irishwolfhound said:

http://prince.org/msg/12/242503

Wolfy, I think you have a dose of Princed-out

soulyacolia said:

i had/got/have tix to all 21 main shows and 21 aftershows, i've missed all three tuesday shows, but i'm missing no more shows, so thats 19 nites in total, and 38 shows if u include aftershows. prince hasn't showed at all aftershows, but he's done at least something at most of them so far. it makes an interesting chance to see the band without him at times. if it was the same every nite i think i'd get a bit princed out

Are you taking out a bank loan ? and would you stil have gone to as many if they were selling at their normal prices ?

If I lived in London, i would have serioulsy attempted to see ALL the shows, but as things stand I've seen 3, have tickets for 3 more (6th, 20th, 21st), and have my finegrs crossed for going on the 16th as well (work and ticket-getting-ability permitting), because Ireckon 7 would be a neat number to have attended - roughly a third. Though I guess with the Aftershows that could be 14 if I am lucky!

unique said:

If u have missed 3, how can u b going 2 19?.....1 more show and it's 22, unlucky 4 him again.

Whitnail said:

Can you believe the same nite P was playing Manchester, I was in Bristol on my 'honeymoon' watching Darren Hayes (Ex-lead singer with Savage Garden, and ex-wife's favourite) instead. They say love is blind.

Ex-wife hated Prince, so she had to go - Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty i'm free at last

ace1967 said:

Yes. All 21 shows. All 21 aftershows. Yes I am crazee!!

Yes I have got sick during this 21 night test of endurance and stamina! About a week or so ago I'm sure I was suffering from complete exhaustion on account of getting up at 4am on the Friday, to go to work. Then my mate would drive us up to the O2 from Dorset, seeing the show and aftershow, my mate driving back to Dorset at reckless speeds so I could go straight into work. Same on the Saturday, incl working, show + aftershow, back to Dorset, finally getting to bed around 52 hrs later

Repeat the above 3 Fri/Sat in a row it's no wonder I got ill!

But I am still going, feel back to 100% health and not missed a beat

After doing the marathon 27 shows/aftershows in 28 days back in March 1995 I always said I would never do that again. That it would kill me, etc, etc.
Well you know the old saying "never say never"!

Have I become at all jaded with the shows/aftershows since August 1st? Truthfully, yes sometimes, and then along came...

...The Aftershow August 28th!!


[Edited 9/2/07 13:06pm]

Folks, I think we have a winner. Tickets for all 21 shows and aftershows. Onecrush I salute you.

It's when I hear about fans like you, SquirrelMeat, who has seen Prince 107 times in total, unique and Irishwolfhound, that I begin to realize what it means to be a hardcore fan.

Mind you I think the tickets being priced at £31.21 has made it easier to attend multiple shows.

onecrush said:

Jumping in on the I SEEN PRINCE bandwagon here although i have only had the pleasure off seeing him 7 times.
Nude Tour (Cork) 1990
RDS (Dublin) 92
Slave - Point Depot (Dublin) 95
ONA - Point Depot (Dublin) 2002
The 02 Arena x2 24th/25th (London) 2007
Aftershow 24th Indigo2 (London) Prince Showed !!!!

My most amazing experience has got 2 have been the Indigo2 aftershow But my fav gig was the Slave tour gig at The Point Depot.

Nude Tour Birmingham N.I.A?
Nude Tour Wembly Areana

Diamonds & Pearls Tour Birmingham N.I.A?
Diamonds & Pearls Tour Manchester Maine Road Stadium
Diamonds & Pearls Tour Earls Court
ACT II Manchester London and Birmingham I think?
Wembley Areana and Brixton in 98
ONA Hammersmith 2002
O2 4 Aug 07

And I can remember going to Wembley stadium as well!! 31 July 1993 (Wembley Stadium)



Missed the lovesexy tour by a matter of days , I was living in N Wales and had the 17 days cassette playing and this guy started showing an interest well later on i found out he had a spare ticket 2 weeks after the event

found this on HQ


Dirty Mind Tour 1980/1981 ??
Parade Tour 1986
Sign O The Times Tour 1987 (mainland Europe only)
Lovesexy Tour 1988
Nude Tour 1990
Diamonds & Pearls Tour 1992
Act II Tour 1993
The Ultimate Live Experience Tour 1995 ( the Gold Tour)
New Power Soul Tour 1998
One Nite Alone Tour 2002
Earth Tour 2007.

all in bold are the tours That I have been too
[Edited 9/2/07 18:04pm]

I've been to six main shows so far (3rd, 7th, 14th, 28th and 1st) + the aftershow on the 28th (phenomenal) which compared to some people on here is nothing - and to think my family and friends say IM obssessed!

Im going to as many of the remaining aftershows as possible and I already have tickets for the 21st (main and aftershow). And of course I cant forget THE big event - the orgers party at the holiday inn express on the 21st!

And I was lucky enough to go to the Minneapolis show on 07.07.07.

What a summer its been. The weather has been shit, ive had no money thanks to Prince (travelling from Brighton for the concerts and often paying for other people's tickets) but I will never forget it.

actually its only 5 main shows but i WISH it had been 6!

purplejosh said:

How do u get 2 the aftershow? Silly question, but is it after the show or before?

PlanetEarth said:

thats proof i've been to too many shows, not being able to count what shows you've seen or been too. i lost count of prince shows i've attended years ago. when you see prince play 7 times or more in a week it just all ends in a blur

unique said:

I know that feeling only too well! That 28th aftershow is the only show that stands out in isolation from this year for me. I've been to all the London UK shows since Lovesexy 1988, along with the various aftershows and once they're over, you look back and can't remember what happened on which night. Good job I have most of the boots to hold on to some of the memories.

So is it only me then who is sad to enough to keep their Concert tickets. Mind you I did not keep the ticket for when I saw him at Wembley Stadium. I am quite annoyed with myself that I couldn't remember the date. Can someone please re-assure me that I'm not sad for keeping the Concert ticket.....please

blacksweat said:

ace1967 said:

i've kept all my tickets, but they aren't all in one place. i'll have over 42 tickets from london alone (i have a couple spares)!

i have seen the following:

Nude Tour 1990 Cork
Diamond & Pearls 1992 Dublin
The Gold Tour 1995 Dublin Point Depot both shows, second show was one of the best i was ever at, as Pajoe has also pointed out

Then there was a 12 yr gap

Earth Tour 2007:

24th + aftershow
25th
28th couldnt make the aftershow, we were with the car and my brother had to work early next morning:-x
31st + aftershow
1st + aftershow

I have also seen Maceo Parker live 3 times in Vienna, 2001,2003 & 2004, plus he stayed last January in the hotel I was working in, but as my luck ran I had to go to a meeting in Munich that weekend

I also saw John Blackwell live in 2005 in Vienna, small place with about 500 people, met him briefly after the gig for about 5 mins

I hope to maybe see some more shows from the earth tour, but I have to return to Germany Wednesday, was actually supposed to go back last thursday, but my brother talked me into staying , he has already started trying to convince me to stay till next Monday

As for what was the best of the earth shows, well that would be hard to pin down, they all had their special moments, but i guess this weekend (31st + 1st) reaches leveleleven, 48 hours non stop going on 3 hours sleep, I know exactly how Onecrush feels, and i imagine there are many right now feeling just the same after this weekend

ace1967 said:

i also keep all concert tickets, but have lost all the ones from the shows in the 90's , well, i didnt lose them, they mysteriously dissappeared. plus the E-tickets are not really that fancy for keeping, but if anyone has a good soulution to that, i am willing to listen

Whitnail said:

maceo's doing a show at the indigo in october, i've never seen him without prince, may have to make another journey down to london!

SquirrelMeat said:

So basically you quite like the man!!

Think im gonna end up doing about half of the shows by the time its all added up and more last minute top seats pop into my hands

Actually it's nice to have these few days break b4 Thursday. Gives us all a chance to rest, catch up on sleep etc.

Thank god for that. I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who keeps hold of concert tickets.

unique said:

This tour it will be: 9 concerts and 15 aftershows.

I have the tickets for all these and I live 5 minutes away, so there ain't no reason why I won't finish as I've started!


Chris.