callimnate said:

Why would he want to spend time in Australia!!??

The Aussie dollar is quite strong at the moment. Something like 103 US cents.
And besides, last I heard he was down $4 million coz of the perfume ordeal so he'll probably want to do quite a few shows here.

callimnate said:

Something majorly weird is happening with this tour.

Yes it would've made sense to hold it on the 19th and then just pack up for the last Melb show.

Now is seems like he might be taking a (wait for it.......) holiday up north!!!

If I was a Brisbanite i'd be over the thought that he'll be "killing" time in their city!!

Just think of all the suprise aftershows or appearances he'll be making!!??

Why would he want to spend time in Australia!!??

Uh, because Australia is a huge, beautiful, and diverse country?!! Is that a good enough reason?

purplethunder3121 said:

callimnate said:

Something majorly weird is happening with this tour.

Yes it would've made sense to hold it on the 19th and then just pack up for the last Melb show.

Now is seems like he might be taking a (wait for it.......) holiday up north!!!

If I was a Brisbanite i'd be over the thought that he'll be "killing" time in their city!!

Just think of all the suprise aftershows or appearances he'll be making!!??

Why would he want to spend time in Australia!!??

Uh, because Australia is a huge, beautiful, and diverse country?!! Is that a good enough reason?

Good enough for the Brits...thats why we still have our flag on yours!

SPOOKYGAS said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Uh, because Australia is a huge, beautiful, and diverse country?!! Is that a good enough reason?

Good enough for the Brits...thats why we still have our flag on yours!

Well, actually, I'm from the U.S. but I felt that Australia needed it's props--cause it deserves it!

purplethunder3121 said:

SPOOKYGAS said:

Good enough for the Brits...thats why we still have our flag on yours!

Well, actually, I'm from the U.S. but I felt that Australia needed it's props--cause it deserves it!

Ah....we let U go because you fought back!

SPOOKYGAS said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Well, actually, I'm from the U.S. but I felt that Australia needed it's props--cause it deserves it!

Ah....we let U go because you fought back!

But also 'cause you had good ole King George on the throne!

sixty2strat said:

Chances of seeing all these tracks over 4 shows?

Computer blue

17 days

Pheromone

Controversy

Sexy dancer

Head

Joy in repetition

Erotic city

We can funk

Sexy mf

Kiss

Anotherholeinyourhead
Bambi

Housequake

Hot thing

It's gonna be a beautiful night

Lady cab driver

DMSR

Let it go

Fury

Darling nikki

Purple rain

When doves cry

You have good chances on the remaining - don't want to spoil anything.

Swa said:

sixty2strat said:

When doves cry

You have good chances on the remaining - don't want to spoil anything.

Sime of the remaining probably as a snippet or with text-modifications.

Prince is playing the 26th and 30th so that Janelle Monae and her troupe can join him on stage. She's playing in Sydney on the 27th. ... that is just my hope, but I have confidence in this happening.

toejam said:

Brisbane Show #2!!! Yeah baby!!!

The obvious question though: Why not the 19th?

^The 30th, maybe, but not the 26th. Janelle's playing at the Opera House that night too from memory...

toejam said:

^The 30th, maybe, but not the 26th. Janelle's playing at the Opera House that night too from memory...

She is indeed.

I have a ticket to her second show on the 27th - given that they're both playing in different states on the Saturday night, I'm hoping that if any sort of aftershow action is going down, it will be later on the Sunday night.

That said, I've all but given up on second guessing. Trying to make sure I'm in the right place at the right time is near-impossible with someone as mercurial as Prince. I'm just going to make my plans and hope they coincide with a surprise gig or two - particularly one that involves Ms. Monae

Congratulations to all Princefams in Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will live vicariously through u in May. We all need a Prince fix about now. Party 4 Me!

How come they don't do live broadcast concerts anymore? Didn't they do it for Elton John when he went to Sydney with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra?

Chiquetet said:

toejam said:

^The 30th, maybe, but not the 26th. Janelle's playing at the Opera House that night too from memory...

She is indeed.

I have a ticket to her second show on the 27th - given that they're both playing in different states on the Saturday night, I'm hoping that if any sort of aftershow action is going down, it will be later on the Sunday night.

That said, I've all but given up on second guessing. Trying to make sure I'm in the right place at the right time is near-impossible with someone as mercurial as Prince. I'm just going to make my plans and hope they coincide with a surprise gig or two - particularly one that involves Ms. Monae

I have tickets for Janelle on 26th. When Prince announced tour, I had my hopes on him getting up on stage at Opera House for a song or two. Then the 2nd Brisbane concert is announced....Hopefully for anyone seeing janelle on 27th he'll make an appearance.

mashedpotato said:

I have tickets for Janelle on 26th. When Prince announced tour, I had my hopes on him getting up on stage at Opera House for a song or two. Then the 2nd Brisbane concert is announced....Hopefully for anyone seeing janelle on 27th he'll make an appearance.

Forgive me for being ignorant ---- but who's this Janelle that everyone is talking about? I don't think I've heard of her.. or have i? any more details on her?

SPOOKYGAS said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Uh, because Australia is a huge, beautiful, and diverse country?!! Is that a good enough reason?

Good enough for the Brits...thats why we still have our flag on yours!

We love the Brits - I'm pro-monarchy all the way.

FunkySideEffects said:

mashedpotato said:

I have tickets for Janelle on 26th. When Prince announced tour, I had my hopes on him getting up on stage at Opera House for a song or two. Then the 2nd Brisbane concert is announced....Hopefully for anyone seeing janelle on 27th he'll make an appearance.

Forgive me for being ignorant ---- but who's this Janelle that everyone is talking about? I don't think I've heard of her.. or have i? any more details on her?

Funky,

Janelle Monae. She is a young funkster-2 albums-Metropolis and ArchAndroid. Prince and Janelle are mutual fans of each other. She has supported him on some US dates, and performed songs on some tributes to Prince.

There are rumours that they have worked on something together.

Check her out on youtube-the single Tightrope is probably a good place to start.

mashedpotato said:

FunkySideEffects said:

Forgive me for being ignorant ---- but who's this Janelle that everyone is talking about? I don't think I've heard of her.. or have i? any more details on her?

Funky,

Janelle Monae. She is a young funkster-2 albums-Metropolis and ArchAndroid. Prince and Janelle are mutual fans of each other. She has supported him on some US dates, and performed songs on some tributes to Prince.

There are rumours that they have worked on something together.

Check her out on youtube-the single Tightrope is probably a good place to start.

I would kill to see Janelle Monae in a venue like the Sydney Opera House. She is great but the venue where I saw her at was not right for her and her show. The sound system was too loud and overwhelmed her voice, plus I was standing (it was standing only) right next to the speakers and Janelle had to compete with the teenyboppers screaming for Bruno Mars, who followed her. I would love to see her again in a better venue, where she alone performs. I hope all who get a chance to see her in Oz appreciate her talent.

sixty2strat said:

Sydney still only 2 shows?is the syd venue much bigger than rod laver? Or just more prince fans in Melb?

Melb - Rod Laver Arena - aprox 15,000 seat capacity

Sydney - All Phones - aprox 21,000 plus seating capacity

I will ay add the numbers and we must have at least 100,000 tickets to sold, I never knew that so many Aussies and Kiwis were into Prince, even if we take scalpers and lucky fams going to Multiple shows, there must be at least 30,000 unique purchasers. Thats a lot of fans, I would have thought by now his fanbase in Australiasia would be short of 1000 or so. There must be some sclaping and stuff going on. Most people I know either hate him or have little idea of him. Where are all these fans.

I get my numbers, Sydney all phones arena 21,000 x 2 =42,000

Melbourne, Rod Laver 15,000 x 3 = 45,000, and Brisbane (I will guess at least 10,000) so x2 = 20,000. That means 107,000 tickets sold.

Thats pretty amazing for a guy who last troubled our charts back in 2004. Anyone else suspicious

Adorecream said:

Adorecream said:

I will ay add the numbers and we must have at least 100,000 tickets to sold, I never knew that so many Aussies and Kiwis were into Prince, even if we take scalpers and lucky fams going to Multiple shows, there must be at least 30,000 unique purchasers. Thats a lot of fans, I would have thought by now his fanbase in Australiasia would be short of 1000 or so. There must be some sclaping and stuff going on. Most people I know either hate him or have little idea of him. Where are all these fans.

I get my numbers, Sydney all phones arena 21,000 x 2 =42,000

Melbourne, Rod Laver 15,000 x 3 = 45,000, and Brisbane (I will guess at least 10,000) so x2 = 20,000. That means 107,000 tickets sold.

Thats pretty amazing for a guy who last troubled our charts back in 2004. Anyone else suspicious

Adore, There will be a lot of the older fans but I predict there will be a lot of younger fans. Prince is namechecked by many of the current artists as an influence and as an inspiration. Some that I know of that are Australian/NZ only are Birds of tokyo, arhitecture in helsinki, gotye, kimbra, art v science, bluejuice, missy higgins, sia,miami horror. Triple J play a these artists and many of their DJ's are Prince fans-Zan Rowe, Nina Las Vegas, The Doctor etc. Not only do i think there'll be a lot of younger fans but there will be a number of musicians in the crowd.

Adorecream said:

Adorecream said:

I will ay add the numbers and we must have at least 100,000 tickets to sold, I never knew that so many Aussies and Kiwis were into Prince, even if we take scalpers and lucky fams going to Multiple shows, there must be at least 30,000 unique purchasers. Thats a lot of fans, I would have thought by now his fanbase in Australiasia would be short of 1000 or so. There must be some sclaping and stuff going on. Most people I know either hate him or have little idea of him. Where are all these fans.

I get my numbers, Sydney all phones arena 21,000 x 2 =42,000

Melbourne, Rod Laver 15,000 x 3 = 45,000, and Brisbane (I will guess at least 10,000) so x2 = 20,000. That means 107,000 tickets sold.

Thats pretty amazing for a guy who last troubled our charts back in 2004. Anyone else suspicious

I think it sometimes it appears that Prince isn't "big" in Australia, and for all intents and purposes, he's certainly not as "big" as he is in Europe or The USA. But don't underestimate just how big he was in the 80s and early 90s. He was an absolute superstar back then. He sold out 5 shows in Sydney, including one at the SCG, back in 1992. So even if a lot of those fans who went to those shows have moved on, lost track, didn't buy his latter albums, etc. there's still a very big fan base to draw from. The last few years especially I get a lot more positivity from the general punter when I say I'm a Prince fan. Back in the late 90s/early 2000s, it was really a no-no. But now, most people, even if they haven't the foggiest idea what he's done since Diamonds & Pearls are more open to him...

Swa said:

sixty2strat said:

Sydney still only 2 shows?is the syd venue much bigger than rod laver? Or just more prince fans in Melb?

Melb - Rod Laver Arena - aprox 15,000 seat capacity

Sydney - All Phones - aprox 21,000 plus seating capacity

Prince – Rod Laver Arena

Purple Circle – 200 @ $450 = $90,000

Purple Reserve (Floor) – 714 @ $350 = $249,900

Purple Reserve (Lower Level) – 540 @ $350 = $189,000

Gold (Lower Level) – 4909 @ $180 = $883,620

Gold (Upper Level) – 6696 @ $180 = $1,205.280

Silver – 1200 @ $99 = $118,800

Total 14,259 = $2,736,600 Gross

Numbers (Approx.) taken from floor plan I posted earlier showing seating numbers per area.

I believe at the time Prince toured in '92 his appearance fee was $3.5 Million.

Anyone have any info as to what it might be this time?

Also at the time 2000 of us Tasmanians bought Diamond and Pearls tickets.

And whats is with the Van Egmond Group releasing videos having dates that are incorrect and also unannounced.

What if someone saw these and planned flights, accomadation, travel etc. around them?

Adorecream said:

I will ay add the numbers and we must have at least 100,000 tickets to sold, I never knew that so many Aussies and Kiwis were into Prince, even if we take scalpers and lucky fams going to Multiple shows, there must be at least 30,000 unique purchasers. Thats a lot of fans, I would have thought by now his fanbase in Australiasia would be short of 1000 or so. There must be some sclaping and stuff going on. Most people I know either hate him or have little idea of him. Where are all these fans.

I get my numbers, Sydney all phones arena 21,000 x 2 =42,000

Melbourne, Rod Laver 15,000 x 3 = 45,000, and Brisbane (I will guess at least 10,000) so x2 = 20,000. That means 107,000 tickets sold.

Thats pretty amazing for a guy who last troubled our charts back in 2004. Anyone else suspicious

No its not suspicious. He may not have the huge hardcore fanbase of Lady Gaga or the sheer popularity of Beyonce but the name "Prince" resonates with alot people for alot of different reasons. There are so many people, now in their 40s, who grew up in the 80s when Prince was one the biggest names in music. They watched "When doves cry" on the earliest music video TV shows, bought Rolling Stone with Prince's face on the cover, saw "Purple Rain" at the cinema, danced to "Let's go crazy" at the Blue Light Disco. All at a time in their lives when they probably felt most alive. Seeing Prince now is a chance for them to revisit some of that, just for a couple of hours.

Prince also has alot of respect among younger people who are interested in music for music's sake, rather than as a fashion statement. When the Concerts were announced, there was a huge amount of enthusiatic talk about it on JJJ (youth radion station in Oz). It really warmed my heart to hear how excited these 20-somethings were about seeing Prince. They know he's a great musician. They know that so many of the artists they admire, admire Prince. They know he's something special, even if they're not always quite sure why. In short, amazingly, after all this time and all the silliness with name changes etc, the musicianship shines through and the guy still has cred.

But, above all that, alot of people are buying Prince tickets simply because alot of people still appreciate great music played by great musicians.

[Edited 4/22/12 4:21am]

Adorecream said:

I will ay add the numbers and we must have at least 100,000 tickets to sold, I never knew that so many Aussies and Kiwis were into Prince, even if we take scalpers and lucky fams going to Multiple shows, there must be at least 30,000 unique purchasers. Thats a lot of fans, I would have thought by now his fanbase in Australiasia would be short of 1000 or so. There must be some sclaping and stuff going on. Most people I know either hate him or have little idea of him. Where are all these fans.

I get my numbers, Sydney all phones arena 21,000 x 2 =42,000

Melbourne, Rod Laver 15,000 x 3 = 45,000, and Brisbane (I will guess at least 10,000) so x2 = 20,000. That means 107,000 tickets sold.

Thats pretty amazing for a guy who last troubled our charts back in 2004. Anyone else suspicious

Na not suspicious, but i have that feeling like "well where have u all been the last 15 years?"haha

i think a headline act like P brings all sorts of people out of the woodwork, and most of these numbers will be fans that are coming to see him sing Kiss, when doves cry, and cream,.. not much else. there is no point in resenting them tho as they make him a sell out. it makes it all the more special for me when he sings tracks that half the audience have never heard yet we will all be screaming at the top of our lungs

It is a real joy to read about all your excitement, and how much you guys appreciate Prince coming to Australia!! I hope you will all have a great time at the concerts ... no, I know you will. And we in the rest of the world will be reading your reviews and hoping for lots of pictures and ... videos.