-mail? I think that when it's al lsaid and done, they simply have some very unprofessional people handling these things. And I'm tired of the chick thing to. Chelsea Rodgers? We get it Prince, you can pull the bitches. But, really, who is she but another pretty face, which are literally a dime a dozen in LA, and a giel who can design t-shirts? Do we really have to put up with another protege who's bring propped up cause she's slightly black and pretty? I know this has be said ad nauseum, but I really wish he had the attitude he did back in the day...even 5 yrs ago. I guess it's cool that it's all about the benjies at this point, but damn, if you want people to pay, get your shit together. There comes a time to grow up and you can still love the man,desire to see him in shows but this?? The aggravation?? NAH!!! Do what you do! | |
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i don't have the energy for a comprehensive report of last night's show, but here's what i got:
saw one of the twinz and renato walking around within minutes of entering the hotel. the no dress code thing was for real. everyone was free to wear what they wanted--even hats(unlike the Rio). got there at 9:15 or so. the time he was supposed to start playing.  x 10. c'mon, you know i didn't fall for that one. i talked to a couple people and they were like, "yeah i heard ten". And i said children, prince will start playing around midnight at the earliest. trust. 
the drinks are actually 12 bucks. i even got one for free from a cute girl(i'm good) but damn, whoever said $12 drinks was not playing. honestly though, i was so tired from walking there that i didn't have the energy to get a reasonably priced drink. and there was alot of time to kill. so, bar bill was up there. the blonde bartender at the roosevelt is one of the hottest girls i've ever seen bartending. and i've been to The Saddle Ranch! she looked like a Pipette.
there were press people out front. not sure if they are technically called papparazzi or just red carpet, but w. sarah, who works there, remembered me from my e-mail questions.  I guess it's easy when there's not that many people coming.
entertainment tonight was there. i don't really remember the show enough to provide a setlist, but I will say that performance-wise, i think it was better than the Vegas show I saw in Nov/Dec. BUT, if you get general admission, your ass will be behind(!) the people with tables. It's a trip, but that's how it is. not bad at all, but at the Rio i would've been a few feet away from the stage. i don't need dinner THAT bad, though. | |
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Yeah man I warned you drinks were $12.. hehehe since I live so close, I go to the lobby bar everyonce in a while...;p
so i guess we'll be in da back... anyways to work the "sides"? | |
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AstonMartin said: Yeah man I warned you drinks were $12.. hehehe since I live so close, I go to the lobby bar everyonce in a while...;p
so i guess we'll be in da back... anyways to work the "sides"? nah, not really. there are security guys all along both aisles. at one point i came back in from the bar area and prince was really close to me, so i was like "this is great" and some security guy was like "yeah, we need you to move it along." standing room onlys are kept in a pen, like sheep. | |
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if you had a 321 dollar ticket could you stay for the after jazz part or did the clear you out | |
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I will say this, though. The people who work at the Roosevelt couldn't have been nicer. All of them were pretty cool and friendly.  | |
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paperposter said: if you had a 321 dollar ticket could you stay for the after jazz part or did the clear you out
that's just for the dinner tickets as far as i know. it was crazy late, so i was leaving! | |
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live4lust said: paperposter said: if you had a 321 dollar ticket could you stay for the after jazz part or did the clear you out
that's just for the dinner tickets as far as i know. it was crazy late, so i was leaving! someone at housequake said everyone was allowed to the lobby afferwards.. better take a powernap this afternoon big time.. I'm ON!!!!! tonight!!! I wish all of you guys could come too, we'd have soo much fun..;( | |
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Penelope Cruz was there, too.
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AstonMartin said: live4lust said: that's just for the dinner tickets as far as i know. it was crazy late, so i was leaving! someone at housequake said everyone was allowed to the lobby afferwards.. better take a powernap this afternoon big time.. I'm ON!!!!! tonight!!! I wish all of you guys could come too, we'd have soo much fun..;( I AM FINALLY IN!!!! I sent a desperate email for tonight's show!! The hotel called me back from the hour of the email. Imma cry!! NOw...what's a girl to wear??? Gotsta b sexy... The one and only Technagirl | |
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ZsaZsaZsu said: AstonMartin said: someone at housequake said everyone was allowed to the lobby afferwards.. better take a powernap this afternoon big time.. I'm ON!!!!! tonight!!! I wish all of you guys could come too, we'd have soo much fun..;( I AM FINALLY IN!!!! I sent a desperate email for tonight's show!! The hotel called me back from the hour of the email. Imma cry!! NOw...what's a girl to wear??? Gotsta b sexy... YES!!!!! COOOOOL!!!!! | |
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AstonMartin said: live4lust said: that's just for the dinner tickets as far as i know. it was crazy late, so i was leaving! someone at housequake said everyone was allowed to the lobby afferwards.. better take a powernap this afternoon big time.. I'm ON!!!!! tonight!!! I wish all of you guys could come too, we'd have soo much fun..;(  have fun. | |
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moussemaker said: Penelope Cruz was there, too.
Hilary Swank, Nas and Nikka Costa as well...    | |
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moussemaker said: Penelope Cruz was there, too.
what's $3121.00 to her?  i hope she actually took someone with her, and it wasn't just a wasted ticket.  | |
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Prince charming at the Roosevelt For fervid fans, it was a fantasy come true: an intimate night with the pop star (for an eye-popping price). http://www.latimes.com/en...crosspromo By Ann Powers, Times Staff Writer June 25, 2007 There are shows, and then there's the pop fantasy realized. Having Prince practically sit in your lap as he takes a guitar solo midway through his debut at the Roosevelt Hotel? As the credit-card commercials say: priceless. Eyebrows have been raised over the exorbitant ticket prices for the artist's seven nights of shows, billed as "3121 Live," at the Hollywood hot spot — $3,121.00 for dinner and tickets for two; move the decimal point one space to the left and you've got a standing-room spot — but once the funk-rock maestro hit the stage Saturday, all questions of money melted away. The 200 beautiful people perched on couches or crowded into the corners of the lush Blossom Room had purchased the right to forget that Prince was there to do his job. Arena shows are often so rote; the chance to see one of the great arena-level musicians playing in an intimate (and, therefore, casual) was as rare as getting a soft seat at the Staples Center, and it needed to feel that way. Prince knows this. Always one of the hardest-working, if most unpredictable, men in show business, recently he's figured out a way to reinvigorate the live experience for himself and his audience. His trick has been to transform often denigrated gigs — the Vegas run, the hotel engagement — into rare opportunities. He squashed the idea that appearing at a casino is for has-beens with his recent tour de force at the Rio; now, he's reclaiming a space once reserved for wedding bands and also-rans and making it a private domain where royals play. Saturday, he began his set sniffing a flower and ended by triumphantly throwing down the microphone. In between, he performed a few hits ("Kiss," a hard rock version of "U Got the Look") but mostly concentrated on getting his powerhouse band in the pocket on material that stayed funky even when it simmered down into a slow jam. The show started late, which is Prince's way. Absent the main attraction, a horn section anchored by funk founder Maceo Parker marched in playing "When the Saints Go Marching In," just like a New Orleans second line. The quartet wound through the room, which had been equipped with leather couches and coffee tables to hold $400 bottles of Patrón tequila, and the mood suddenly turned from Hollywood fabulous to Crescent City warm and rowdy. After the horns joined the rest of the band, which included the hard-hitting drummer Cora Dunham and the noted Brazilian keyboardist Renato Neto, Prince finally strode out. Within moments, he was in the audience. This was a constant: Everyone not anchored to the stage by an instrument got out and pressed the fan flesh. The festive mood broke down audience expectations and kept the excitement high, even when Prince focused on newer or more obscure material. Only one awkward moment emerged during Prince's forays into the crowd. He approached the daunting bunch on what could have been dubbed the "hip-hop power couch" — it included Diddy, Death Row Records founder Suge Knight, Erykah Badu and Nas, among others — and tried to hand the microphone to Nas. The rapper declined to ad-lib, however, simply muttering, "I love Prince," and handing back the hot potato. Prince then tried to work his charm on Ms. Badu; she gave up a half-hearted rhyme about sisterhood, but it fizzled out. About half of those seated on the couch then abruptly departed (though Nas and Badu both stayed). Other loose-limbed celebrities made up for that aloofness. Laker-turned-actor Rick Fox danced goofily with his sister; actress Penelope Cruz got one of those front-row hugs. Singer Nikka Costa even joined Prince onstage, belting out a rather metallic rendition of "Purple Rain." The stars could let loose because of the house-party atmosphere Prince established by leading his band into the place where grooves and group interaction matter more than delivering sing-along choruses. Digging into his song bag and pulling out such gems as the carnal "Shhh" and the proto-electro "Girls and Boys," he was like a host running down to his wine cellar and pulling out that special bottle for good friends. The house party is, after all, the model for Prince's current live act. After staging several legendary fetes at the West Hollywood manse he once rented, Prince clearly decided that their mood could be translated to more formal setting. It's as if this former hit machine, tired of playing the commercial game, redirected his focus on the informal process of making music with friends — and then decided to let his fans (those with enough green, that is) in on the fun. One flaw not unlike what might happen at a real house party marred the evening: The sound needed work. Prince's spoken asides were barely decipherable through an echo-prone microphone, and his singing also sometimes got lost. Such kinks can be worked out, though, and could be expected in a room that's also been used for bar mitzvahs. The sound got better during the jazzy jam session that the most elite members of Saturday's audience witnessed after Prince's initial 90-minute set. Moving into the hotel's cordoned-off lobby, they perched wearily on different leather couches as the band unwound with a tasty selection of jazz standards. Long solos impressed, but the absence of the night's leader dulled the mood at first. Prince finally showed up at nearly 4 a.m., teasing the crowd with a fiery guitar solo and then decamping to the back of the room. Twenty minutes later, he returned, sunglasses affixed the his head, and picked up a five-string bass. The crowd started to dance. Perhaps not everyone who'd scored this special ticket expected a dream night that would end with Prince, the great original, leading the crowd in a rousing version of "Brick House" by the Commodores. Isn't that what karaoke nights with pals are for? But this didn't sound like karaoke. Seeing Prince rip it up three feet away, and getting to sing along too? Priceless. ann.powers@latimes.com | |
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serpan99 said: moussemaker said: Penelope Cruz was there, too.
Hilary Swank, Nas and Nikka Costa as well... You just reminded me. I was at the bar and Penelope Cruz walked right by me and Hilary Swank was standing a few feet away. Cruz is prettier in person and Swank is taller. Much taller! | |
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Holy shit. I knew that was Suge Knight!!! x 10. I was like that guy looks just like him, but nah, isn't he in jail? | |
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did they serve alchol at the after show | |
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live4lust said: serpan99 said: Hilary Swank, Nas and Nikka Costa as well... You just reminded me. I was at the bar and Penelope Cruz walked right by me and Hilary Swank was standing a few feet away. Cruz is prettier in person and Swank is taller. Much taller! 
Victoria White and Robert Evans...u saw them as well? | |
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serpan99 said: live4lust said: You just reminded me. I was at the bar and Penelope Cruz walked right by me and Hilary Swank was standing a few feet away. Cruz is prettier in person and Swank is taller. Much taller!
Victoria White and Robert Evans...u saw them as well? no. | |
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live4lust said: Holy shit. I knew that was Suge Knight!!!
x 10. I was like that guy looks just like him, but nah, isn't he in jail? The guy that looks like Suge Knight is actually Diddy's bodyguard. I saw them together at the Fillmore show a few years back and found out afterwards that it's just his personal bodyguard. A dead ringer for Knight though. | |
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sharkbaiter said: live4lust said: Holy shit. I knew that was Suge Knight!!!
x 10. I was like that guy looks just like him, but nah, isn't he in jail? The guy that looks like Suge Knight is actually Diddy's bodyguard. I saw them together at the Fillmore show a few years back and found out afterwards that it's just his personal bodyguard. A dead ringer for Knight though. He did seem friendlier. | |
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Prince charming at the Roosevelt For fervid fans, it was a fantasy come true: an intimate night with the pop star Brilliant review and very well said! And an interesting observation that they all know they suck live... nly one awkward moment emerged during Prince's forays into the crowd. He approached the daunting bunch on what could have been dubbed the "hip-hop power couch" — it included Diddy, Death Row Records founder Suge Knight, Erykah Badu and Nas, among others — and tried to hand the microphone to Nas. The rapper declined to ad-lib, however, simply muttering, "I love Prince," and handing back the hot potato. Prince then tried to work his charm on Ms. Badu; she gave up a half-hearted rhyme about sisterhood, but it fizzled out. About half of those seated on the couch then abruptly departed (though Nas and Badu both stayed). [b][Edited 6/24/07 16:33pm] The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.
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Victoria White and Robert Evans...u saw them as well? Yikes!! He's really weird looking, but his granddaughter is HOT!! My Legacy
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Shhh747 said: moussemaker said: Penelope Cruz was there, too.
what's $3121.00 to her? i hope she actually took someone with her, and it wasn't just a wasted ticket. Im pretty sure the celebs are guest listed. prince has his own v.i.p. list, as do all members of his band. they get swooped right on thru | |
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