Willierose71 said:

Anybody out there without a ticket who wants to go tonight. Keep trying Ticketmaster. Just got a second row riser ticket for $25!!!

Thank you for posting this. I tried Ticketmaster again and I was able to get 2 risers for $25.

I thought tonights show was so much better, plus he played my favorite Prince song - ADORE.

Chaka Khan's opening set was an unexpected treat of hits. She did this cute dip with

her hips as she danced on stage. I think her gyrating may have influenced Prince. His

covered cheeks filled the big screens in close up later for some naughty backside moves

of his own.

The waits between encores were really short. Hollywood Swingers morphed into

“Inglewood City/Swingers” was a nice touch. Sheila, Prince and his band walked

through the floor after the last encore.

I think it was Brown Telecaster all night except for his bass duet with Larry Graham.

Prince requested the lights off while he played bass. Not sure why he was hiding it

from us when he's pictured with it all over the merchandise. Maybe he has special

plans for it later in the 21 night stand? Is he planning to play some of Stevie's funky

bass lines in May for the rumored future lineup? I'd love to hear Stevie on Hohner

Clavinet with Prince on guitar for only $25.

I was pretty high up, but with binoculars I am guessing on his crescent pedal board was:

starting prince left blue boss pitch shifter or blues driver

purple boss flanger

white boss digital delay

black boss metal zone or brown octave

orange boss overdrive or turbo distortion

a blue boss vibrato might be hiding in there too

central rackmount foot controller or just a power supply

white crybaby bass wah pedal

red digitech whammy used pretty nicely on Sometimes it snows in April

and finally Prince right a blue line6 modulation pedal stomped on I think for phaser

Not sure what the real order of the chain was but this was how they

were layed out on the floor

this is what he used on stage in 2010

http://funksheet.blogspot...board.html

Great show, but I don't think the Forum can keep up with the cleaning.

The floors even pre-show were as sticky as a college beer pong garage.

Bacon wrapped dog keeping me up to write this post.

[Edited 4/24/11 4:24am]

[Edited 4/24/11 11:47am]

WHATS THIS ABOUT REBBIE JACKSON?? Anyone have any pictures?

ImperfectAngel said:

LayDownMisty said:

Chaka Khan?

Looks like she opened the show! so awesome!

I just saw her in Atlantic City, NJ (House of Blues) on Friday night!

too many Ds

[Edited 4/24/11 12:36pm]

Purely AMAZING! Sang all the songs I wanted and then some. I loved the whole show of course, Row 2 Section E was perfect. He's timeless, his dancing made me shiver. I think my favorite was the FIRST encore when he was on the piano. Sheila E is GORGEOUS and ROCKED!!!!!

Feels like the only way 2 describe last night was we took a bath in purple love. Chaka has the best voice ever! i can't believe how she can sing! Sing on sister - u reach the Highest and take us there with ur voice. Sometimes It Snows in April was an immediate soul plane take off in the light, truth, and vibration. Every purple fam member needs to go at least once 2 the LA show - don't 4get ur bath towel. O+>

raddahone said:

Feels like the only way 2 describe last night was we took a bath in purple love. Chaka has the best voice ever! i can't believe how she can sing! Sing on sister - u reach the Highest and take us there with ur voice. Sometimes It Snows in April was an immediate soul plane take off in the light, truth, and vibration. Every purple fam member needs to go at least once 2 the LA show - don't 4get ur bath towel. O+>

V10LETBLUES said:

raddahone said:

Feels like the only way 2 describe last night was we took a bath in purple love. Chaka has the best voice ever! i can't believe how she can sing! Sing on sister - u reach the Highest and take us there with ur voice. Sometimes It Snows in April was an immediate soul plane take off in the light, truth, and vibration. Every purple fam member needs to go at least once 2 the LA show - don't 4get ur bath towel. O+>

LO! 2 cute!!!! LuvU! Da towel is still wet - j/k...or mayb not!

fe2cruz said:

Chaka Khan's opening set was an unexpected treat of hits. She did this cute dip with

her hips as she danced on stage. I think her gyrating may have influenced Prince. His

covered cheeks filled the big screens in close up later for some naughty backside moves

of his own.

The waits between encores were really short. Hollywood Swingers morphed into

“Inglewood City/Swingers” was a nice touch. Sheila, Prince and his band walked

through the floor after the last encore.

I think it was Brown Telecaster all night except for his bass duet with Larry Graham.

Prince requested the lights off while he played bass. Not sure why he was hiding it

from us when he's pictured with it all over the merchandise. Maybe he has special

plans for it later in the 21 night stand? Is he planning to play some of Stevie's funky

bass lines in May for the rumored future lineup? I'd love to hear Stevie on Hohner

Clavinet with Prince on guitar for only $25.

I was pretty high up, but with binoculars I am guessing on his crescent pedal board was:

starting prince left blue boss pitch shifter

purple boss flanger

white boss digital delay

black boss metal zone or brown octave

orange boss overdrive or turbo distortion

a blue boss blues driver might be hiding in there too

central rackmount foot controller or just a power supply

white wah pedal

red digitech whammy used pretty nicely on Sometimes it snows in April

and ending the chain Prince right a blue line6 modulation pedal stomped on I think for phaser

this is what he used on stage in 2010

http://funksheet.blogspot...board.html

Great show, but I don't think the Forum can keep up with the cleaning.

The floors even pre-show were as sticky as a college beer pong garage.

Bacon wrapped dog keeping me up to write this post.

[Edited 4/24/11 4:24am]

That wasn't a cute lil dip. Chaka dropped it like it was hot all the way 2 the floor...lol & with no problem & ease. She been practicing that on someone & put this dude in my section in heaven lol. Her voice is stronger and has not aged one bit, she reaches notes unheard of by anyone..

Nothinbutjoy said:

Poplife

Ikr?

I hate that I'm not gonna be able to go to any of the shows.

Very hot show! Highlights: Opening with DMSR and the final encore after the house lights came on and about 1/3 or so of the folks already left!

I'll be back!

sro100 said:

Very hot show! Highlights: Opening with DMSR and the final encore after the house lights came on and about 1/3 or so of the folks already left!

I'll be back!

I really don't get why so many are leaving so early...guess they're more into their damn Playstation games...bloody spoilt brats with too much money I suppose...(sighs)

There is a video of Prince and Rebbie dancing together. Check out YouTube (removed link)

[Edited 4/24/11 13:00pm]

Thanks for posting the vid. An awesome tribute to his old "rival." With age comes (or should come) wisdom.

Seeing and hearing all of the good reports from the first few 21 Nights shows has got me itching to see him again. If he gets to the Midwest, I'm there.

ItsAllForLOVE said:

There is a video of Prince and Rebbie dancing together. I don't know how to post the YOUTUBE embedded, it is here at about 6 minutes

Which one is Rebbie?

and his performance of "Cool" just seems to keep getting better! what a party on that stage

ItsAllForLOVE said:

Prince pulled REBBIE JACKSON up on stage to dance during DONT STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH. She had fun out there dancing!

hmmm...i saw a lady that looked like Kathryn Jackson walking around the floor last nite. Was she there too with Rebbie??

Plus...i saw the weirdest looking VIP folx facing the glyph stage floor...like to botox collagen lady

GDB said:

Realtor, based on your experience from Thurs 4/21 and my review (in the other thread) of last night's show, would you say that Thursday night appeared to be the better of the two?

GDB, I'm gonna check your review right now before commenting......be right back.

ImperfectAngel said:

angelhsent said:

I cant seem to find any!!

I never found any either

sucks to see empty seats in the upper level at these concerts, you know those were bought to sell for more and probably never were able to

The Forum looked packed last night.

I just got back from the airport from my trip to LA. I have seen Prince many times but last night was incredible! We were in loge 8 which is right above the area where the piano is located. Prince spent a great deal of time in that area so our seats were great. There were a lot of people coming to our section trying to get photos of him. He seemed to be loving the crowd and they were loving him. I loved Chaka Khan and I am from Northern Cali so I like Larry Graham. I remember Larry Graham doing a concert for my high school back in the day! It was great to see him playing with Larry and loving it.

I have to say that Sheila E killed it! She still has it and the chemistry with everyone is great.

I loved the version of Little Red Corvette. That was hot! I hope there are some photos out there. He looked good in the sleeveless outfit that he came back in for the encore.

I wish I lived in LA because I would go again. I was hoping he would play Shhh but it was still a great show. He and the crowd were definitely in the party mood!

The only downer was the aroma of 420 at the show. I definitely wasn't expecting that and to see people smoking it a few rows down from us.

ItsAllForLOVE said:

Willierose71 said:

Anybody out there without a ticket who wants to go tonight. Keep trying Ticketmaster. Just got a second row riser ticket for $25!!!

Thank you for posting this. I tried Ticketmaster again and I was able to get 2 risers for $25.

I thought tonights show was so much better, plus he played my favorite Prince song - ADORE.

Im surprised ticketmaster had tickets. on Lopez, Prince said he was going with LiveNation, to take the "master out of the tickets"

veronikka said:

ItsAllForLOVE said:

There is a video of Prince and Rebbie dancing together. I don't know how to post the YOUTUBE embedded, it is here at about 6 minutes

Which one is Rebbie?

and his performance of "Cool" just seems to keep getting better! what a party on that stage

Rebbie is the first person he helped up the stairs. Jeans with rolled up cuffs, with blue jacket.

GDB said:

Realtor, based on your experience from Thurs 4/21 and my review (in the other thread) of last night's show, would you say that Thursday night appeared to be the better of the two?

It's hard to speculate on the show that I missed ( I went 4/14, 4/21, 4/23) but I had much different personal experiences at each one that I attended. You are asking between 4/21 and 4/22, right? Based on what I've been told by people that attended both, they liked 4/21 much more. I probably enjoyed 4/21 a little more than 4/23, but they were both very good.

Unfortunately due to the fact that April 14th's performance was so captivating, the other two I went to aren't that memorable for me. April 14th, after seeing him perform for the 73rd time, I FINALLY understood that the setlists are meaningless. On that night, we got to witness Prince play music "in the moment." Because of the passion in which he played, he inspired ME to hear music differently. I know this might not make sense for most, but it's like, I got to learn about Prince that night...and I'm only referring to how musical aspects affect him. I understand his internal battles with boredom, redundancy, creativity, business, originality, and acceptance. I realized that he WANTS us to challenge him, but also that he evolves just like everyone else does, so don't take him for granted. But what I can't get out of my brain is the setlist concept. I realized that he could remove EVERY single song he played April 14th (and 21, 22, 23) and STILL deliver the GREATEST concert of all-time. All these thoughts just kept circling in my head....he could do a show: Alphabet Street, Do Me, Baby, Pink Cashmere, Everlasting Now, God Created Woman, Anna Stesia, Soft and Wet, Lady Cab Driver, I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man, Paisley Park, 17 Days, Elephants and Flowers...etc....and it could be his greatest ever. The reality is: he can play any songs he wants to, but the ONLY variables are HOW he plays them, and as you alluded to, the sound quality of the production. It took me 73 times of seeing him perform to finally "get it." From now on, I really don't care what songs he plays, I just hope he can be as inspiring as he was on April 14th and I guess it's all based on how inspired he is to perform.

BlackAdder7 said:

ItsAllForLOVE said:

Thank you for posting this. I tried Ticketmaster again and I was able to get 2 risers for $25.

I thought tonights show was so much better, plus he played my favorite Prince song - ADORE.

Im surprised ticketmaster had tickets. on Lopez, Prince said he was going with LiveNation, to take the "master out of the tickets"

Livenation bought out Ticketmaster in 2010 and now they are one. So there is STILL a master (probably only one master) in the ticketing system for concerts and events.

BlackAdder7 said:

ItsAllForLOVE said:

Thank you for posting this. I tried Ticketmaster again and I was able to get 2 risers for $25.

I thought tonights show was so much better, plus he played my favorite Prince song - ADORE.

Im surprised ticketmaster had tickets. on Lopez, Prince said he was going with LiveNation, to take the "master out of the tickets"

live nation and ticketmaster are the same company now

HarleyQ said:

ItsAllForLOVE said:

Prince pulled REBBIE JACKSON up on stage to dance during DONT STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH. She had fun out there dancing!

hmmm...i saw a lady that looked like Kathryn Jackson walking around the floor last nite. Was she there too with Rebbie??

Plus...i saw the weirdest looking VIP folx facing the glyph stage floor...like to botox collagen lady

I am wondering if that was Amanda Lepor: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...nda_Lepore

I was in the Colonnade so I didn't get a good look. Can anyone confirm?

xMikeBx said:

HarleyQ said:

hmmm...i saw a lady that looked like Kathryn Jackson walking around the floor last nite. Was she there too with Rebbie??

Plus...i saw the weirdest looking VIP folx facing the glyph stage floor...like to botox collagen lady

I am wondering if that was Amanda Lepor: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...nda_Lepore

I was in the Colonnade so I didn't get a good look. Can anyone confirm?

Yes, that's the person I saw. U kno closeup, "she" looks terrible! Those pics on wiki look photoshoped.

HarleyQ said:

xMikeBx said:

I am wondering if that was Amanda Lepor: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...nda_Lepore

I was in the Colonnade so I didn't get a good look. Can anyone confirm?

Yes, that's the person I saw. U kno closeup, "she" looks terrible! Those pics on wiki look photoshoped.

We saw her too and were wondering who she was.

I'll likely share more thoughts soon, but I just wanted to say Sheila E. doing "The Glamorous Life" was an absolute highlight for me last night. I was lucky to catch two Oakland shows and her interaction with Prince was tremendous then, but she seemed particularly on fire during that song last night. The night off did wonders. I was flipping out when she started knocking the drums over. En Fuego!

[Edited 4/24/11 18:59pm]

Also, finally hearing "Pop Life" and "Sometimes It Snows In April" =