Doesn't sound like Prince does it, but I hear that he rolled into my part of town last night and played a shitty set. Glad i didn't go.

Read a review here:

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/concert-review-prince-tacoma-dome-tacoma/

the after jam was dope on all levels.. the band took the stage at @ 2:20am, he touch the stage @ 2:48am.. they jammed till 3:50am.. they shouted out james brown, richard pryor, chaka khan, maceo, cee-lo, jill scott, rob base, in the music and many more.. he blessed all of the instruments.. the band.. i think their still playin now..

the sample set reminds me of the fiasco that was Cee Lo at Lollapalooza this year.

I feel sorry for folks who paid hard cash to see the guy, especially hearing that he treated people afterward to a great show in a local club. What a douche.

Jusme4U said:

the after jam was dope on all levels.. the band took the stage at @ 2:20am, he touch the stage @ 2:48am.. they jammed till 3:50am.. they shouted out james brown, richard pryor, chaka khan, maceo, cee-lo, jill scott, rob base, in the music and many more.. he blessed all of the instruments.. the band.. i think their still playin now..

Rockability said:

I feel sorry for folks who paid hard cash to see the guy, especially hearing that he treated people afterward to a great show in a local club. What a douche.

Jusme4U said:

the after jam was dope on all levels.. the band took the stage at @ 2:20am, he touch the stage @ 2:48am.. they jammed till 3:50am.. they shouted out james brown, richard pryor, chaka khan, maceo, cee-lo, jill scott, rob base, in the music and many more.. he blessed all of the instruments.. the band.. i think their still playin now..

looking at the setlist for the aftershow on Princevault, I can't say I'm much impressed with that show either. I'm sure they played well, but....

Just look at the reviews by ORG members. I thought for the most part the review was balanced. I would disagree that LRC was a bummer-It was the highlight of Prince's guitar work.

Speak for yourself!
What's wrong with you people?
I went to both and I'm satisfied.
I bet if he'd humped the piano and
squirted his guitar you'd have been happy!

sunlite said:

Speak for yourself!
What's wrong with you people?
I went to both and I'm satisfied.
I bet if he'd humped the piano and
squirted his guitar you'd have been happy!

Nah, he didn't have to relive the past. But if you would have seen the Victoria show-You truly don't know what you have missed. And I believe we are speaking for ourselves just as you are. The Tacoma show wasn't bad-it just wasn't great.

kewlschool said:

sunlite said:

Speak for yourself!
What's wrong with you people?
I went to both and I'm satisfied.
I bet if he'd humped the piano and
squirted his guitar you'd have been happy!

Nah, he didn't have to relive the past. But if you would have seen the Victoria show-You truly don't know what you have missed. And I believe we are speaking for ourselves just as you are. The Tacoma show wasn't bad-it just wasn't great.

I can dig that! I've been to more Prince shows than I can remember and there have been much better and some not. It just kinda gets under my skin when people are so negative. We don't know how he was feeling. No matter what the show must go on. I am thankful that this amazing artist is in our midst and we can share a moment in time with him. He won't always be here. I'm glad he came to Seattle. He didn't have to. The next run he might not

This tour does sound like a cash grab for the most part with a few highlights sprinkled in. I've been to many a show and as a long time fan you do become fickle after awhile. I've been bored with the hits for years but his overall talent keeps me coming back for more since you never know.. I was fortunate enough to witness the Troubador gig this year and its probably ruined me for future shows. I also know I've said that before and have been proven wrong. Overall he's in retirement mode as far as I'm concerned and that's ok as long as he can still throw down an amazing club gig now and again.

[Edited 12/20/11 14:45pm]

According to one of the commenters on the blog, some girl got through arena security and sneaked under the stage, and Prince's security guys weren't happy with it either, of course. And because of this whole thing, Prince got pissed off.

Lol! That'd be some funny shit if this is why he cut the show abnormally short.

kewlschool said:

sunlite said:

Speak for yourself!
What's wrong with you people?
I went to both and I'm satisfied.
I bet if he'd humped the piano and
squirted his guitar you'd have been happy!

Nah, he didn't have to relive the past. But if you would have seen the Victoria show-You truly don't know what you have missed. And I believe we are speaking for ourselves just as you are. The Tacoma show wasn't bad-it just wasn't great.

The Victoria show was outstanding, the best of the many I saw this year. Nothing compares 2 u Victoria. That will be hard to top but, with Prince, I am staying tuned. He will do it.

philmoreliz said:

kewlschool said:

Nah, he didn't have to relive the past. But if you would have seen the Victoria show-You truly don't know what you have missed. And I believe we are speaking for ourselves just as you are. The Tacoma show wasn't bad-it just wasn't great.

The Victoria show was outstanding, the best of the many I saw this year. Nothing compares 2 u Victoria. That will be hard to top but, with Prince, I am staying tuned. He will do it.

Want to clarify that the other shows were staggeringly good.

Hearing about the location of the aftershow, in downtown Seattle, it makes sense he cut it short by an hour. That's how long it takes to get from Tacoma to Seattle. Next time he should play an aftershow closer to the concert because that's ridiculously petty and unfair to give the rest of the country a good show and Tacoma a bad show because they had to cut out to drive another hr and play for 3 hours for a group of yuppies.

philmoreliz said:

philmoreliz said:

The Victoria show was outstanding, the best of the many I saw this year. Nothing compares 2 u Victoria. That will be hard to top but, with Prince, I am staying tuned. He will do it.

Want to clarify that the other shows were staggeringly good.

UCantHavaDaMango said:

It did take a good hour to fight the traffic and get from the Dome to Republiq for the aftershow. It was midnight by the time I got there. However, the NPG didn't go on until 2am. Unless he needed 3 hours to get ready, I still don't see why the Tacoma gig was that short. I still enjoyed it though.

Prince also left the Victoria venue at 1230am sunday morning (after his Saturday concert) to go to the after party.

Rockability said:

Hearing about the location of the aftershow, in downtown Seattle, it makes sense he cut it short by an hour. That's how long it takes to get from Tacoma to Seattle. Next time he should play an aftershow closer to the concert because that's ridiculously petty and unfair to give the rest of the country a good show and Tacoma a bad show because they had to cut out to drive another hr and play for 3 hours for a group of yuppies.

philmoreliz said:

Want to clarify that the other shows were staggeringly good.

Bad management!!! (referring to Rockability post)

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Sounds like Prince gave the Royal Shaft!

Rockability said:

Doesn't sound like Prince does it, but I hear that he rolled into my part of town last night and played a shitty set. Glad i didn't go.

Read a review here:

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/concert-review-prince-tacoma-dome-tacoma/

This is a typical Troll statement from Rockability.

He Didnt go and then complains.

Interesting how some of Prince's concerts have been abrupty truncated while others went on two and half to three hours... I know--I attended both! Would have killed for one of those afterjams though.

I was there and the show was good.

ladyleap2u said:

The audacity of some ungrateful folks...Prince, come back to Cali where we love and appreciate every moment you sing/perform for us

Yeah, the audience and the shows in Oakland were off the chain. I also went to the last two concerts in L.A. and the vibes were terrific but they didn't raise the roof off the top of the Forum like they did in Oakland.

purplethunder3121 said:

As if I'm going to drive an hour and a half on a monday night..... That's another thing, doesn't the kid get that folks work during the week? I am glad to hear he's dancing again and even flirting with his racy material, which is some of his best. I even heard he humped the piano. Sounds like he's on the right track.

powersoul99 said:

Rockability said:

Doesn't sound like Prince does it, but I hear that he rolled into my part of town last night and played a shitty set. Glad i didn't go.

Read a review here:

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/concert-review-prince-tacoma-dome-tacoma/

This is a typical Troll statement from Rockability.

He Didnt go and then complains.

Ouch! I usually never read concert reviews, (Especially when things are as harsh as this) Yet, something made me motivated to read this and OUCH. It sounded horrible, even worst is that so many people were HIGHLY disappointed. It's obvious this type of performance behavior, happens occasionally, he can't be on fire ALL the time, he's only human. ALSO, he has to chill. He should have never had so many concerts, and just rested for some time. It seems as if the after show where was it WAS! I know sometimes he is standby mode, I would be too. Haha. He has too many songs to keep playing: Let's Go Crazy, Raspberry Beret, COOL, etc... I mean he can FUNK it up in some new way to make it more appealing, and that he does sometimes. However, he can also play some new random songs out the blue. HE HAS SO MANY SONGS, and he can just FLIP this whole thing out the water if he wanted, but we can't expect the best all the time I guess..lol

It wasn't the fact that he sang his old songs. They were sung pretty lazily and Prince acted like he just wanted to get them over with. I would have to admit that the crowd could have been more into. I think we were too busy having to sing HIS songs to him. How short it was, was what turned me off!Overall, it was a weird concert. It wasn't bad. It just wasn't very good!

EyeJester7 said:

Ouch! I usually never read concert reviews, (Especially when things are as harsh as this) Yet, something made me motivated to read this and OUCH. It sounded horrible, even worst is that so many people were HIGHLY disappointed. It's obvious this type of performance behavior, happens occasionally, he can't be on fire ALL the time, he's only human. ALSO, he has to chill. He should have never had so many concerts, and just rested for some time. It seems as if the after show where was it WAS! I know sometimes he is standby mode, I would be too. Haha. He has too many songs to keep playing: Let's Go Crazy, Raspberry Beret, COOL, etc... I mean he can FUNK it up in some new way to make it more appealing, and that he does sometimes. However, he can also play some new random songs out the blue. HE HAS SO MANY SONGS, and he can just FLIP this whole thing out the water if he wanted, but we can't expect the best all the time I guess..lol

I can understand that going to see Prince in concert brings excited expectations. Believe me I understand. I've been to many Prince concerts, have been a longtime friend. Went to the NY concert in Jan 2011. It was unbelievably off the freakin' chain. Sorry to say to hear that your experience wasn't expected. And you know that's not characteristic of a Prince show. Give the guy a little slack, stop hating so much. You don't know what was really going on behind the scenes. And if you're a true fan/friend you'd have empathy. Everytime I get the chance to go to hear him play I'm blessed. He and his music are the only consistent love. I'm sure he tried his best to satisfy as many as much as possible. Most artist do!