I was talking to another fan in the crowd yesterday at the 5pm show, and he told me about rumours he heard that Prince was going to do like 30 concerts in Paris...

second clue I got was when the guy from Grand Palais welcoming everybody and asking (multiple times) NOT to take any pictures, because if 'the artist' saw anyone taking pictures, he would stop playing. Then he said something like: let's listen with our ears and hearts and if we have a beautifull night, we might have a lot more nights like this....

what do you guys make of this? Has anyone heard more about this?

Would be great! I live 400 km's from paris and would love to see him on a regular basis

Duccer said:

I heard that if Prince liked this stage he would give 8 more shows.
I was only at first gig.... i can't believe he is playing multiple gigs there.
The first show he had to make and order several time to adjust sound of then microphone of his then drums, etc,etc. He also said at 2nd number somthing like let's make a soundcheck of this.
I will go and see Prince if he will perform more this months, but not at the Grand Palais. Don't get me wrong i had a good time but sound was not very good.
Hope i get some boots of this in a short while.

I agree, the sound wasn't great, that's why I positioned myself directly in front of the right speakers, so I would at least be spared from the echoes and stuff a hall like that would produce, but still, wasn't great. I am SO glad I didn't pay 150 euros for the seats in the back with even crappier sound.

Greatest thing would be if he would play in a different location in Paris every concert, so we would get big party concerts like yesterday, and a week later a smaller, maybe more jazzy set, another week later in some nice 50's style place big funk set with all the trumpets, saxes,...

Duccer is looking for a room in Paris (j/k)

Duccer said:

Oh, I can't understand P.
Why is it so evil to take photos?
Somebody said at an aftershowparty at the Indigo someone took a picture
and that's why Prince broke up the show.But that's not right. He didn't broke up because of THAT!
At the whole evening people was taking pictures and then suddenly this one
man should be the factor why he ended up playing? No way.
I guess I know why he broke up, but whatever...

Damn I can remember Nikka Costa's face. She was so disappointed and totally horrified that he just went away and didn't get back to play.

Isn't there suppossed to be a press conference today? I'm still not sure whether this is confirmed or just a rumour. There either is or isn't one surely?!
If there is, then we can be sure its to announce more shows. Man, I hope so. Please though, book appropriate venues to hear them in!

I'm itching to find out whats happening..Who knows a good site for transport/accomdation from the uk (prerbally cardiff) other than lastminute.coom for cheap prices?

Llanishenlad said:

Book a package deal through eurostar.com or expedia. You'll get the eurostar or flights and a cheap hotel I want to find out so I can book asap too!!

hestilllovesme said:

I was at that show. That was the 4th August aftershow, wasn't it?

Anyway, a residency in Paris would be cooler than cool. Just hope it doesnt start before I get back from the US at the beginning of November lol.
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Militant said:

Uhm yes, I think it was the 4th August, yes
His guitar solo was so f*** cool, and then he left. And Nikka looked like
"what the..?" but he didnt want to come back...

what do you think was the reason?
Do you know if he was at the 3th in the Indigo?
I think I saw him at the left side to the stage/dancefloor having a drink!?
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hestilllovesme said:

I dunno what happened, evidently he wasn't in the mood. I didn't mind though, because on the 14th, he played a 3 hour aftershow, just absolutely killed it, and I got to meet him briefly afterwards as well

Militant said:

Damn, your lucky man!

I was disappointed because I just had time for 2 aftershows and at the first one
he didn't play and the second one, you know...
You briefly met him afterwards? Like what?

Militant said:

Yeah that 14th aftershow was great. Best concert I have ever seen I really enjoyed Beverly Knights set too 'We're making history!!!'

soulyacolia said:

Err . . guys? Those aftershows were indeed the S***. But can we now get back on topic?

Malloy said:

yes, sorry.

rumours rumours i want facts

Bohemian67 said:

In an hour long press conference Prince talked about French food but apparantly not about any other additionals concerts. Guess this was it.

I read the article. Very good one and he is correct about what he said.

jillis said:

Dr Funkenberry offers the full press conference as an audio file:

Prince Talks to Reporters...ull Audio!

incredibleD said:

That was great

He sounds happy.


"A: These are the days I was looking forward to. It’s hard to sleep because the options are so numerous. It was worth the fight, it was worth the struggle. I advise every artist to go through it if they can. The cream rises to the top anyway. A real free music doesn’t mean that you don’t pay for it, it just means there are no authoritarian figures telling you what you’re supposed to do with it."

Which options?

Nice press conference but very frustrating. Why did nobody ask the obvious question? Will you be doing more shows?!! I mean, come on! isn't that what we want to know more than anything right now. I live in London and I'm sure I'm not alone in needing more than a couple of days notice in getting over there.

Malloy said:

Looks like there won't be any more shows in Paris right now. Apparently, they've all gone back to US.

Malloy said:

I'm not so sure about that. At the beginning of the press conference he did say that they were looking at options and it was still in the planning stages but he definetely sounded as though they were scouting locations.

Later, in the NRJ interview he talked about the Opera house en how he liked small venues...

I wouldn't despair yet....

Malloy said:

Did Prince and the band leave Paris for the US or was it just Shelby Johnson that left and can we book our train tickets for the weekend?

That's the question right now. I can't score any source saying wether Prince left Paris already or not. I suppose nothing is currently going on, but I am still ready to catch a train in a heartbeat if some reliable rumour pop up this morning. Jeez...

jillis said:[quote]

Malloy said:

Did Prince and the band leave Paris for the US or was it just Shelby Johnson that left and can we book our train tickets for the weekend?[/quote]

yeah I aint a big fan of hers either.

jillis said:

Shelby's back home. I guess the other band members are too.

I don't know about Prince though. Perhaps he's house hunting ?
I do wish he'd get an apartment in Paris again.

And don't nobody dare go singing in the middle of the night !!!