I just woke from one of my rare Prince dreams. I dreamt I was hanging around waiting for the Prince show to begin and someone told me that one of Prince's people were giving out a few tickets to the aftershow.

When i woke up I realised that tomorrow is August 1st 2008, a year ago to the day, the 1st of Prince, 21 Nights In London @ the O2. A year ago when I embarked on a crazy, insane schedule of seeing all 21 shows and all 21 aftershows/parties. Ahh sweet memories

Come back Prince! We need a gig!!
[Edited 8/1/08 6:31am]

its now the 1st august here in the uk i cant believe its been a whole year since the first show its gone so fast

i agree i wish we could have one more show i have a feeling nothing is gonna top last summer unless he fancys coming over and doing 31 nights

b3xy said:

well time flys by when ur havin fun...i did 18 main shows n about 15 r 16 aftershows including the dr john gig!!
was good fun arriving next 2 the london eye via the clippers boat n gettin a taxi at 4am back 2 victoria...lol
the memories.....
peace n love yall...heres 2 the next prince gig...

WOLFY
[Edited 8/1/08 3:04am]

irishwolfhound said:

But then you spent half the time( if not more) complaining about the shows!!!!

Still waiting for your full report on Croke Park!!

Can't believe that it's been a year already, how time flies. What a summer.

Here, the 1.8. is almost over, but am listening 2 P and remember the great 2 shows and 2 after shows last year (17. & 18.8.) it was the first time saw him live
(yes just 2 nites and 2 after shows and P was just 1 time there, but stood second row and he looked me straight in2 the eyes and later touched my hand ...)
it was the best birthday present ever ( gave it 2 myself , cause dont like gifts and dont celebrate my birthday ...

Can U hear it? Funky London

jasch55 said:

Hahahaha that's great Jasch! So... a year has passed? Lazy bastard he is. Or give us a gig, or a damn good funk album! That's an order.

onecrush said:

I'm gonna love this thread. I will post my memories up on here 2morrow.... 2morrow.... x

strangerelationship said:

can't wait! love those stories!

darlingfloor said:

Don't think he is lazy ... he never was ... who knows what he is doing now ... am looking 4ward a gig and an album

jasch55 said:

just hope to piss him off. Who knows, he reads my comment, goes up to his room, cries and then says "I'll show that darlingfloor what I'm made of!" and starts a tour I know, dream on hahaha

I think this is a first night memory...someone correct me if I am wrong

The o2 is emptying as the house lights have now gone back up..I'm half way down the stairs and start hearing cheering..rush back up into the arena and low and behold..his majesty is back on stage..can't for the life of me remember what he played mind..its all a blur.

Am I the only one who thought Dr John was pretty good???

dayzofwyld said:

Sounds like the first night's encore when he came back out with just his guitar. I missed it as I'd already ducked out to get in the aftershow queue.

Fortunately, the next show I went to, he started with just him and his guitar, so it was as if I'd just carried on where I left off.

He would having been playing tonight a year ago
[Edited 8/2/08 12:16pm]

dayzofwyld said:

Yes

No seriously to be fair he started off ok, well the first 5mins or so but then he just went on and on and on and on.....
Ow wee oh ohoo

dayzofwyld said:

Dayzof!!! You hacve a heart afterall!!!!!

catt said:

Cat!!!!! We need U 2 rap!!!! How R U?!!!!!
[Edited 8/2/08 13:08pm]

eireboy34 said:

Of course daaaaahling

dayzofwyld said:

Proof at last!!!!!

dayzofwyld said:

i was stood over the walkway where he exited the arena. we were waiting for the arena to clear out so we didn't have to walk out with the rabble. and then, he walked straight out surrounded by bouncers. i tingled with excitement. it was awesome. then, he got on stage and played little red corvette on his guitar, on his own. great site. especially as everyone had ran forward to surround the stage. very intimate. i think he played 3 songs in total, but i can't remember the second. all i know is that he closed of with get on the boat, with the band. was a great start to the tour. loved every minute of it!

whitesteel said:

Oh don't I am filling up (pushes left breast)..and how many here became regular spotters of "the box" which they wheeled him in and out in..always wondered what was inside!!

The Controversy Jam is now going round my head..that was some seriously funky shit..weep

dayzofwyld said:

It's been a long time since i signed in to this site but thought 12 months since the opening night was a good time to start back. Reading the posts over the last 12 months have been a bit uninspriring but I hoped a few memories would be posted over the next few weeks and this post is certainly one of them. The first night was unbelievable although I wish the crowd had got more into it. The final encore, which I still believe we were blessed to witness went as follows;

Little Red Corvette,
Raspberry Beret,
Sometimes It Snows in April,
Love Bizarre,
Get On The Boat,
Le Freak (Chic)

25 minutes of pleasure!

August 4...my "anniversary" today.

So,some memories, with the benefit of hindsight....

High points.

Sexy dancer/Le Freak/Controversy/I Feel 4 U section.

Take me with U.

Sometimes/little Red/raspberry beret.

Nothing compares 2 U.

Maceo!!


Not so high points

Ticketbastards!!!!!

Murky sound...(affecting particulary "Black Sweat").

Not so great version of "If I was...."

Every seat NOT a great seat.

The Twinz...cute but a bit much after 5 minutes.....

No real setlist surprises that night.....

The feeling that, while he's still great, his best days are over...

Still....glad to have been there.
[Edited 8/4/08 4:26am]

eireboy34 said:

thanks for the stories and memories guys!

My first out of four concerts wasnt until 17th August but wow when I think back to this time last year I was SO..... excited, hardly eating or sleeping for thinking about it.. i hadn't seen him perform live in 12 years and I certainly wasn't disappointed - have to say the best memories for me were being at the aftershow on September 1st and seeing him up close on balcony - he looked AMAZING and another highlight was being offered a ticket for the last nite concert by Tiger 7, when I was thinking i wouldnt be able to get a ticket- what a star THANKS AGAIN!!!!!

eireboy34 said:

Did you see an aftershow eireboy? I don't think his best days are over, they're different because he's older obviously but his music takes you to another level/plane altogether, I've never experienced anything like it! I've seen shows, concerts, ballets, stuff I've raved about in the past, but NOTHING and I mean NOTHING compares to Prince live, especially in a small intimate setting - the man IS music! There's not one doubt in my mind about how privileged I was to see him that night! Fammy? Maybe... but I know what I'm saying is right!

Jeffiner said:

No admit I didn't see the aftershow...saw him in a Paris aftershow a few years before and it's true he was great.

Maybe it's the music.....let's be honest the spark hasn't been there on recent albums so don't wait with bated breath to see what he'll do with the new songs.....

eireboy34 said:

Aug. 4th was the aftershow with Nikka Costa - I really enjoyed it but Prince was only on stage for a few minutes. Still it was better than the night before.

PopeLeo said:

Do you get the impression that he was 'feeling his way' with the first aftershows, wasn't sure about audience reaction, type of audience he could expect etc? He seemed to really get into it towards the end, it seemed he felt more and more comfortable with them...