Blinding nite at the front of the stage - blown away!!! Although I love the NPG set, Prince takes u to another level! I'm a lezza (as some call us) but even I have to admit Prince has a great arse!!! Mind u so does Shelby!!!

Got tickets for the final nite and aftershow, but going on TM to see what else I can get!!

PRINCE - u gotta move to London!!!

zodmonster said:

I was by the front of the stage too... think I met you (and your brother?)

Tonights aftershow was another out-of-this-world show (I can't think of any new adjectives thats haven't been used a hundred times already!), definately on a par with, or better than the 28th!! I was watching his fingers on the frets of his guitar (I realised tonight that although I've been near the front of the stage at 3 aftershows I've never really watched how he plays) - I was mesmerised.

zodmonster said:

At least I'm not the only one who's done that

he also played What Have You Done For Me Lately by Janet just before Partyman
can't remember all the other songs....

He stopped a song dead after just a few bars and switched to "Honky Tonk Woman" - I can't for the life of me remember what song was he playing!

Help me out here - what song was it??!

He also played a Sly Stone cover...either a slow funky version of "Thank you (falettineme Be Mice Elf Agin) or "Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa"

Sho' nuff was too funky!

He opened with "Let's Go" by The Cars.

It was "Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa" and also "Sing A Simple Song"

And he came on for a surprise encore (the DJ had already started playing and the place had started emptying) and did "Redheaded Stepchild" with Shelby.

Just got back in at 4.44am. Sorry for not texting everything Stereoboy, but I was looking in amazement the whole time At least you guys got a feel of the aftershow.

I was so happy the main show had Strange Relationship, The One, ? of U etc...it was refreshing after all the shows I've seen now. Then came the aftershow and again totally different from Tuesday 28th....Gotta Broken Heart Again and When U Were Mine were amazing. Glad to have heard The 1 U Wanna C live too.

Prince played something new tonight also. It had psychedelic guitar parts during the chorus, with spoken words over the verses. Anyone know what that was called??

There was a very rocky instrumental aswell - anybody know the name of it?

leecaldon said:

Stratus by Billy Cobham
[Edited 9/1/07 20:53pm]

blacksweat said:

Was that the one on the end of "Thank You For Talkin..."? The lyrics seemed to be about slaves arriving in the US, if I was listening properly. The guitar sound on that was very strange.

blacksweat said:


Thank you. I knew I'd heard it somewhere before.
[Edited 9/1/07 20:55pm]

leecaldon said:

Thats the one, weird but it came over....

Did my eyes deceive me or wasn't that Wyclef Jean onstage for penultimate encore?? Stratospheric. Even managed to watch him walk to his car and yell a strangulated 'We Love You!'- he waved which was jolly decent of him. What a night. Edit- can I clarify it was ME yelling 'We love you', not Him...!
[Edited 9/1/07 20:58pm]

vikki said:

It was Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas

It's the first time I've seen him sing the 2nd verse of "When U Were Mine". I always just assumed that lyrics were off-limits these days (he never did the 2nd verse on the ONA tour, as far as I'm aware).

leecaldon said:

I wondered what he would sing during the second verse, but he didn't alter anything which was refreshing.

WHHHOOOOO!!!!

I am glad 2 b alive!!

(it was thank u 4 lettin me b myself again - i can say that categorically!)

I am so lucky 2 have been there coz I didn't have a ticket, but after half an hour of trying (desipte the show being a sellout) I ran into a very nice scotish couple who didn't feel up2 attending the aftershow & kindly sold me their ticket 4 £25. Even cheaper than buying off TM!

2night was the best night of my life....

djenerate said:

It was "Thank You For Talking To Me Africa" - same groove that he opened with on Tuesday night, except this time he did the full song. The chorus line is the same as "Thank You (Fallentinme....".

djenerate said:

So glad for you!! That's how I felt after the one on Tues....

Full setlist from Housequake..

1 am - 2.40 am approx 90 minutes performance time.
Let's Go The Cars
The One U Wanna C
Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones (Shelby J. vocals)
When You Were Mine
What Have You Done For Me Lately Janet Jackson
Partyman
It's Alright Graham Central Station
What You Need INXS (Shelby J. vocal)
Stratus Billy Cobham
Gotta Broken Heart Again
Love is a Losing Game Amy Winehouse (Shelby J. vocal)
Sing a Simple Song Sly and The Family Stone incl Shake Everything You Got Maceo Parker
Thank You For Talking To Me, Africa Sly and The Family Stone incl No Diggity Blackstreet + Shadows and Chains Fleetwood Mac
Suga Mama Beyonce (Shelby J. vocal)
Alphabet Street
5 minute break
Get On The Boat incl Will I Am rapping
5 minute break
Red Head Stepchild (Shelby J. vocal)

It was stunning - London is getting some great aftershows.

just in the door, what a night, Respect to blacksweat for the tracklist of the aftershow, no way i could have kept that in my head, strange no one mentions that the chap from black eyed peas came on stage as well. also seemed like the downstairs party was deadly as well, no mad drunken people, probably coz the indigo bars were totally understaffed and ran out of becks by 1am and had to serve pints using 2 bottles of becks

Morning Ali!! Safe journey back to Brighton??? Still buzzing!!Got Tixs 4 the aftershow on the 16th but will probably go 4 more! B good 2 c ya on the last nite - C u at the aftershow?????

aliuk1 said:

blacksweat said:

Heh - don't be daft - it was exciting wondering what would come next!

thanks both of you

zodmonster said:

Definately see you there on the 21st, and hopefully a few other nights too

SquirrelMeat said:

Damn right there Squirrel.

I don't feel too gutted as I saw my absolute dream aftershow on the 28th. Would definitely have enjoyed last night though, without a shadow of a doubt. I was still awake after 4am too. Oh well.

What a great night!

Rather than mention things covered above, did you see when he sat down in the chair on the right of the stage for a bit but still played, then played with his back to the audience for a while? There was a scuffle in the standing area, with someone ending up on the floor. Crowd stepped in to pull them apart, but I was surprised it took so long for the bouncers to react - they should have someone on that floor section permanently (the dancefloor, in front of the railings). Shows he definitely feeds off the crowd and how they're behaving - you could see he really didn't want to watch it going on.

Apart from that, wow! And the cool dude dressed up like Prince and taking off his shoes and showing us a few choice Prince moves - you had me applauding

And don't forget the highlight of his guitar playing: stratus..... Man, that was top sport!