So after all this, what -realistically - are the chances that the man would do another surprise gig at Koko, Jazz Cafe or anywhere else...?

Does anyone have any suspicions or inside knowledge? Does anyone even know how long he will stay in London? To be honest, music is his life and blood, and he can't stay in any place for much longer than a week without a jam somewhere....

It been one helluva summer!!

ok, i had friends who worked at koko who told me he was possibly going to do 10 more shows there (this was back in may)

really don't know what came of that, i think maybe when he saw the indigo2 he thought it acceptably plush...

Think we would have heard by now if there was one? It's getting on a bit. I hope there is though! Not quite ready for this to all finish yet...

glyn said:

I don't think the initial expectation was that they'd sell the O2 out for 21 nights. I firmly believe that they were going to do what they could there and then go for the smaller venue for the later date. This would make sense of the info your friends have.

If you remember the initial press conference, only the early O2 dates were announced with the 21 nights announcement. I think they just kept adding more O2 dates as the tickets kept selling and selling. Can you imagine how daft he would have looked if he announced 21 dates at the O2 and could only fill it for 7.

Considering how badly his albums have been selling over here I'm still staggered that he did it.

TheEnglishGent said:

I don't know how this fits in with the proposed 10 nights at Koko, but I work at the Albert Hall and he was firmly booked to do 8 nights there in September until that initial run of O2 dates sold out so quickly. To have seen Prince in that space would have been amazing

TheEnglishGent said:

I suppose it all just goes to show that his albums may be sell like hot cakes anymore but people know that live he is up there with the best.

Absofunkinlutely.

What, and mess with the purity of 21 nights?

TheEnglishGent said:

Love that! will us it inthe future for sure

So EnglishGent - what is your favourite cup of tea?!!

No, he's done over there.

VanessaB8tt said:

The tea thing got mentioned a few times to me yesterday. I have to make a confession... I don't even drink tea.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!

I regularly sip a 'white tea and pomegrate' and ponder if you are more of a earl grey type

Lets hope he comes back to Dublin. Will he ever come to Belfast?!!! The Odyssey would be a good spot for that big purple symbol

VanessaB8tt said:

im sooooo looking 4ward 2 when he comes back 2 ireland....its gonna be the best.

WOLFY

irishwolfhound said:

Was that the concert where they played 'Thunder' for about four hours on a continual loop prior to the show? If it was I remember that well as during 'The Cross' I fainted from the crush of the crowd we were all going so wild for him.

he is scheduled to play in Moscow on Sept 29.....

lakeminatonka said:

wembley stadium in the hot summer of 1993 was just awesome....the crowd were the best ever and everyone had a party...i was a bit far back as there were over 80,000 fams there but i was surrounded by very sexy women and funky guys who all shared the love 4 prince and the music,,,,remember the speech where he said prince is dead and how he might call himself victor??
lol...that was sooo funny....im just glad he is prince once more and the name change thing was the reason he lost so many fams over the years as his fanbase in the uk back then was at its peak.

love n best wishes always,
WOLFY
[Edited 9/22/07 13:15pm]

Moontrane said:

Sadly not. He was on a 10am flight back to the States yesterday...

orlatron said:

You sure Orlatron? Cos he is scheduled to play in Moscow on September 29, so it surprises me to hear he has left Europe, only to come back in 1 week. How did you find out?

Moontrane said:

That's what I was thinking too...it seems most logical that he stay at least until after the 29th before going back home.

And good question Moontrane, orlatron, how did you find out?

Moontrane said:

yeah.... would like to know how u know about his flight... I am going to ask where I work becasue he flies in and out of there... u sure?

He's scheduled to be in the UK a little longer before heading to Moscow so I am waiting with baited breath all week

I also know he has booked a table in london for a certain event 4 this week
[Edited 9/23/07 12:16pm]

levis1 said:

and.....

irishwolfhound said:

Wembley was good but stadium shows are not great for views etc - glad Prince doesn't do them much. Two nights at Birmingham NIA before Wembley were brilliant though!!

missminky100 said:

And yes, the table is booked where??!!

irishwolfhound said:

[Edited 9/23/07 15:40pm]

Anwar said:

A mouthwatering prospect. Thinking about it, I'm incredulous, that he hasn't played there yet. Except, I remember vividly during his '95 birthday gig he slagged Clapton off just after he'd played the Albert Hall. Maybe he doesn't want Claptons sloppy seconds!!!