None of us will forget the summer of 2007 when Prince came and rocked our world here in London.

What are some of your favourite memories of the tour?

1. Controversy. Gotta love those jackets.
2. Plant Earth live on the 1st.
3. Guitar live....full stop.
4. The version of Joy In Repetition on the 9th Sept.
5. Amy singing Love is a losing game on the 21st.
6. Mike Phillips long note on Wonderful World!
7. Empty Room on the 28th!
8. 1000 hugs and kisses!
9. How come U don't call me anymore in full on the 7th Aug.
10. When U Were mine on the 21st!

DaveDare79 said:

sitting in front row after booking two tickets 3 hours before the show! wow wot an amazing view, the whole tour blew me away, i miss it now!!oh yes and renato and mike doing the duet on wonderful world and how wonderful life is. absolutely bloody amazing.

and jumping to housequake,
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When he opened with 1999.
The hat at the 18th aftershow and hearing The Rules for the first time.
The entire 28th August aftershow.
Forever In My Life.
Making some fantastic new friends.

DaveDare79 said:

*the first minute of the first night I went (14th August) and being transported to another world, danced all night and realised I was indeed a Prince fan and this was serious fun,

*seeing the look on my nephews' faces when they got into the VIP box and getting all the hugs later - priceless

* getting my ticket for the last night from the "gorgeous" irish courier (sorry girls he's married) - the arena aglow with purple, the atmosphere everything

- dancing along with my cousin!
- Prince's facial expressions (and i couldve SWORN when he came round to our section he looked straight at me and my cousin cause we both started jumping and screaming when he came round lol.. and he smiled..awwwww)
- when my cousin screamed out ''Prince i love you'' when the arena was practically silent lool
- seeing all the prince fans, how they dress, how they were as excited as me.
- seeing M.I.A, i thought she was brilliant
- everything man.. PRINCE DO ANOTHER TOUR SOON PLEEEEAAASEEE

August 14th bout 9ish hearing the intro to 1999 and as the smoke cleared seeing Prince in the flesh for the 1st time in my life.

Was thoroughly bored of 1999 until that moment - can't get enough of it now

* Curtains opening to reveal Amy on the last aftershow - what a start to the 3 hour marathon to follow!

* 6th September aftershow - Mike Phillips on the autotune vocals was some of the funkiest shit I ever heard! Everone else had left the stage and Mike was just riffing on the "Funky London" thing - eventually Prince came out and picked up Josh's bass and started jamming with Mike who started his "check out Prince playing the bass" thing - then they look at each other and tip-toe off stage - it was one of the greatest improvised moments I will ever witness - Mike is one funky mutha - no wonder Prince has him in the band!

* The 31st August aftershow - no Prince, but the NPG never sounded as incredible on any of the other shows I was at. The horns did that syncopated riff over and over again while jigging around the stage like it was a New Orleans funeral march! I fell in love with Cora that night too - she's one "funky drummer"

* "Beautiful Ones" on the keys on the 6th September main show - the "I want you" part tore me to shreds! I've no idea how Prince can scream like that without losing his voice.

* "Stratus" at the 1st September aftershow - Prince's guitar breaks were transcendent - Renato nailed his solo too.

* too many other moments to mention - the wonderful memories of this tour will live with me until the day I die
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CONTROVERSY ON THE 17TH AUG

Friday night and P getting various blocks to make different sounds,got shivers down my spine. Was this during musicology? Forgot now...

Encores on the 1st August - 'Im here London!'

Me shouting out 'when you were mine' and Prince playing it back to us at the aftershow

Meeting Nikka Costa

Anotherloverholenyohead

Around the world in a day/beautiful strange, in fact the WHOLE aftershow in the am of 14.09.07 - my 28th birthday!

Forever in my life

Claire73 said:

i will second that, the sound was amazing!!!!! i cant remember what song it was during either lol

the best concert memory for me has to be being stood less than a foot away from prince, when he walked past us on his way back to the stage on 21/9. god damn that man is gorgeous!!!!!

meeting gertygirl, who is one of the nicest people i have met, along with her son..... watching them groove together was lovely

being in d1 for my 1st concert, and watching prince pull all the facial expressions while he was ripping up the guitar.....just wish he was ripping up me

ladymisskat said:

Don't know what happened to my other post but I was just co-signing the above. For some reason this show keeps slipping from my mind but when he opened with Around The World In A Day I was in Prince heaven as that's my favourite album. Beautiful Strange was a complete surprise too. Great show all round really.

purplerain33 said:

Oh my.....

My highlight has to be the 11th of August show...It started with him rising up on his elevator into a circular curtain which hung from the lighting rig and then fell to the floor around him as he started with Purple Rain...It was spectacular and the 2nd best show out of 8, the 21st being the best...Shaking hands with David Icke was cool too...x

* The "suprise" 10th August aftershow for my 30th birthday party

* Prince ordering the whole arena to bounce during "Controversy" on 10th August

* Prince playing "Controversy" for the second time in one night during 10th August aftershow

* Maceo and Prince jamming at the 21st aftershow

* The electric atmosphere at the 9th Sept aftershow, especially after "Girls & Boys" when the audience would not relent with the "oh wee ohs!"

* The sea of purple glowsticks during the final night show

* Prince letting the audience sing "I Feel for You" at the 9th Sept aftershow

* Prince's amazing dirty, funky guitar playing

* Prince's obvious excitment doing the "Housequake" chant during "Controversy" at the 9th Sept aftershow

*Cora's drum solo at the 9th Sept Aftershow

*The NPG and Shelby and Marva - Amazing

*Beverly Knight's obvious and joy performing with Prince at the 10th August aftershow

* Maceo Parker

* The second I had realised that I had just managed to get 2x good seats for the final show, on Ticketmaster, completely by chance

* Prince singing "Adore" on the 9th September

* The NPG and Prince jamming All the Critics/Chelsea Rodgers/Sexy Dancer (Le Freak)/Alphabet St./I Wanna Take You Higher and ending in chaos with the Benny Hill theme music

* Realising that not matter how bad life gets, you never know what's around the corner

On the 6th the morning papers
Last night 2 open the show with i feel 4 u was class think he realy does u know . Starting purple rain on the piano,Chelsea Rogers, Guitar, In fact the whole set list on the last night was bang on. Please Prince put out the dvd

The epic version of All The Critics Love You In London at the final aftershow on the 21st.
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Claire73 said:

oh yeah.. just remembered, on one of his encores on the 21/9..... prince came out and said to the crowd'QUIET PLEASE' the whole arena went virtually silent, then he launced into kiss.....classic!!!!!

purplerain33 said:

taking my 9 year old son and watching him dance and sing he kissed me all night aww. taking a friend on the 21st who has never been to a prince concert her reaction said it all smiles and tears all the way.being on floor seats on the end of a row so i could dance all night and watching him come up from the stage in a cloud of smoke god it got me everytime

xofnafets said:

That was the low point of the entire run for me. Never did get that track. Glad you enjoyed it though. I did feel like I was alone in the Indigo in not feeling it. Wouldn't have minded if it was shorter but it went on and on and on. But I guess that's why you loved it.

when he did somewhere here on earth at the aftershow,goosebumps! hope we get to c a video for this.pretty please.
the question of u/the one on the last night aftershow. the beautiful ones(last mainshow)
seeing the naughty,playful side-which came out alot more at the aftershows...cockeyed/3 handed woman,too funny!!
when he came out from backstage at the aftershow(16th) by the dj decks and played guitar while a small crowd danced around him.
ALL of the npg!!they are the perfect blend with Prince.
and last but not least Amy Winehouse and Beverly Knight, we DO have some talent over here!

Me and a friend were discussing the Prince experience being like a unforgettable holiday romance..one that always stays in your mind and makes you smile.

1. First few minutes of my first show on 17 Aug...1999..was ecstatic to be there!Didnt stop screaming and dancing all night!
2. My daughter singing and dancing along to Lolita on 28th.
3. Curtains going back on 28th Aug aftershow..to see him so close..jaw dropping.Incredible night.Most amazing guitar playing ever-loved it. Short but so sweet.
4. Aftershow 6th Sept-loved the atmosphere and his dancing on stage that night..( and his little yellow hood!)
5. Last night atmosphere..was so glad to be there.
6. Gotta be 16th aftershow.. for lots of reasons but I got to touch his hand!!!-best night ever!
7. Meeting people in the indigo queue/from the org. Always had a knot in my tummy wondering if he would turn up to aftershows..was great to chat and pass the time while we waited!!Loads of lovely friendly peeps.

So hard to pick highlights..loved every single minute!!

Can't believe no-one has mentioned this yet:

13th September Indigo2 - Beautiful Strange!!

NPG2000 said:[quote]Can't believe no-one has mentioned this yet:

13th September Indigo2 - Beautiful Strange!![/quote

please don't remind me i wasn't there for that 1,i love that song!!

The opening to the 11th Aug show, when he was revealed to Purple Rain. I couldnt stop shaking!

When he kept repeating "He only knew her for a little while..." on the final encore 21/09. One of my favourite songs, only my brain was so fried I couldnt place the lyrics. As soon as he said "Girls and Boys..." I freaked out!!!

warrenh said:

When he said "Only knew her.." I turned to my mate and practically screamed "He's gonna do Girls and Boys!" Doing the Birds Do Fly wave finished that night and tour off perfect. God, I wish i could relive that moment.

My stick out moment would be my first ever Prince concert on the 18th August and just seeing the man turn up on stage and then do 3121. I knew I was then gonna be a Prince Fan for life!

where to begin???? originally the highlight was to hear all the old stuff, if I was your girlfriend, controversy, raspberry beret, the beautiful ones.... then it became the piano sets.. AMAZING watching the facial expressions and sheer sexiness,.....then was the front row experience a couple of times where we could actually see him looking at us! (and got recognised by the security)..... followed by the aftershow with Chelsea Rodgers, When u were mine!!!!!, the one u wanna see, Planet Earth etc..... only to be topped by the VIP experience to beat all where I got to shake hands with P and for him to say "very pleased to meet u".....(lots of screaming afterwards!!)..... and all finished off with last minute VIP for final nite show and aftershow, (after thinking no way was I going to either).... where celebs around me were being asked to move because they did not have the correct VIP band to be where I was!

My life is complete and quite frankly NOTHING can top this..... unless I get close to his highness again!


PS Black Sweat at the aftershow was just FANTASTIC
What a summer of Prince!!!!!

PPS Just realised I 4got STRANGE RELATIONSHIP on the keys.....
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