There's a newspiece on Finnish national broadcast channel that Prince is playing in Helsinki on 15. october.

Interesting...googled and found this:

http://www.last.fm/event/...tober 2010

and then this for Zagreb with CANCELLED written on it:

http://www.last.fm/event/1626234 Prince

(Sorry if this Zagreb info is old/put up already)

It seems that the only source is TV channel Suomitv. They haven't revealed where they got the information from. Here's the article on their website (in finnish). It suggests that Helsinki is only one date in the middle of an entire tour. Personally I'm not convinced, but I heard that Suomitv were also the first to report a concert date by Ozzy Osbourne so there might be truth to this.

http://www.suomitv.fi/uut...lokakuussa

Remember, people: Nothing is official until it's confirmed by FinnishWolfhound or IrishBedBug or whaetver his name is.

[Edited 9/24/10 14:59pm]

CJBabyDaddy said:

Does anybody have the link to where those tickets may be sold? Or anyplace confirming? I'd LOVE to go to the show, I lived in Finland in 2008-2009 and would love an excuse to go back...Prince is a darn good reason. I wish they would confirm the dates already and not cancel. I saw he had canceled 2 previous shows before with very short notice. It would suck to go all the way over and he cancel. Still a cool vacation spot and I love going always, but this time I'd specifically be going to see Prince.

xenophobia2002 said:

CJBabyDaddy said:

Remember, people: Nothing is official until it's confirmed by FinnishWolfhound or IrishBedBug or whaetver his name is.

[Edited 9/24/10 14:59pm]

at least 8 shows on the way

What are the dates & locations pls?

DaphneLovesPR1NCE said:

Does anybody have the link to where those tickets may be sold? Or anyplace confirming? I'd LOVE to go to the show, I lived in Finland in 2008-2009 and would love an excuse to go back...Prince is a darn good reason. I wish they would confirm the dates already and not cancel. I saw he had canceled 2 previous shows before with very short notice. It would suck to go all the way over and he cancel. Still a cool vacation spot and I love going always, but this time I'd specifically be going to see Prince.

try this one: http://www.ticketmastereurope.com/

B Funky wundi

Hope to god this one comes to fruition. (sp)

So curently this gig is still hearsay?

Time is getting short.

When will the tickets be sold?

The promoter is RL Entertainment, which is not one of the "big boys" in Finland. Lately they have brought some smaller acts like Mika and Wu-Tang clan to Helsinki, to smaller venues. The website is is http://www.rle.fi . They say the tickets will be up for sale on this Friday.

backontherighttrack said:

The promoter is RL Entertainment, which is not one of the "big boys" in Finland. Lately they have brought some smaller acts like Mika and Wu-Tang clan to Helsinki, to smaller venues. The website is is http://www.rle.fi . They say the tickets will be up for sale on this Friday.

EUR 129, 99, 79 and 69

I might have to skip eating for a while.

novabrkr said:

I might have to skip eating for a while.

you'd better start ... only 2 weeks left

Ooh... There was a full-page advert in the free newspaper today.

I'll definitely be getting the tickets, but I won't believe the show is happening until I see him on stage.

I´m so happy Prince plays northern Europe!!

Is there any way of knowing what day the Helsinki tickets will go on sale? Does anyone have any information they wanna share?

They were supposed to go on sale on Friday morning (=today), but it's been postponed. The official explanation is that they're not quite aware yet how much room the stage is going to take and how they are going to place the seats around it.

I suppose they will go on sale next week.

novabrkr said:

They were supposed to go on sale on Friday morning (=today), but it's been postponed. The official explanation is that they're not quite aware yet how much room the stage is going to take and how they are going to place the seats around it.

I suppose they will go on sale next week.

or just get cancelled. Seems to be happening more and more with Prince shows these days.

Getting the equipment over the baltic sea has always been a problem with the gigs in Finland. This is why many acts do not come over here even if they would visit Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Of course, the official explanation is that they haven't figured out how to set the stage at the venue yet. I don't think it's an unreasonable explanation, because the place itself was designed mostly for ice hockey games in mind.

Ten years ago the stage set-up might have been issue, but there has been at least a hundred concerts by now... Standing, seated, center-stage, end-stage, see-through end-stage, etc.

I would guess the location is a bigger issue, but it's not as critical of you start the tour in Helsinki and have a few days before the next show.

Not that I still truly believe the show is happening.