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AtenO said: I'm not about to kiss anyone's a** in this post.....
The SOUND was TERRIBLE...for the ONES who got good seats....good for U...because I certainly DIDN"T . However, as usual the "LA ELITE FANCLUB"(no names mentioned, they know WHO they are) got the Pit tickets, how they got the tickets...well...Only GOD knows I suppose. In the first 15mts of the show I could tell that the sound was totally OFF. It took til 3/4 of the performance to get it right! How sad... It started pretty good with the viewing of the chocolate box video to lead us to a very bare stage, with the 3 vignettes of the CD's with the 2 Medusas hanging...thank God for lighting...cause nothing else of interest was there. Target had done a great job with the video, Prince should have used the props,at least those looked very professional and not amateurish. I also witnessed sales of tickets, a person who supposedly is doing work voluntarily, piling up mucho cash in his pocket, prior to the show. That person evidently had access to tickets and passes for the other shows or even Pit tickets for that performance. Another one as close as a bodyguard selling tickets on the sidewalk?? I guess Prince surrounds himself with scalpers as good friends 
It was quite an eye opener as to what's happening in his world...I feel sorry for U Prince....mayb U need a break!!! Call me a hater if U want. But I speak the truth. Say it how it is AtenO - I wish more people were more truthful about the experience of "The Concert" these days - it is certainly not "enjoyable" in my opinion. Guess I must be O' School! In London and Rotterdam, I have found them to be infused with an atmosphere of greed and elitism, and I am sorry to say overcrowded and souless. Prince - U need to get back to the drawing board and re-design the concert experience, well...I know U like a challenge! Take note of those who are concerned^ I am 'one' who won't be clamering for tickets the way things are. If we are to have a Golden Age- then let the change begin here. sweet for my sweet, sugar for my honey. | |
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darmstro said: Very fair assessments of the show. The sound was very mediocre (I was also in row Z), and it's much the same setlist that he's been playing for approximately 5 years. That said, I expected exactly that from the first show of the night, and wasn't lucky enough to get tickets to the later shows, which I would've preferred.
That said, the great video screens made his every look, smirk and linger a delight, and there was some astonishing highlights, from yet another blistering version of "Shhh" (which he can feel free NOT to retire, in my opinion), a surprisingly fresh sounding "Purple Rain" and a great series of encores. I have to say that I really liked "Let's Go Crazy", personally. I'm sick to death of "I Feel 4 U", "Kiss" and "1999" though. I wrote a much longer post on the concert on my blog... the sound sucked big time. his mic began to really crackle during controversy. if you have to stop the first song to get the sound right, you know shit's bad...that'll be the last job that sound guy ever has. http://salieriandwolfgang...-hits.html [Edited 3/29/09 0:39am] | |
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WHAT THE HELL was that in the theater for sound? .. I demand a refund! The right side dangling speakers were blown .. all they did basically was crack and were inaudible sounding .. the mic didnt work for shit .. his guitar wasnt plugged in or something it was either no sound or to low . it wasnt dialed in ever ... all u could make from the drums was the kikdrum.. he was completely tryn to work the crap during songs with the sound ppl but it was worthless .. the mic finally cut out after an hr 1/2 of hell ..... Im so pissed and all the mgmt could say is sorry oh well . and its LA not hollywood .... i want my $77 back for that show whata rip off ...ppl cut in line from the restaurants it got a lil ugly on the way in to club nok, tighten up sec nxt time .. .. but Club Nok jam was tight with rhonda, neto and mr blackwell,.a lil to short but im not bugd with it and omg Chaka khan ya baby... but damn he dissed the sound totally there to wtf? and he kept leavin ... ... ..[Edited 3/29/09 4:00am]
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GDB said: ...I've never seen him so affected by poor sound before (someone's gonna be fired over this one, I'm sure).
We were saying the same exact thing! We've never witnessed anything like that before 
Don't get me wrong, where we were sitting in center loge, he sounded great. Yes, on occasion we heard some reverb, but nothing like what Prince was hearing up on the stage. Plus, he had the more of the same issues with the sound guys at the Club Nokia show!!!! | |
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itsjustaroundthecorner said: L4OATheOriginal said: who was in the band? sounds like josh and cora based on setlist alone
shelby, esthero and liz (?) were on for old skool company esthero left after that song and the other two ladies were there for the rest of the show. harmonica was very prominent cora drums josh bass mr hayes on keys i think prince guitar like crazy! i really like how the band sounded.. very tight.. the only thing is that on songs like 1999, i feel for you, and lets go crazy, they just dont sound 'full' enough... there was also a bunch of sound issues which prince was NOT pleased about.... he had sound issues at the orpheum in SF last may too... hmmm Esthero Awesome. Wow, love her style. It's about time she gets some light shined on her. She is awesome. I love her track "Thank Heaven For You".[Edited 3/29/09 6:00am] | |
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It may not have been visible in the dark, but on at least two occasions Prince was talking to the sound/monitor guy backstage between songs. When you saw him leave the stage momentarily on one side and re-emerge from the other..? Those times. Seems like he couldn't hear himself or members of the band during different intervals of the show...very difficult for a musician to hit his cues under those conditions. Really unexcusable for a show of this magnitude. If it was out of the sound man's hands then fair enough...but I don't think so. In fact, one of the roadies/techs came out and manually turned up the volume on Prince's amplifier...not a huge deal, no, but just underscores the relative sense of unprofessionalism of the sound presentation at Nokia on Saturday. | |
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GDB said: It may not have been visible in the dark, but on at least two occasions Prince was talking to the sound/monitor guy backstage between songs. When you saw him leave the stage momentarily on one side and re-emerge from the other..? Those times. Seems like he couldn't hear himself or members of the band during different intervals of the show...very difficult for a musician to hit his cues under those conditions. Really unexcusable for a show of this magnitude. If it was out of the sound man's hands then fair enough...but I don't think so. In fact, one of the roadies/techs came out and manually turned up the volume on Prince's amplifier...not a huge deal, no, but just underscores the relative sense of unprofessionalism of the sound presentation at Nokia on Saturday.
That's what it has come to... Prince should REGROUP and really OPEN his eyes on WHO is surrounding HIM.... ITS TIME FOR SPRING CLEANING!!!!! | |
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glad to see the mostly positive reviews...
the audience really did seem to be into it big time.. except for one section of the balcony on the right hand side.. the whole place stood the whole time except for this section! anyway... i just have a few more things to add before i get on a plane back to SF: 1 - THANK YOU GOD: he seems to have left three things behind him: a - the horns (unless its eric leeds and atlanta bliss, im not interested.. sorry i know this is blasphemy to some, but im a pop fan, not a jazz fan) b - the medleys: it was so good to hear fuller versions of the songs not just 15 second snippets.. i loved it during lovesexy tour, but its grown thin on me since c - oh thank god for this one: no Larry Graham: i swear that if i had to see this guy come out one more time with his ugly white suit on and his horrible voice i would have left and never paid to see prince again. PLEASE PRINCE, im so tired of this guy,,,, please please please keep him locked up wherever you stuffed him. now, how can we get prince to let go of 'i feel for you'? and give us 'mountains'? | |
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japanrocks said: darmstro said: Very fair assessments of the show. The sound was very mediocre (I was also in row Z), and it's much the same setlist that he's been playing for approximately 5 years. That said, I expected exactly that from the first show of the night, and wasn't lucky enough to get tickets to the later shows, which I would've preferred.
That said, the great video screens made his every look, smirk and linger a delight, and there was some astonishing highlights, from yet another blistering version of "Shhh" (which he can feel free NOT to retire, in my opinion), a surprisingly fresh sounding "Purple Rain" and a great series of encores. I have to say that I really liked "Let's Go Crazy", personally. I'm sick to death of "I Feel 4 U", "Kiss" and "1999" though. I wrote a much longer post on the concert on my blog... http://salieriandwolfgang...-hits.html [Edited 3/29/09 0:39am] loved your blog review.....thanks!! Thanks! There's another review of his post-Oscar show there, but it's kind of wrapped up in a long-winded description of going to the Oscars beforehand (it was kind of an unique, killer night!). | |
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I saw Mary J Blige a year and a half ago the Nokia Theater, it had just opened and the sound was so bad I never wanted to go there again. I did not buy Prince tix for that show, I only went to the Conga Room. The Conga Room was beautiful, but the sound when he played was bad and he was not happy. Also....it seemed like a big part of the crowd in the Conga Room just bought tickets at the box office or from scalpers right before, it was the oddest crowd.....I was thinking.....many of these people can't be fan club members.....many looked like they just came from a Staple Center convention and were curious to see Prince. | |
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cinnamongirl24 said: madhouseman said: Overall a letdown. Bad sound. Bad lighting. Empty stage. Bad backdrop (the album cover looks so 1990s... in a BAD way) and Prince walked through a lot of the show with just a bunch of mugging, etc. He got into it 2/3 into the show, but up until that point it was almost boring at times. The entire area I was sitting in (granted we were in the back of the balcony) was sitting during most of Purple Rain. PURPLE RAIN PEOPLE! I didn't get the chills from that song like I usually do. When he played it back at the Universal Ampetheatre in April of 92, the crowd was crying because it was so emotional. This time, it was just another song sadly. The entire row in front of me left after the 2nd encore and missed THE BIRD, JUNGLE LOVE and Sheila which were all great! Some of the songs were really fun but many just had him standing there and mugging in a way he's done a thousand times. He seemed to be saving his energy for later in the show or later in the night. Maybe he was pacing himself. I don't know but I paid for a show and got a 90 min. concert. Shorter than his usual. Slow in patches, and overall not in my top 10 Prince shows. Not by a longshot.
Uh, hello numbskull.. it was advertised on the Nokia Theatre site that all 3 concerts would be 90 mins. hahaha. Thank youCinn. I didn't realize that. OK, so I won't mention the 90 minutes in my review, but the rest of it stands. An average show from a man who can do much better. This isn't one of those shows that will be discussed for years. The expanded version of my book PRINCE and The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 was released in November 2018. (www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538114623/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) or www.facebook.com/groups/1...104195943/ | |
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AtenO said: I'm not about to kiss anyone's a** in this post.....
The SOUND was TERRIBLE...for the ONES who got good seats....good for U...because I certainly DIDN"T . However, as usual the "LA ELITE FANCLUB"(no names mentioned, they know WHO they are) got the Pit tickets, how they got the tickets...well...Only GOD knows I suppose. YUP, there were sound issues. That was apparent when the DJ was playing b4 the show. BTW, I'm not a member of "LE ELITE FANCLUB" (whatever that is) and I did get PIT tickets, so scrap that misjudgment. | |
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bwdinhb said: AtenO said: I'm not about to kiss anyone's a** in this post.....
The SOUND was TERRIBLE...for the ONES who got good seats....good for U...because I certainly DIDN"T . However, as usual the "LA ELITE FANCLUB"(no names mentioned, they know WHO they are) got the Pit tickets, how they got the tickets...well...Only GOD knows I suppose. YUP, there were sound issues. That was apparent when the DJ was playing b4 the show. BTW, I'm not a member of "LE ELITE FANCLUB" (whatever that is) and I did get PIT tickets, so scrap that misjudgment. I got pit tickets too and I didn't get them from the fan club. I bought them on ebay..... | |
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AtenO said: I'm not about to kiss anyone's a** in this post.....
The SOUND was TERRIBLE...for the ONES who got good seats....good for U...because I certainly DIDN"T . However, as usual the "LA ELITE FANCLUB"(no names mentioned, they know WHO they are) got the Pit tickets, how they got the tickets...well...Only GOD knows I suppose. In the first 15mts of the show I could tell that the sound was totally OFF. It took til 3/4 of the performance to get it right! How sad... It started pretty good with the viewing of the chocolate box video to lead us to a very bare stage, with the 3 vignettes of the CD's with the 2 Medusas hanging...thank God for lighting...cause nothing else of interest was there. Target had done a great job with the video, Prince should have used the props,at least those looked very professional and not amateurish. I also witnessed sales of tickets, a person who supposedly is doing work voluntarily, piling up mucho cash in his pocket, prior to the show. That person evidently had access to tickets and passes for the other shows or even Pit tickets for that performance. Another one as close as a bodyguard selling tickets on the sidewalk?? I guess Prince surrounds himself with scalpers as good friends
It was quite an eye opener as to what's happening in his world...I feel sorry for U Prince....mayb U need a break!!! Call me a hater if U want. But I speak the truth. ----- Chances are you saw someone who stole tickets. So yes you are being a hater. | |
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Thanks for the reviews I AM LOOKING FOR USED PRINCE CONCERT TICKETS ... https://www.facebook.com/...erttickets | |
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itsjustaroundthecorner said: glad to see the mostly positive reviews...
the audience really did seem to be into it big time.. except for one section of the balcony on the right hand side.. the whole place stood the whole time except for this section! anyway... i just have a few more things to add before i get on a plane back to SF: 1 - THANK YOU GOD: he seems to have left three things behind him: a - the horns (unless its eric leeds and atlanta bliss, im not interested.. sorry i know this is blasphemy to some, but im a pop fan, not a jazz fan) b - the medleys: it was so good to hear fuller versions of the songs not just 15 second snippets.. i loved it during lovesexy tour, but its grown thin on me since c - oh thank god for this one: no Larry Graham: i swear that if i had to see this guy come out one more time with his ugly white suit on and his horrible voice i would have left and never paid to see prince again. PLEASE PRINCE, im so tired of this guy,,,, please please please keep him locked up wherever you stuffed him. now, how can we get prince to let go of 'i feel for you'? and give us 'mountains'? ----- Please let go of your Larry Graham hate. This guy has not been on stage with Prince in a long ass time. Let it go already. | |
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GDB said: It may not have been visible in the dark, but on at least two occasions Prince was talking to the sound/monitor guy backstage between songs. When you saw him leave the stage momentarily on one side and re-emerge from the other..? Those times. Seems like he couldn't hear himself or members of the band during different intervals of the show...very difficult for a musician to hit his cues under those conditions. Really unexcusable for a show of this magnitude. If it was out of the sound man's hands then fair enough...but I don't think so. In fact, one of the roadies/techs came out and manually turned up the volume on Prince's amplifier...not a huge deal, no, but just underscores the relative sense of unprofessionalism of the sound presentation at Nokia on Saturday.
He made comments during the duration of the show too. 1st he commented that no monitors were allowed on stage and that he'd still play through it. On at least three occasions, he told the sound guy to lower the mic. Prince remained professional throughout. I've seen other artists that would go into a fit of rage (Pete Towshend comes to mind) if there were issues like those last night. | |
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sexyone said:[quote] bwdinhb said: I got pit tickets too and I didn't get them from the fan club. I bought them on ebay.....  | |
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laurarichardson said: itsjustaroundthecorner said: glad to see the mostly positive reviews...
the audience really did seem to be into it big time.. except for one section of the balcony on the right hand side.. the whole place stood the whole time except for this section! anyway... i just have a few more things to add before i get on a plane back to SF: 1 - THANK YOU GOD: he seems to have left three things behind him: a - the horns (unless its eric leeds and atlanta bliss, im not interested.. sorry i know this is blasphemy to some, but im a pop fan, not a jazz fan) b - the medleys: it was so good to hear fuller versions of the songs not just 15 second snippets.. i loved it during lovesexy tour, but its grown thin on me since c - oh thank god for this one: no Larry Graham: i swear that if i had to see this guy come out one more time with his ugly white suit on and his horrible voice i would have left and never paid to see prince again. PLEASE PRINCE, im so tired of this guy,,,, please please please keep him locked up wherever you stuffed him. now, how can we get prince to let go of 'i feel for you'? and give us 'mountains'? ----- Please let go of your Larry Graham hate. This guy has not been on stage with Prince in a long ass time. Let it go already. um actually i had to deal with him the last time P played SF just two years ago... and not only was it him, but a long ass medley of his songs which are horrible... so im not letting go of anything... and yes i hate larry graham, he sux.. and im sure larry graham hates me too for a few reasons.....so be it | |
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laurarichardson said: AtenO said: I'm not about to kiss anyone's a** in this post.....
The SOUND was TERRIBLE...for the ONES who got good seats....good for U...because I certainly DIDN"T . However, as usual the "LA ELITE FANCLUB"(no names mentioned, they know WHO they are) got the Pit tickets, how they got the tickets...well...Only GOD knows I suppose. In the first 15mts of the show I could tell that the sound was totally OFF. It took til 3/4 of the performance to get it right! How sad... It started pretty good with the viewing of the chocolate box video to lead us to a very bare stage, with the 3 vignettes of the CD's with the 2 Medusas hanging...thank God for lighting...cause nothing else of interest was there. Target had done a great job with the video, Prince should have used the props,at least those looked very professional and not amateurish. I also witnessed sales of tickets, a person who supposedly is doing work voluntarily, piling up mucho cash in his pocket, prior to the show. That person evidently had access to tickets and passes for the other shows or even Pit tickets for that performance. Another one as close as a bodyguard selling tickets on the sidewalk?? I guess Prince surrounds himself with scalpers as good friends
It was quite an eye opener as to what's happening in his world...I feel sorry for U Prince....mayb U need a break!!! Call me a hater if U want. But I speak the truth. ----- Chances are you saw someone who stole tickets. So yes you are being a hater. I am being a hater bcause Prince's bodyguard stole ticket and U R going to blame for witnessing Him selling them on the sidewalk? Please refrain Ur comment appropriately. | |
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bwdinhb said: AtenO said: I'm not about to kiss anyone's a** in this post.....
The SOUND was TERRIBLE...for the ONES who got good seats....good for U...because I certainly DIDN"T . However, as usual the "LA ELITE FANCLUB"(no names mentioned, they know WHO they are) got the Pit tickets, how they got the tickets...well...Only GOD knows I suppose. YUP, there were sound issues. That was apparent when the DJ was playing b4 the show. BTW, I'm not a member of "LE ELITE FANCLUB" (whatever that is) and I did get PIT tickets, so scrap that misjudgment. Oh let me guess...U bought them RIGHT before the show....GET REAL...BE honest..it doesn't HURT | |
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AeroE said: This was my first Prince concert and I loved it!! I was kind of suprised that he did so many covers though, is that typical? I don't think I've ever been to a concert with energy like that. And what a charmer he is...
 It's funny that someone should mention that Magic Johnson didn't have very good seats. LOL We were in Row Z on the end and he was 4 rows behind us on the end. I said to my friend that we have better seats than Magic Johnson. I also said that I felt sorry for whoever was sitting behind him. I didn't get my tickets through the fan club because I'm not a member....at least not yet.  OMGGG me and my sister were right there too! u mite have seen us there..and yeah i cant belive Magic Johnson and his wife had seats behide us , would have Thoght he would have better seats then that. It was a Great show i also went to see Prince @ the jleno show friday night That one was really great to..
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AtenO said: bwdinhb said: YUP, there were sound issues. That was apparent when the DJ was playing b4 the show. BTW, I'm not a member of "LE ELITE FANCLUB" (whatever that is) and I did get PIT tickets, so scrap that misjudgment. Oh let me guess...U bought them RIGHT before the show....GET REAL...BE honest..it doesn't HURT OK, I'll own up: Like the LE ELITES, I paid my $77 to Lotusflow3r on Tues. to get them. I guess that makes me a LE ELITE. HOORAY!!!  [Edited 3/29/09 17:00pm] | |
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bwdinhb said:[quote] sexyone said: bwdinhb said: I got pit tickets too and I didn't get them from the fan club. I bought them on ebay..... I was in the pit, a few feet from the stage, paid a reasonable price, and had a great time.  So laugh all you want.....  | |
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Jatrig said: FrankCapraMoment said: Oh by the way, I have a strange request from ya'll...does anyone remember the list of songs that were played before the show? I want to make a little iTunes playlist of them and I've heard some awesome tunes I've never heard before. I remember:
The Payback - James Brown Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince The Glamorous Life - Sheila E. Groove Me - King Floyd Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson Flash Light - Parliament Thanks very much in advance! <3 black sweat pfunk dj-mix (into a james brown song) love bizzare ya what was the JB song b4 love bizzare is what i wanna know | |
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itsjustaroundthecorner said: ok.. show was really great... of course things could have been better (like no covers, please and the setlist hasnt changed much in a few years).. but great show, the great parts were GREAT..
old skool company crimson and clover (INCREDIBLE) 1999 I Feel 4 U controversy (awesome) shhh (guitar part ruled) if i was your girlfriend kiss play that funky music (why god, why?) Hollywood Swinging (this felt like a hundred years long) Harmonica solo Prince speech about loving one another Come Together (kinda lame) Purple Rain (still great) Lets Go Crazy (complete with go go go's) The Bird (!) Jungle Love (!) The Glamourous Life with Sheila E!!!!! overall it was MUCH better than the last few shows ive seen.. no horns at all (YES!, i needed a break) and NO LARRY GRAHAM!!!! i have to say that crimson and clover gave me chills... sometimes the covers feel so phony and forced (IMO) but this one just feels like HIS song.. it was awesome.... i loved holywd swngn ..Bird, JL & glamourous.. that was what i needed during that show .. i was dancin my ass off | |
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Jatrig said: FrankCapraMoment said: Oh by the way, I have a strange request from ya'll...does anyone remember the list of songs that were played before the show? I want to make a little iTunes playlist of them and I've heard some awesome tunes I've never heard before. I remember:
The Payback - James Brown Get Down On It - Kool & The Gang Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince The Glamorous Life - Sheila E. Groove Me - King Floyd Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson Flash Light - Parliament Thanks very much in advance! <3 black sweat pfunk dj-mix (into a james brown song) love bizzare Thanks! I knew some of them were Prince songs I didn't recognize. I also remember hearing "Brick House". | |
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AtenO said: I am being a hater bcause Prince's bodyguard stole ticket and U R going to blame for witnessing Him selling them on the sidewalk?
Please refrain Ur comment appropriately. She won't "refrain" her comment mate. She is one of the blind obssessed followers. I can believe the ticket issue, same sort of problems at Bagley's back in 93. Tickets being resold at the door leading to massive over crowding and health and safety issues. Is it all Prince's fault? Probably not but he makes a big issue of having total control so he has to shoulder some of the blame. | |
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