Prince last night...AMAZING!!!! He opened the show with a blistering performance of "Laydown" from 20Ten. The next track featured the girls cover of Sara McLachlan's "In The Arms of an Angel" & Shelby literally owns this song now as this was clearly a tribute to her late father who recently passed away. "The Hits" were then back out in full-force at that point, but we as die-hards can complain(including me)all we want they sounded brillant. A lot of "The Hits" were omitted with them bein:"Let's Go Crazy" "1999" "Baby I'm a Star" most notably. Prince's all-gold Fender Strat sounded excellent as I went to the show thinking that it wouldn't as i've never seen him play through 3-single pickups before, but in any event this guitar sounded awesome. Atendance was very light & upper-sections were curtained off & those who brought tickets in those sections were simply re-located to better upper-levels seats! Esperanza Spalding & her band were a very, very nice addition as they opened for Prince last night. Lalah Hathaway was the 2nd act to take the stage & she is very talented & has a very good voice. Her highlight was a cover of "Forever, For Always, For Love" by "Luther Vandross" and although she did introduce her band, her drummer & guitar are F'ING AMAZING!!!!! Thank You everybody for last night's show it was STUNNING.....

Glad you enjoyed it!

Sounded lovely thanks for sharing

best concert i ever been to. he blew me away

purplemookiebut said:

best concert i ever been to. he blew me away

You are going to all the W2A concerts, right?

Be interesting to hear your take on how they compare to each other.

Let us know, girl!

thecloud said:

Prince last night...AMAZING!!!! He opened the show with a blistering performance of "Laydown" from 20Ten. The next track featured the girls cover of Sara McLachlan's "In The Arms of an Angel" & Shelby literally owns this song now as this was clearly a tribute to her late father who recently passed away. "The Hits" were then back out in full-force at that point, but we as die-hards can complain(including me)all we want they sounded brillant. A lot of "The Hits" were omitted with them bein:"Let's Go Crazy" "1999" "Baby I'm a Star" most notably. Prince's all-gold Fender Strat sounded excellent as I went to the show thinking that it wouldn't as i've never seen him play through 3-single pickups before, but in any event this guitar sounded awesome. Atendance was very light & upper-sections were curtained off & those who brought tickets in those sections were simply re-located to better upper-levels seats! Esperanza Spalding & her band were a very, very nice addition as they opened for Prince last night. Lalah Hathaway was the 2nd act to take the stage & she is very talented & has a very good voice. Her highlight was a cover of "Forever, For Always, For Love" by "Luther Vandross" and although she did introduce her band, her drummer & guitar are F'ING AMAZING!!!!! Thank You everybody for last night's show it was STUNNING.....

TheGreatestArtist = Prince R Nelson

CallMeCarrie said:

purplemookiebut said:

best concert i ever been to. he blew me away

You are going to all the W2A concerts, right?

Be interesting to hear your take on how they compare to each other.

Let us know, girl!

oh but of course i will!! i cant wait for sheila e saturday..tomorrow i'm 7 rows away near the piano...shudders.

purplemookiebut said:

best concert i ever been to. he blew me away

Are you going to the meet-up@BBQ'S on Saturday, If so u have to tell us all about it. Pls!!!

yes i will be. met a bunch of ppl yesterday...every concert i am!

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well happy belted bday. it was a funky good time

it's nice that you got there early, made the effort to support the 'opening acts'... 2 fantastic artists!

i'm glad they were able to show off & perform with prince a bit later to a full crowd.

purplemookiebut said:

I went to that concert. She is right, it was beyond awesomeness!!!! lol Me, being a first timer and all to his concert. I was really impressed, and it was nice to know all the hype was not just hype lol He killed it on stage, everyone did. I had a great time!!! One of my dreams came true. . .finally. Bout time he came to the states. It was so exciting, and the energy was up on maximum. Luved it. It is definitly something i will always remember and cherish. Can't wait till the my next one...

thecloud said:

Prince last night...AMAZING!!!! He opened the show with a blistering performance of "Laydown" from 20Ten. The next track featured the girls cover of Sara McLachlan's "In The Arms of an Angel" & Shelby literally owns this song now as this was clearly a tribute to her late father who recently passed away. "The Hits" were then back out in full-force at that point, but we as die-hards can complain(including me)all we want they sounded brillant. A lot of "The Hits" were omitted with them bein:"Let's Go Crazy" "1999" "Baby I'm a Star" most notably. Prince's all-gold Fender Strat sounded excellent as I went to the show thinking that it wouldn't as i've never seen him play through 3-single pickups before, but in any event this guitar sounded awesome. Atendance was very light & upper-sections were curtained off & those who brought tickets in those sections were simply re-located to better upper-levels seats! Esperanza Spalding & her band were a very, very nice addition as they opened for Prince last night. Lalah Hathaway was the 2nd act to take the stage & she is very talented & has a very good voice. Her highlight was a cover of "Forever, For Always, For Love" by "Luther Vandross" and although she did introduce her band, her drummer & guitar are F'ING AMAZING!!!!! Thank You everybody for last night's show it was STUNNING.....

I was there 2 thecloud and he rocked it also esperanza and lalah where amazing I'm glad I got 2 c him live once again! Now i'm going 4 the jan 18th show! hoping and praying!