apparentley his has been in great pain for some time with his joints in his leg. He was supposed to get operation after tour but pain has got so great. He kept Dublin from getting cancelled til the last minute because he loved Ireland and really wanted to play but pain is crippling him and he needs to get opereation asap. If this is true then its a valid reason.
Just what i read. Not saying its fact but sounds pausible to me.

Where did you read this ?

if this is true he needs to come out and make a statement...he is getting slaughtered in the Irish media and among the public.....its understandable to cancel if he is ill....

if its true- i sympathise- i suffer from arthritis- and am on tons of meds just to get thru the day.

flare ups r a bitch

Really?
or is this rumor?

Think it was some bbc forum.Cant remember.Googled this loads and this is what came up on one of the forums. Who knows if its true.

carax said:

If this is true:
Get weel soon dear Prince!

sounds like a rumour to me, unfounded at that.

syble said:

none of which would get started if an official reason 4 cancellation was listed

Its widely known that Prince has problems with his hips, so its the obvious one for the forums/media to mention as a possibility, Prince needs to come out and give an actual explanation, otherwise there are going to be lots of explanations banded around, right or wrong.

If there is a medical reason, everyone will understand and he won't get the hammerring in the media he is currently getting, the fact that no explanation has been offerred leads you to think that there is not a medical reason, but that is caused by Prince not stating the reason.

He is a very private person, but saying the gig is cancelled due to a hip problem meaning he cannot perform would suffice, I wouldn't say its a medical problem without further detail, as that will start the media on a whole new tangent on whats wrong !!!

prb said:

Yep me too and he has my sympathy if this is the case

Claire73 said:

prb said:

Rightbackatcha

Well, I withhold my sympathy until it's officially confirmed! Right now I think the cancellation sucks and he's an ass for cancelling on 55.000 people without any explanation!

ecnirp98 said:

Ive not seen any reason yet to believe the hype about a hip problem, wheres the evidence of a gammy hip? seems to be media rumour to me, hes not that old. I think it came about because he said he was taking time off, but he hasnt done that has he? he's been at the grammys etc and coachella.

I dont think theres a medical reason like that but i guess we'll never know.

would be great if he could get a resheduled date out in the next week or so. would forgive just to have it to look forward to.
He must be gutted to. It's not like he plays stadiums every day. It must still be exciting for him

syble said:

all that jumping around onstage in high heels 4 yrs has to damage eventually- i hope not though

did the hip rumours start around the same time as the "beep, beep" photo- u know the one im talking about
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did the hip rumours start around the same time as the "beep, beep" photo- u know the one im talking about
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I dont SPILL!!!!

it is well known that he had a hip -(hop) problem in the 90s...

carax said:

Maybe it was all that dancing he did after the coachella concert, I remember seeing a vid on YT of him dancing the night away, it was only a few weeks ago.

But if it is true, all he had to do was make a simple announcement before things got out of control and we would have accepted that, but the way things are at the moment it looks like he is having fun winding people up. He's in swowbuisness for gods sake, he more than anyone knows how the press distort the truth etc. So it's about time he either got a fucking website so we know whats going on or the least he can do is send a message to either prince.org or housequake, the silly motherfucker. I still love him though.

purplecorvette1 said:

I agree with every single word there

purplecorvette1 said:

Nothing happend to him at coachella, he had party for his book just last week wher he played a set just fine

carax said:

I saw hime at Coachella - he was fine. He also attended a book launch and held a private concert for P Diddy & co, was not at the latter 2 events but all feedback was a healthy prince! No i am sure the concert in Dublin is cancelled because he lost interest and it is only Europe. Trust me he would never allow this to happen in US nor the O2 fiasco. Miserable so and so

syble said:

i
i read about 2 months ago that he was booked in to get a hip operation,the headline said prince goes HIPOP.

Claire73 said:

I dont SPILL!!!! [/quote]
i cant find it- u know the one- him driving done the ramp in the little motor scooter thingy

i'll try and find it after work

come on now, people.