Forever in my Life, had only asked for it weeks beforehand and never thought I'd hear it.

The whole of 14th Aug main show
Sept 9th aftershow, the best night of my life ever
Sept 21st when he said he had to get his shades as he had tears in his eyes, then later as he told us were too funky and had to get a new passport!

Controversy, the purple glowstick effect, Black sweat, Guitar!!!
EVERYTHING since the beginning of August really!!

where to begin indeed

1)little red corvette on the 4th on just the guitar "but it was saturday night....."

2)nothing compares to u !!any night ive seen it !!

3)the opening on the 18 th - the entertainer ? and he just strolled up the step and launched into 3121

4)partyman sample- that night

5) CONTROVERY LIVE

6)the last night !! so many

purple rain

the beautiful ones

i would die 4 u

WHEN U WERE MINE

sometimes it snows in april

irresistable bitch

now everybody JUMP UP AND DOWN !!!!!

girls and boys !!

and many many more

thanks prince MAGNIFICENT

Beautiful Ones on the 6th was out of this world

4th with him alone on guitar for LRC and RB

Lets Go Crazy everytime for the 'dearly beloved' part makes me so excited.

Both aftershows I went to, 18th Aug and 6th Sept both dif but amazing and unforgettable

too many...but:

beautiful ones 6th sep.
3121 as opening number....too funky!
touch the sky..i feel for you 21st sep(looks wicked on the sky footage)
controversy...every time!
purple rain 21st sep.

could go on and on and on and on.....

Last aftershow..... following a month of obsessing I was worried I might feel let down after spending a silly sum on my ticket. Not a chance. Absolutely incredible.

Chelsea Rodgers blew me away.

Controversy live was amazing

The first concert I went to was sat in E1 and Prince was just infront of me playing I Feel For you next to Maceo. 2 of my childhood heroes together playing one of my favourite songs a coiuple of feet from my face. Cue buying tickets for another 6 mainshows and 7 aftershows.

Being able to see one of those 21 concerts live

august the 14th.

It made my year.

I think I catched a cool concert as well, with "1999" (for the first time on that tour) "Forever In My Live", "Somewhere here On Earth" (for the first time on that tour).

Loved every minute!

warrenh said:

11th show was my first.... walking in to the Hall and down the steps to the floor to Purple Rain made me a very happy person indeed!

* My first ever Prince concert on 4th August and almost being reduced to tears upon hearing Purple Rain for the first time

* Same concert, start of second encore...just Prince and guitar strumming the opening chords to Little Red Corvette.

* Final night, seeing a sea of purple glowsitcks at 8:30!

* Final night, meeting so many great Orgers and hearing about their stories. Such as the Scottish guy who lost his bag and tickets on the way down but managed to get front row ticket at 7:50, and Dan who so wanted an aftershow ticket and then meeting him in the Indigo after he managed to get one.

* Final night, so many encores...and the final one with the house lights up for When You Were Mine!

* Final night, curtains pull back at aftershow...there's Amy Winehouse.

* Final night, after show goes on to 4:15 and realising that Prince wants to be there as much as we do!!!! God damn, he spoilt us!!

the final surprise encore @ the 31st show..

the LRC opening on the 7th aug show.

to many to mention!

1. When You Were Mine on 21st!!!

2. Opening with 1999 on the 14th

3. The 'surprise' encore on 31st

4. Forever in my life on the 14th

5. Lets Go Crazy on 20th - my only night in the upper tier,the white light around him while he shouted 'dearly beloved....dearly beloved....dearly beloved' looked fantastic from that position.

Also loved a group of people in the queue to the aftershow on 31st singing Alphabet St complete with 'Cat' doing the rap - v. good. Was that any of you?

On the downside...having to sell my tickets for afterhow on 14th august and only making it to two more - he didn't show at either.

Highlight - was going with my then girlfriend on the very 1st night, and 2 the aftershow, having met her nearly 5 years previously on the one night alone tour and both just being overwhelmed by how amazing he was.

Lowlight - having broken up with her during the months that followed, and watching the last night main show without her next to me, and really feeling Nothing Compares 2 u in a way i've never previously felt it... but then going to the aftershow and getting a text from her saying she was behind me, pulling her through the crowd, and enjoying 3 hours of magic with her by my side, even if we are just mates now....

Even tho i only made it to 3 gigs and 2 aftershows, the excitement every day of reading the updates on prince.org and talking to friends and colleagues who went to the shows, and the amazing vibe he generated in London, and friends who always quesitoned my love of Prince telling me the final night gig will stay with them as the best gig they've ever been to..

Plus Amy Winehouse; Beverly Knight; Purple Glowsticks; "The One"; making new friends, completely losing my voice at 3am from singing falsetto and screaching, ;the Koko gig; turning up to give a 9am presentation to my senior boss, and twice having to explain to him i'd been out till 3am watching Prince, and him being fine with it, as a fan himself.....Being so close to Prince at the aftershows, feeling very privileged indeed!
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Starchild771 said:

Yep, night of 9 September was fantastic - the aftershow party was something else - met some great people. This was from queueing for tickets after the main show (on my own!!), chatting then partying with some lovely people who were real die-hard fans and others (inc my mate) who'd become a believer after the main show! Shelby - what a voice, especially in the aftershow!!

Hearing Chelsea Rogers and Girls & Boys live for the first time was fab... and I'm sure during the main show, he looked straight at me when he sang Shhh, with the question - "Am I getting you hot??" Unforgettable stuff....

And have to say thanks to the nice guy I met in the street outside who let me share his cab!! Couldn't have planned the night better myself - still on a high 2 weeks after!

Thanks Prince - and to the org! A summer which was very special!

Too many things to mention, but the 28th August and the 13th September aftershows hit me hard!!

Hyperventilating when I purchased my first ticket.
Addiction setting in after that!
9th Sept aftershow, awesome.
Gettin eye contact
Hearing The Beautiful ones, Adore, Question of u/The one, Shhh, ahhh 2 many 2 list!!
Jumpin up n down
Hammering my tamborine so much I got blisters!
Glostix and t-shirts
Sore feet from dancin all night and last but certainly not least, all the wonderful orgers I met.

The 7th August mainshow too....

I won't miss the lack of sleep I had in August and September

A couple of things spring to mind:

- The whole 7th August show - my first one.
- The whole 9th September show
- A Love Bizarre/Chelsea Rodgers during the final encore on the 13th September
- The 21st mainshow and aftershow
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*When P first emerged from the lift at my first show on 18th Aug.

*NC2U on 31st August

* Meeting some old uni friends for dinner at Pizza Express before the show on 31st.

*3rd encore on 31st with flashing trainers. Loads of shouting and singing - great fun.

*P at the piano on 16th Sept. Hearing IWDFU played in that way.

*Spotting fellow orgers in the crowd with their 'play adore' signs

* Going to shows with Charlycharl who I have not seen for years (since school)

* Guitar on 16th Sept

* Screaming for more P on final night.

* Controversy on final night.

* When you were mine on final night

* Glow sticks everywhere on the final night. As soon as the lights went down I knew it would be the best show ever.

* Seeing my Prince bashing boyfriend up on his feet admitting that Prince is a great musician

* When the lift got stuck on 16th
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* Around the World In A Day to start the 13th aftershow was amazing, especially as it's one of my favourite tracks and one i didn't expect to hear!

blacksweat said:

Without a doubt! opening with the guitar medley was awesome! But the piano medley(always my favourite part of all his concerts) was even more special. How come you dont call me../DO ME BABY/The Beautiful ones AND condition of the Heart- back to back!!!! Untouchable!

My sister (Domebaby69)telling me to text her straight away what the first song is (14th Aug) cuz someones started a thread, and what a treat it was to announce the first opening of 1999!!!, only for this to turn into a continual live feed. Everytime I text a song my sister text back how many Org'ers were viewing the feed! Initially early on with a hundred Org'ers linked in I felt I like I was doing something very special! When the show had finished there were more than 2000 of you guys viewing the thread!!!! I floated home that night!

The Miracle of getting hold of 14 aftershow tickets for the 21st Sept well after it had all sold out, at face value! And then passing them on to fellow org'ers for exactly the same price that I paid! That felt really good!

The best bit of all though, was randomly meeting some of you lot over the course of the shows, especially on the 21st. I really can not imagine how it will ever get any better than what that entire day had to offer!!!

Oh, one more thing.....

Garlic Parmessan Chips!!!!(drenched with that synthetic mustard) DAMN!!!!!

So many memories, but I will narrow it down to the ones that stood out for me:

1) The sea of glow sticks when I entered the arena, out of breath to take my seat, i was totally shocked at how beautiful the area looked, I will never forget it. brought a tear to my eye.

2) Having to kick Brian May (from Queen) out of our seats, as there was a mix up, in block 102.

3) dancing with my bestest friend at the same show, to every single song, we kicked ass, and should've been on that stage!

4) Prince medleys on he piano, I went to 12 shows, and they still affected me. He wa at his most relaxed, apart from the aftershows, and most of all having fun

5) The last aftershow, when Amy Winehouse appeared and sang with Prince by her side, awesome. the night was amazing.

ps. it's so nice hearing others memories. x

purplepassion72 said:

Oh yes need to add, watching you kick Brian May out of your seats

Just loved it all, the whole experience was fantastic. I liked it when Prince made his guitar faces, the night when he opened with Planet Earth and the friends I've made from here. I have loads of other memories but they're just a few that popped to mind

purplepassion72 said:

This is one I missed from my list but yes, it was amazing walking into the arena and seeing the purple glowsticks. Just awesome!

abigailj said:

Was you there, in block 102??

purplepassion72 said:

Yeah one row behind and a few seats to your right (other side of aisle)

11th Aug - Seeing Purple Rain live for the first time in all my years

18th Aug - Going alone for the first time

21st Sept - Bumping into orgers I met at Manchester Party then going onto THAT Aftershow - WOW

I wish I had a time machine I just want to watch his funk faces one more time.

So many fantastic memories from every single show I have been to this summer, none has disappointed me, so it’s hard to list them all, but here are the most unforgettable:

1st August Aftershow – My first Prince live experience *ever* (yes, I know), and he played Stratus, one of my favorite instrumentals, I was taken aback!

18th August Aftershow – The rose petals on the stage, Prince’s feathery hat, his tangerine outfit and teasing mood. Superstition, The Rules, Maceo blowing his horn right before me and the eccentric funky vibe throughout the whole show, oh, and the silvery envelope incident! (http://prince.org/msg/12/240346)

1st Sept Aftershow – Super cool sound of Thank you for Talking to me Africa and Sing a Simple song, Prince’s far out guitar solos, Shelby plunging into the front of the audience whilst still singing, Get On the Boat with will.i.am from Black Eye Peas, the vibrant crowd atmosphere and the unexpected encore after the curtains had closed and people were leaving the Indigo2.

12th Sept Aftershow – One jazzy aftershow!
Vula’s amazing voice, that young bass player’s – not sure what his name was - who gave us an astounding solo and Mike Phillips walking down the stairs, and disappearing into the crowd whilst playing his saxophone… Now you see him, now you don’t. But boy, we could hear him!

13th Sept A/show – The most surreal show EVER:
For starters, Renato’s beautiful piano solo, followed by the enchanting Around the World in a Day, amazing guitar solo on Whole a lot a Love, the high of Come Together and the climax, when Prince invited *me* to dance onstage . I got so high I had to wear leaded shoes for the next 2 weeks!

Last Main Show 21st Sept
The joy when finally getting hold of those tickets. The purple glow sticks filled arena, Prince jumping up and down on Housequake and the emotion felt during Sometimes it Snows in April. Waking up the next morning with no voice. Realising the summer was over.

Obviously, only a glimpse of the whole experience…

yes! The jumping in the Housequake/Touch the sky in I Feel For You on the final night. That looked mental on the sky footage.

FunAndJames said:

My dad was very impressed with our jumping and "touching the sky" when he watched the Sky News broadcast!