EverlastingNow said:

That's cuz they're all high. just kidding. But that's cool. More die hards and better economy in CO maybe? At any rate- it seems hit or miss. Have fun all who go to see P. Hearing some good guitar minus horns, etc is nice. I'd love one night alone again. Piano. Voice.

Ok purple peeps. Gn.
[Edited 4/30/13 21:15pm]

i still say this is his best US tour since LOVESEXY

it was completely mindblowing.

completely!

FreeChild said:

I'm sorry but this band is not tight enough to pay $277 to see

But, but, but... it's only fiat!

Paper. Worthless.

It would buy around 10 ounces of silver if you can get physical delivery.

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

i still say this is his best US tour since LOVESEXY

I guess I can call this blasphemy.

Lovesexy was an experience of epic and seemingly bilblical proportions.

This is just a number of try outs with overpriced tickets.

Lovesexy did not have a sampler set.

Lovesexy had a concept. A story.

Lovesexy had aftershows.

.

Hardly any PR

Expensive tickets

No hit single

No album to promote

go figure ...

Good show overall. He did The Love We Make from Emancipation and Larry Graham did Sing A Simple Song and Alphabet St. with him. The show was at least over two hours.

pray4rain said:

Hardly any PR

Expensive tickets

No hit single

No album to promote

go figure ...

Expensive tickets, thus a smallish venue.

A career of over three decades to bank on. (hits, hits, I got so many hits...)

He's been out of a regular top 40 loop for quite a while, he doesn't even try.

So without an album or a single he is clearly banking on the hits as the setlist shows.

He is not playing anything we haven't heard yet (on that dead internet or at home from the cd player or i-tune or whatever it is called). He refused to play recent stuff in the past years.

Expensive tickets so he needs to play hits to keep those fans happy.

Other fans would not care about hits. They might be somewhat beyond those.

Expensive or otherwise the businessmodel would collapse.

I think his soundchecks these days have more interesting songs than the actual concerts or aftershows.

And that says enough to me.

The love we make, Larry Graham doing Alphabet Street, Prince crowd surfing, Crimson and Clover, Amazing show! Initial thoughts: very excited crowd, prince was in rare form with guitar solos, absolutely amazing jams on bass. I will update more info tomorrow but best Prince show I have seen out of 6 other shows.

Also- a solid 2 hr 20 min show!!!

mitchturb said:

Wow, The Love We Make, sounds awesome, hope they release some footage!!!

mitchturb said:

Also- a solid 2 hr 20 min show!!!

I'll be at the early show on 5/12 and the late show on 5/13. I hope he brings the long show to Denver!

mitchturb said:

Also- a solid 2 hr 20 min show!!!

We wuz robbed in Vegas!! Oh well, I guess that's what you get when you pay an extra $180 or so: an extra 30 minutes! Of course, he was only playing one show so it damn sure should have been longer.

I'm tired of people bitching about the ticket prices. Madonna charged $325 for an arena show and even acts like Lady Gaga charge about $200 for arena

I just saw Prince in an 800 person lounge (DNA) and was pressed up against the stage for most of the show.

Frickin worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY....ARE YOU SERIOUS?

If you get a super short show....I get it but most haven't been.

[Edited 5/1/13 5:22am]

In comparison to the other shows, tempe got snubbed almost as bad as Portland in terms of setlist length and selection.

We didn't get the sampler set.....

But we also didn't have to deal with Uncle Tom Graham

jaynoonan said:

We in Vegas got what we paid for I guess. $95 for 90 minutes roughly. I feel sorry for the folks who traveled far by air and booked an expensive room at the HRH for that. I guess those in the know just know the best venues to go to and where to stay away from. Like the 3 LA shows in 2009 I think. The shows got better the smaller the venue.

My 2 cents- I gladly paid $312.10 for 3121 in Las Vegas. Small venue. We got to interact with P before the show. Long show. New album. Cookies at intermission, tambourines for some lucky fans. Exclusive T-shirts. Yeah. Worth it. I'd do that again.

Loved Vegas for LOL. Just glad I didn't pay $277 this go around. Loved the guitar intensive show. Not complaining about the sampler... It was good for $95.

Now Madonna, Lady, even Beyonce- they are not musically a match for P- but you get a whole concert experience with their shows. Like P shows back in the day. Choreography, A light show, costume changes, fast, slow, fast songs, some crowd interaction, some back story- talking... intermission to take it all in- then right back at it again. Encores. After show for the lucky ones. Tour book, t-shirts. It's not a comparison. On that level only. The production.

Stripped down and intimate- musically, voice, guitar, piano- P is worth it. Yes. Just sayin that it would be nice to have some extras for the $.

That's my $.02

Rock on.

Larry Graham?!!???

NOOOOO!!!!!
[Edited 5/1/13 7:18am]

jaynoonan said:

I'm tired of people bitching about the ticket prices. Madonna charged $325 for an arena show and even acts like Lady Gaga charge about $200 for arena

I just saw Prince in an 800 person lounge (DNA) and was pressed up against the stage for most of the show.

Frickin worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY....ARE YOU SERIOUS?

If you get a super short show....I get it but most haven't been.

[Edited 5/1/13 5:22am]

What they are really saying is Prince isn't worth it. Which is a slap in the face to him! Eye put Prince on the same level as Barbara Streisand. Being in the muziq business as long as he has. Prince is worth every penny. He should charge his worth. Per4ming is his bread & butter. He is known as the greatest per4mer that ever stepped on the stage. Eye will always support him & never complain.....

jaynoonan said:

I'm tired of folks bitching about folks bitching about prices! I saw the man in a small club in Amsterdam in 2011 for € 100. Why make it twice as expensive only two years later and not even give them a full show? And I don't go and see Madonna either. Bob Dylan tours the east coast and charges only $50 for venues more or less the same size and shows of the same length as Prince. So there is no need to cough up a small fortune just to see some musicians play, no matter how well they do it.

I'm with the others that are tired of people bitching about the money. Don't go then! It was a great show last night. He played for 135 minutes and was only contracted to play for 75. 3rdEyeGirl was tight and shredded the guitar right alongside Prince. He was playful, clearly having fun, and your $250 ticket price got you a killer rock show, 3 feet from the last real music god left. Anyone that left dissatisfied last night is nuts.

I'll be back for more tonight.

SuperSoulFighter said:

jaynoonan said:

I'm tired of people bitching about the ticket prices. Madonna charged $325 for an arena show and even acts like Lady Gaga charge about $200 for arena

I just saw Prince in an 800 person lounge (DNA) and was pressed up against the stage for most of the show.

Frickin worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY....ARE YOU SERIOUS?

If you get a super short show....I get it but most haven't been.

[Edited 5/1/13 5:22am]

I'm tired of folks bitching about folks bitching about prices! I saw the man in a small club in Amsterdam in 2011 for € 100. Why make it twice as expensive only two years later and not even give them a full show? And I don't go and see Madonna either. Bob Dylan tours the east coast and charges only $50 for venues more or less the same size and shows of the same length as Prince. So there is no need to cough up a small fortune just to see some musicians play, no matter how well they do it.

This is America not Amsterdam. He can charge as much as he wants and I do not see him putting a gun to anyones head and forcing them to pay. You do not go and see Maddonna but millions do so a large put of the concert going audience does not have a problem paying big money for concerts. Do you really think P has anything in common with Bod Dylan or Bob's audience? Stop being tired of people bitching about people like you bitching and just ignore this tour. People are paying, going and enjoying themselves and in the end that is what is important.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

jaynoonan said:

I'm tired of people bitching about the ticket prices. Madonna charged $325 for an arena show and even acts like Lady Gaga charge about $200 for arena

I just saw Prince in an 800 person lounge (DNA) and was pressed up against the stage for most of the show.

Frickin worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY....ARE YOU SERIOUS?

If you get a super short show....I get it but most haven't been.

[Edited 5/1/13 5:22am]

What they are really saying is Prince isn't worth it. Which is a slap in the face to him! Eye put Prince on the same level as Barbara Streisand. Being in the muziq business as long as he has. Prince is worth every penny. He should charge his worth. Per4ming is his bread & butter. He is known as the greatest per4mer that ever stepped on the stage. Eye will always support him & never complain.....

Cosign if he can get the big bucks he should. I think a lot of folks forget the 25.00 dollar tickets out in LA a few years ago.

just saw that Larry Graham was indeed there..
yep, that means Prince will be thanking "Jehovah"
at the billboard awards..it always takes a bland turn
when Larry is on stage

rusty1 said:

just saw that Larry Graham was indeed there.. yep, that means Prince will be thanking "Jehovah" at the billboard awards..it always takes a bland turn when Larry is on stage

He will be thanking God just like all the other performers. Nothing new and not a big deal.

purple1968 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

What they are really saying is Prince isn't worth it. Which is a slap in the face to him! Eye put Prince on the same level as Barbara Streisand. Being in the muziq business as long as he has. Prince is worth every penny. He should charge his worth. Per4ming is his bread & butter. He is known as the greatest per4mer that ever stepped on the stage. Eye will always support him & never complain.....

Cosign if he can get the big bucks he should. I think a lot of folks forget the 25.00 dollar tickets out in LA a few years ago.

Exactly! Eye was at those shows & he made it possible 4 me 2 take peeps that never saw him live b 4 & now they understand what Eye'm talking about now.

Prince has been more than generous in his ticket prices b 4 in the past. He does have a band & stage crew 2 pay U know. Give him a break!

One Night Alone anyone? It was basically a tour that catered totally 2 his die hards 4 a reasonable price which included soundchecks(with Prince answering some fans questions).main show & after show...

But peeps have short memory spans here.

This is simply not so, Larry is a true funk pioneer and I'm very happy that Prince has found the truth with his help............quit badmouthing good things..shame

rusty1 said:

just saw that Larry Graham was indeed there.. yep, that means Prince will be thanking "Jehovah" at the billboard awards..it always takes a bland turn when Larry is on stage

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

One Night Alone anyone? It was basically a tour that catered totally 2 his die hards 4 a reasonable price which included soundchecks(with Prince answering some fans questions).main show & after show...

But peeps have short memory spans here.

ONA is over TEN years ago.

And he hasn't done anything that comes even close since then.

No concept album, no concept tour. Nothing.

I didn't say that the time since then wasn't fun but it was quite different.

Review: Prince electrifies Marquee with guitar-heavy rock

Word on the street going into the first of two Prince concerts at the Marquee Theatre on Tuesday, April 30, was that people should expect what drummer Hannah Ford described as “full-on rock-and-roll overload.” And that Sabbathy reinvention of “Let’s Go Crazy” making the rounds on the internet suggested what a night of Prince in full-on rock-and-roll mode might entail. But that was just a launching pad.

.

Imagine the legend’s guitar-hero essence as filtered through “Maggot Brain,” “Are You Experienced” and “Paranoid,” playfully fronting an all-female rock-and-roll juggernaut, 3RDEYEGIRL, with all amps on 11.

.

It was heavier than that. And at times funkier.

.

It started, as it had to, with the speaker-shredding majesty of “Let’s Go Crazy,” its tempo slowed to a crawl that suggested the song had been purified not in the waters of Lake Minnetonka but the tar pits of La Brea. Prince made his entrance, backlit, arms out, strapped on his guitar and started riffing. This was funk as Sabbath would have done it, the audience shouting along to “oh no, let’s go” on the chorus. Ida Nielsen took the spotlight for a fuzz-bass solo. Because why wouldn’t “Let’s Go Crazy” have a fuzz-bass solo? They worked in bits of Edgar Winter’s “Frankenstein” because, again, why not? And Prince squeezed out the first of many awe-inspiring solos, an incendiary blues explosion of squealing, soulful passion.

.

As they rocked through “Endorphinmachine,” Prince said he had a question for us. “You like rock and roll? Do you like rock and roll as much as I like you? Do you like your rock and roll funky?” When it sounds like that, hell yes, we do. And then, he squeezed out more amazing high notes on guitar.

.

Prince traded solos with second guitarist Donna Grantis on “Screwdriver,” a new song accompanied by a lyric video, and “She’s Always In My Hair,” an epic rendition that came to a head through a call-and-response with the audience on the chorus hook, Prince soul-clapping and another searing blues-rock solo.

.

The gospel-flavored brilliance of “The Love We Make” was custom-made for testifying, which he did, preaching, “Sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing, oh/While seeking 2 give thanks 4 every breath we take.” (And that spelling is Prince’s, not mine.)

.

“Guitar” had a heavier stoner-rock vibe than the “Planet Earth” recording, his bandmates pulling back at one point while Prince tore it up on guitar. And “Bambi” was as welcome here as when they played it on the Jimmy Fallon show. Prince’s falsetto brought just enough grit to the chorus and when it came time to solo, he played guitar between his legs and behind his head.

.

Prince closed the proper set with a rousing rendition of “Cause & Effect,” preaching compassion in that soulful preacher voice that served him so well in the opening monologue on the “Purple Rain” soundtrack. “It’s just one little word,” he said. “But why don’t we all sing it. There’s a small group of us, but we can make a lot of noise.”

.

The first encore began with a headbanging crawl through “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man,” a portrait in thick fuzz riffs topped by Prince’s soulful vocals and Grantis coaxing squealing high notes from her amp on one of her best solos of the night. From there, they deconstructed the Shondells hit “Crimson & Clover” as a mash-up with the Troggs hit “Wild Thing,” ending in a chant of “over and over” before again leaving the stage.

.

For the second encore, Prince welcomed a true funk legend, Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station, who wore a spectacular pimp hat, to the stage for a bass-popping blues and funk jam. Then, he sat down at the organ for a gospel-flavored “Purple Rain,” skipping the song’s iconic lead-guitar break and getting the audience to join him on those high-pitched oohs at the end. When it ended, he told us, “It’s too good to leave it right there. We’ve got to do it one more time” before launching back into the song.

.

It would have been the perfect ending to a perfect night, but Prince had other plans, returning to DJ a medley of hits as a select group of audience members danced along on stage. It started strong with a minimalist reading of “When Doves Cry” (what, no keyboard hook?) and made its way through such classics as “Hot Thing,” “Sign ‘O’ the Times,” a chant of “Ain’t no party like a purple party ‘cause a purple party don’t stop,” “I Would Die 4 U,” “Pop Life” and “Housequake.” Again, it would have been the perfect ending to a perfect night, but Prince had other plans. Again.

.

“I wonder,” he said, “can we get Larry Graham back out here?” And that led to a joyously funky finale of “Alphabet St.,” a song that more than held its own in that lofty position.

.

Was it everything anyone could have asked for when they threw down $277 for a ticket? No. A lot of people would have asked for non-stop greatest hits played faithfully. But this was better. And those greatest hits still exist in amazingly faithful versions on the records.

[Edited 5/7/13 9:31am]

udo said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

One Night Alone anyone? It was basically a tour that catered totally 2 his die hards 4 a reasonable price which included soundchecks(with Prince answering some fans questions).main show & after show...

But peeps have short memory spans here.

ONA is over TEN years ago.

And he hasn't done anything that comes even close since then.

No concept album, no concept tour. Nothing.

I didn't say that the time since then wasn't fun but it was quite different.

----------- All of this stuff that P does he is financing. He does not have a record label backing him or a publicity machine at some point and time he has to make a profit just like anyone else running a business. Despite all the negativity he still was able to give a chunk of money to some school kids. Does anyone think he would be able to do stuff like that if he was playing for free at your local park?

I honestly think some of you want this guy to fail.

i love you Prince............and I love the long natural, keep it growing, you are fine! Hi Larry!

serpan99 said:

Review: Prince electrifies Marquee with guitar-heavy rock

By Ed Masley The Republic | azcentral.com Wed May 1, 2013 10:23 AM

http://www.azcentral.com/...eatre.html

Word on the street going into the first of two Prince concerts at the Marquee Theatre on Tuesday, April 30, was that people should expect what drummer Hannah Ford described as “full-on rock-and-roll overload.” And that Sabbathy reinvention of “Let’s Go Crazy” making the rounds on the internet suggested what a night of Prince in full-on rock-and-roll mode might entail. But that was just a launching pad.

.

Imagine the legend’s guitar-hero essence as filtered through “Maggot Brain,” “Are You Experienced” and “Paranoid,” playfully fronting an all-female rock-and-roll juggernaut, 3RDEYEGIRL, with all amps on 11.

.

It was heavier than that. And at times funkier.

.

It started, as it had to, with the speaker-shredding majesty of “Let’s Go Crazy,” its tempo slowed to a crawl that suggested the song had been purified not in the waters of Lake Minnetonka but the tar pits of La Brea. Prince made his entrance, backlit, arms out, strapped on his guitar and started riffing. This was funk as Sabbath would have done it, the audience shouting along to “oh no, let’s go” on the chorus. Ida Nielsen took the spotlight for a fuzz-bass solo. Because why wouldn’t “Let’s Go Crazy” have a fuzz-bass solo? They worked in bits of Edgar Winter’s “Frankenstein” because, again, why not? And Prince squeezed out the first of many awe-inspiring solos, an incendiary blues explosion of squealing, soulful passion.

.

As they rocked through “Endorphinmachine,” Prince said he had a question for us. “You like rock and roll? Do you like rock and roll as much as I like you? Do you like your rock and roll funky?” When it sounds like that, hell yes, we do. And then, he squeezed out more amazing high notes on guitar.

.

Prince traded solos with second guitarist Donna Grantis on “Screwdriver,” a new song accompanied by a lyric video, and “She’s Always In My Hair,” an epic rendition that came to a head through a call-and-response with the audience on the chorus hook, Prince soul-clapping and another searing blues-rock solo.

.

The gospel-flavored brilliance of “The Love We Make” was custom-made for testifying, which he did, preaching, “Sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing, oh/While seeking 2 give thanks 4 every breath we take.” (And that spelling is Prince’s, not mine.)

.

“Guitar” had a heavier stoner-rock vibe than the “Planet Earth” recording, his bandmates pulling back at one point while Prince tore it up on guitar. And “Bambi” was as welcome here as when they played it on the Jimmy Fallon show. Prince’s falsetto brought just enough grit to the chorus and when it came time to solo, he played guitar between his legs and behind his head.

.

Prince closed the proper set with a rousing rendition of “Cause & Effect,” preaching compassion in that soulful preacher voice that served him so well in the opening monologue on the “Purple Rain” soundtrack. “It’s just one little word,” he said. “But why don’t we all sing it. There’s a small group of us, but we can make a lot of noise.”

.

The first encore began with a headbanging crawl through “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man,” a portrait in thick fuzz riffs topped by Prince’s soulful vocals and Grantis coaxing squealing high notes from her amp on one of her best solos of the night. From there, they deconstructed the Shondells hit “Crimson & Clover” as a mash-up with the Troggs hit “Wild Thing,” ending in a chant of “over and over” before again leaving the stage.

.

For the second encore, Prince welcomed a true funk legend, Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station, who wore a spectacular pimp hat, to the stage for a bass-popping blues and funk jam. Then, he sat down at the organ for a gospel-flavored “Purple Rain,” skipping the song’s iconic lead-guitar break and getting the audience to join him on those high-pitched oohs at the end. When it ended, he told us, “It’s too good to leave it right there. We’ve got to do it one more time” before launching back into the song.

.

It would have been the perfect ending to a perfect night, but Prince had other plans, returning to DJ a medley of hits as a select group of audience members danced along on stage. It started strong with a minimalist reading of “When Doves Cry” (what, no keyboard hook?) and made its way through such classics as “Hot Thing,” “Sign ‘O’ the Times,” a chant of “Ain’t no party like a purple party ‘cause a purple party don’t stop,” “I Would Die 4 U,” “Pop Life” and “Housequake.” Again, it would have been the perfect ending to a perfect night, but Prince had other plans. Again.

.

“I wonder,” he said, “can we get Larry Graham back out here?” And that led to a joyously funky finale of “Alphabet St.,” a song that more than held its own in that lofty position.

.

Was it everything anyone could have asked for when they threw down $277 for a ticket? No. A lot of people would have asked for non-stop greatest hits played faithfully. But this was better. And those greatest hits still exist in amazingly faithful versions on the records.