KoolEaze said:

Oh, I love Cologne and its people. But the audience still sucked and were rude but that is understandable. Absolutely no prejudice here. And some ladies smelled delicious I wasn´t talking about everybody.Sorry. The whole experience put me in a bad mood.

But you´re right about the show and Prince. See my post above. Definitely a big letdown.

I went there with very low expectations, but I didn´t know it would be THAT bad.And a lot of the things I disliked had very little to do with the venue or Cologne or the audience.

Got it. You called the people of Cologne rude. Imagine they all were nude. We would have wished there was more black than white. We would have wished there were more rules. Soundwise and otherwise. One thing that really sucked: there was close to none of Cologne's huge gay population.

ludwig said:

I wasn't sweaty and rude, but very disappointed. The second cologne gig that sucked, what a shame. The last good cologne concert was the fabulous show in 1992 where I got an autograph on my ticket from Michael Bland before the show. And the aftershow in 1998 was great, too.

To win german and especially cologne's fans back, he should do something. Maybe a one hour special show on Stefan Raab's show "Tv Total". He even dedicated James Brown a whole show. He could do this show, apologize there and give a 45-minute tv-mini-concert or something.

And then play some german festivals next year, dear Prince. For instance "Rock over germany", and you will win thousands of new and very young german fans.

[Edited 7/28/11 19:22pm]

What year is it? There's no "Rock Over Germany" anymore. That had gone some 18 years ago. Thank goodness, the name alone sucked big time.

Just read on Funkenberry about the NPG being apologetic for last night's concert. Blabla. How many times will they apologize? Besides, it doesn't matter to us poor suckers who had paid large sums to get dangerously close to health threatening decibels. I wish Prince will never come back again. He's finished.

nonesuch said:

ludwig said:

I wasn't sweaty and rude, but very disappointed. The second cologne gig that sucked, what a shame. The last good cologne concert was the fabulous show in 1992 where I got an autograph on my ticket from Michael Bland before the show. And the aftershow in 1998 was great, too.

To win german and especially cologne's fans back, he should do something. Maybe a one hour special show on Stefan Raab's show "Tv Total". He even dedicated James Brown a whole show. He could do this show, apologize there and give a 45-minute tv-mini-concert or something.

And then play some german festivals next year, dear Prince. For instance "Rock over germany", and you will win thousands of new and very young german fans.

[Edited 7/28/11 19:22pm]

What year is it? There's no "Rock Over Germany" anymore. That had gone some 18 years ago. Thank goodness, the name alone sucked big time.

Sorry, my fault. I meant "Rock am Ring" and "Rock im Park". You know it's late at night, I'm tired and should go to bed.

Seriously, how can it take 30 minutes to turn a volume knob down?

mynameisnotsusan said:

Seriously, how can it take 30 minutes to turn a volume knob down?

it doesn't but it takes 29 minutes and 55 seconds to get prince's body off of the soundman.

P is an idiot and at least has issues here.

He did not handle the sound mix issue with least amount of delay.

He did not communicate. He did not start fixing it A.S.A.P.

He did not make a professional impression.

Despite te sound check that lasted for too long.

Also the arena itself had not changed in 13 years. Stairs (!!) to go down to the innenraum.

Who designs that in this age of time?

The floor is at street level, even....

xLiberiangirl said:

It was not good, audience sucked big time and the sound was horrible!!!

Where were you? I was wight in front of teh catwalk, center stage.

Poor Prince, crazy germany people throw beer plastic cups....

Crazy Prince not communicating, not acting to fix the issue but instead riding his EGO. (remember that the stage was all empty and you only fix the sound with a sound check which already had lasted for too long!)

and only were yelling when they were angry.

lame. lame lame.

P acted very lame.

It could all have been fixed in 5 minutes.

Instead he acted frustrated.

That is not professional.

remko said:

Only 90 minutes?

Maybe less.

P spoiled it. Really.

He is the man in charge.

He needs to act like a profesional.

He did not. He ran off and did whatever backstage.

Sound is fixed on the stage and behind the board.

I paid almost 100 Euros. I waited too long before and after "Laydown". And what I got was only 75min of music, an uninspired show and a terrible sound.... NOT ONLY THE WORST PRINCE CONCERT I VISITED, IT WAS MY WORST CONCERT EVER ... I don't care if it was John's fault or not ... I expect more professionalism from an artist like PRINCE. Don't wanna see (and pay for) another concert. I got LOVESEXY and SOTT on tape ... best Prince of all time ... more than 20yrs ago ...

udo said:

P is an idiot and at least has issues here.

He did not handle the sound mix issue with least amount of delay.

He did not communicate. He did not start fixing it A.S.A.P.

He did not make a professional impression.

Despite te sound check that lasted for too long.

Also the arena itself had not changed in 13 years. Stairs (!!) to go down to the innenraum.

Who designs that in this age of time?

The floor is at street level, even....

Agree!

Yes he's lost his inspiration a while ago. It drowned in the great book of fairytales.

@NSJ however I had the feeling he's in love again. The songs heplayed, the dedication of songs to Andy.

I surely hope Andy will become his next Susannah.

Anyway

Regarding the sound issues in the recent concerts; WTF happened to the sound checks ? Isn't that to....uuuuhm..... CHECK THE SOUND before a concert ?

Maybe, just maybe he's doing too much shows in a too little time frame (for the $$$ ?).

I mean there's a big difference in doing 21 shows in one venue or doing 21 shows in 15 venues.

Having heard the NSJ recordings and Cologne only being a hours drive from where I live I was thinking about going to Cologne with a friend. Glad we decided not to go.

lust said:

Just got back to hotel. I lost $1200 on the cancelled Oslo concert (not that my problems mean anything) so I forked out to come here before flying home to nz from London tomorrow. What a fuckin waste.

man thats bad...i am really sorry for you.....pity you didnt come to amsterdam last week.....would have made everything up for you....wish u the best...

Sad to hear. In Helsinki, he didn't do the soundcheck, either, but the actuall concert was a huge success. Sound problems at the beginning didn't ruin the concert. What bothered me more, was a not-working air-conditioner.

If Prince (according to some of you) doesn't care about the sound, why the hell would the guy go in soundcheck? And keeps on soundchecking during concerts if the sound doesn't satisfie him.

xLiberiangirl said:

It was not good, audience sucked big time and the sound was horrible!!!

Poor Prince, crazy germany people throw beer plastic cups....

and only were yelling when they were angry.

lame. lame lame.

Don't blame Prince, blame this fucking Lanxess Arena! Prince you did best you could, and I love ya <3 I have seen 6 shows this tour, and most shows were amazing, of the most amazing shows i ever seen.. but this was sad.. it's a horrible way 2 end my tour so far..

I hope I can get ticket 4 another show, or something is gonna 2 announced soon.

WOW!

Haha... sucks to be in Cologne!!!!!!!

I just saw 4 EXCELLENT Prince shows @ the fabulous FORUM here in Los Angeles, California in April/May!

Excellent sound quality there!

Haha! Too bad for you!

[Edited 7/29/11 1:40am]

xLiberiangirl said:

It was not good, audience sucked big time and the sound was horrible!!!

Poor Prince, crazy germany people throw beer plastic cups....

and only were yelling when they were angry.

lame. lame lame.

Don't blame Prince, blame this fucking Lanxess Arena! Prince you did best you could, and I love ya <3 I have seen 6 shows this tour, and most shows were amazing, of the most amazing shows i ever seen.. but this was sad.. it's a horrible way 2 end my tour so far..

I hope I can get ticket 4 another show, or something is gonna 2 announced soon.

Wow, if YOU even complain the sound must have been really horrible! Nothing personal, but you were positive on the first NSJ concert, where the sound was THE WORST SOUND I'VE EVER HEARD IN A PRINCE CONCERT, MAYBE IN EVERY CONCERT I'VE EVER BEEN TO

In a certain way, it's funny that he shouted the name of the soundguy to the audience, but on the other hand it's a fucking shame. If the soundguy isn't good than fire the mofo! If the sound is so bad that it is a "wall of sound" and you can't hear the bandmembers playing, than change to a 2 hour piano set and the crowd is happy too On a serious note: he SHOULD handle with those problems, he's in the business for 30 years. Staying away for 30 mins after one song, who the hell does he think he is?

This tour has brought me the best main show I've seen of him (Ghent) and the worst (NSJ first night) now I hear that Cologne was even worse. It's sad.

Did I mention that I hate Shelby J?

Only trashy losers throw shit on stage at an artist!

What is that gonna do? Magically make the sound better?! Idiots!

There's no way he'll ever return to Cologne!

HAHA!

rumours:

There are talks between the organizer and Prince management to reimburse 50% of the price ...

Keep your tix!

cinnamongirl24 said:

Only trashy losers throw shit on stage at an artist!

What is that gonna do? Magically make the sound better?! Idiots!

There's no way he'll ever return to Cologne!

HAHA!

yes everybody knows you have to aim at the soundboard to get that effect!!

I really feel sorry for all of you guys who went to this concert. And P might have made mistakes the way he handled it....

But to say he has lost his inspiration and doesn't want to play anymore, just doing it for the money..... Come on, that's bullshit. Just look at most of the concerts he has done here in Europe (Gent, Amsterdam) and they'll proof otherwise.

Again, I can understand the frustration, but some reactions are ridiculous.

cinnamongirl24 said:

Only trashy losers throw shit on stage at an artist!

What is that gonna do? Magically make the sound better?! Idiots!

There's no way he'll ever return to Cologne!

HAHA!

Hey,

nobody threw something on the stage while the concert or while any band member was on the stage!

Just after the lights came on, no encore happened and workers started to build up instruments some plastic cans of beer landed on the stage! That's the fact!

agirl said:

I really feel sorry for all of you guys who went to this concert. And P might have made mistakes the way he handled it....

But to say he has lost his inspiration and doesn't want to play anymore, just doing it for the money..... Come on, that's bullshit. Just look at most of the concerts he has done here in Europe (Gent, Amsterdam) and they'll proof otherwise.

Again, I can understand the frustration, but some reactions are ridiculous.

hear, hear!

I agree, he still played, he also maybe not could played.

He was still trying 2 fix it..

Prince still has inspiration and is happy 2 perform, definitely.

Like what I said seen 6 shows of this tour, and NSJ first night was better than this, really.

I have seen amazing concerts this tour and he really seemed 2 enjoy all the shows.

soulsurfer05 said:

cinnamongirl24 said:

Only trashy losers throw shit on stage at an artist!

What is that gonna do? Magically make the sound better?! Idiots!

There's no way he'll ever return to Cologne!

HAHA!

Hey,

nobody threw something on the stage while the concert or while any band member was on the stage!

Just after the lights came on, no encore happened and workers started to build up instruments some plastic cans of beer landed on the stage! That's the fact!

Still it's not respectful 4 people who working there.

And boeing is not nice 2.

soulsurfer05 said:

rumours:

There are talks between the organizer and Prince management to reimburse 50% of the price ...

Keep your tix!

Wishful thinking.

And why would they?

You still got a concert.

Seems any problem and people start crying "they want money"

agirl said:

I really feel sorry for all of you guys who went to this concert. And P might have made mistakes the way he handled it....

But to say he has lost his inspiration and doesn't want to play anymore, just doing it for the money..... Come on, that's bullshit. Just look at most of the concerts he has done here in Europe (Gent, Amsterdam) and they'll proof otherwise.

Again, I can understand the frustration, but some reactions are ridiculous.

The real problem is that Prince is obviously unwilling to amit and fix mistakes, such as hiring a halfway decent soundengineer, who can mix a halfway audible arena-sound.

And he is utterly unreliable in his deliverane.

powersoul99 said:

soulsurfer05 said:

rumours:

There are talks between the organizer and Prince management to reimburse 50% of the price ...

Keep your tix!

Wishful thinking.

And why would they?

You still got a concert.

Seems any problem and people start crying "they want money"

I was there but not going 2 ask my money back, but if there are giving money back, fine.

But 2 me it's not a reason 2 get money back, you got a show, show was disappointing, sound was not good , that's not the problem of the promoters/organizer.. i think