When I was in the queue to indigo2... A mercedez drove up just in front of me and 10 others. Prince came out and told us that he could not play tonight as he had a cold and needed to rest for tomorrows show. Did not say a lot morw but you could tell he needed to rest the voice so..

Anyway let's hope for a great aftershow with the NPG then...


He is not only funky he is also soooo unpredictable...

If thats the case is a shame for you and all the guys n girls hoping to see Prince at the aftershow. But good news for me as i was THAT close to going along and then getting up late tomorrow! Now i can sleep peacefully.

is this really true ?
did he really talked to the crowd ? that's sweet
sucks for the people at the Indigo2

Just got back. As of when I left he hadn't turned up and I think I heard someone on the stage say he wasn't coming.

Well my 100% run of seeing Prince at the aftershows had to end at some point I suppose. But after 4 from 4 I can hardly complain.

In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed tonights aftershow. Led by Mike Phillips and the NPG horns, was a local band called Rain. Apparently Prince scouted them out last Monday and said he had to get them to play. The female lead vocalist was very, very good and I thought the whole set was good.

There were a lot of horns but not so much that they became boring and the band were pretty funky, especially their bass player. They did a great version of Stevie Wonders Higher Ground and finished with a fine rendition of Ain't Nobody.

Obviously would have been better if Prince was there but I have no complaint with what I saw. The only thing I would have changed would be that they should have announced Prince's absence much sooner. As soon as that was mentioned the main floor became a much more comfortable place to be.

Aww, poor Prince, I hope you feel better soon. Be sure to gargle with warm salt water, eat lots of soup and get plenty of rest.
[Edited 9/12/07 22:17pm]

I was wondering when this would catch up with him. I hope he feels better soon.

DigMeNow said:

I know, it sux that he's sick, poor guy.

You probably wont believe this but he told me and a few others around me in the end of the Q to the indigo aftershow - nr the thames clipper - yet the Q was that long that "hes playing tommorow" the guy is such a cool dud - it all seems surreal

Ive just got in and writing all i can in another post

Raajput said:

It does'nt surprise me that Prince does'nt feel too good, he's been working pretty god damn hard since he's been here, all those late nights, gee I'm f*cked if I have one late night let alone as many as hes been doing! It had to happen sooner or later, anyway lets hope he feels lots better very soon.

to quote.

"my voice needs to rest, Im playing tommorow guys!"

Just pacing himself?

all the way home ive been wondering what hes voice sounded like - and ive got it - think the muppets appearance esp in the canteen scenes!

iceblue07 said:

Agreed, my friend and I were saying the same thing.

TheEnglishGent said:

You must have left a little early then!... after about 5 or 10 minutes the hornz came back out followed by Rain for another 10 minutes or so with Mike coming off the stage and wandering round the (by this time) almost deserted floor... It was probably the best bit of the night - well, excluding the "Little Red Riding Hood" bit - at least she had more stage presence than the guy with big hair who came on to sing!!!

It was a shame he wasn't there but I agree with others after all the late nights I'm not suprised, hope he gets better soon I saw him on 18th Aug and 6th Sep so should count my prince blessings I couldn't do more than 2 or 3 late nights without feeling run down, so I forgive you Prince due to the amazing shows I've seen so far and the fact you are a human being like the rest of us

harveya said:

Yep i thought that was busta rhymes for a mo LOL - he did great covers of some tower of power stuff (prince is a big t.o.p. fan) "what is hip" "soul vaccination" come to mind!

red riding hood was hillarious - as was Mike philly, although the rick james references to the bass player did sit to well with me or a few around me , i dunno maybe he is called Rick James and just happens to play bass and has hes hair braided

I must admit I was a bit disappointed last night. I suppose that's not surprising coming off of Sunday's fantastic show which I thoroughly enjoyed and I suppose spoilt me ! Yes, the musicians were good but I just didn't feel the same energy in the room. On Sunday it seemed to fill the entire venue and everybody was up for it. Last night the energy seemed to peter out near the edge of the dance floor. However, I would stress that I am not complaining. I just wanted to give my opinion. As can be seen from earlier posts in this thread, there are others who disagree with me. That's fine. I'm pleased they enjoyed it.
I fully understand Prince's reasons for not appearing though. If he was feeling a bit poorly he needs to save his energy for next week!!

Hang on a minute??!!

Can someone clarify this, Prince came up to you guys in the queue and said 'I can't play tonight has anyone got some lemsip?'

Raajput, Veej here, what's the deal here - sounds cool if he all spoke to to you.

Was wondering if he'll catch anything during the colds/flu season...

Veej said:

Haha - its all true and i have a huge smile on my face mate, if you had gone to the aftershow - you would have ended up at the same point in the Q as me mate and you would have seen - guess ive had my prince moment!!

Ive left what happened on another post, he didnt say anything other than him having to rest his voice and held hes palm to hes neck as he said it - the other guy who said he goes on org and HQ from Bury said Prince sounded croakey - as he spoke i couldnt tell!!

harveya said:

Oh hang on a minute, did they do that slow one after Ain't Nobody? I know the song but not the title, think it might be called Loving You or something.

How did it end? I'm sure we were still there at the end, left about about quarter to 3.

Also loved little red riding hood, she should be a permanent fixture.

When did they announce it? I was up in Kings Row and didn't know Prince wasn't playing until the show started.

TheEnglishGent said:

dont belive a word of it,,,,prince comes and goes via the back of the 02 (in a silver merc with his driver always wearing a purple suit).....the indigo q is at the front...lol

WOLFY
[Edited 9/13/07 4:38am]

no cars can go anywhere near the line for the o2 or indigo, so mercs can't drive past you if you are in the line

as for prince telling fans he isn't going to play, and he will play tonight, if you believe that then you will know i actually write all of princes songs

Prince did come to the back of the que as thats parrellel to the back entrance of the indigo2 which goes directly onto the stage, he came up to us and told us he could not play, then got into his silver merc and drove off.

TheEnglishGent said:

Nope... After all the singers had left and the lights came on there was a few minutes of nothing... then a group near the stage started cheering and clapping and Mike, Greg and Lee came out and "blew" for a few moments before running off and bringing the band back out. They jammed for about another 10 minutes with Mike roaming the floor and chanting "Can I kick it?"
"Yes he did!"
They (eventually)finished at just before 3...

harveya said:

So Mike was actually on the main dance floor? We missed that then. Oh well at least Prince didn't show up.

unique said:

Not true! Not true! I've seen him there before- or are you just trying to put everyone off the trail? V clever...

unique said:

as quite a few people on here saying same thing, why can't you just believe it

there is like a mesh fence next to end part of queue, normally a van there and some others and equip being taken out
[Edited 9/13/07 5:45am]

unique said:

Aren't you always camped at the front of the queue? Didn't think you would have any experience of where it ends up. You do know it goes outside the doors of the O2 don't you?

aymiderham said:

Aymiderham- think what we have here is a classic case of e-n-v-y. Basically, the subject is in a state of deep shock cos they can't believe they missed out & are currently now in denial- hence the disbelief. Don't even rise to the bait. You got what, let's face it, we all want- yahooooo!