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PrintableHoly $hit - Eye bet the Kid is in rare form 4 this gig got Prince? | |
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I'm going!!! "She made me glad to be a man" | |
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As it turns out, I'll be at the late show. I found someone willing to split w/a pair of top tier tix for $300 total. He bought them for himself and then his dad's firm picked up several and he gets to go that way so he was just trying to recoup something. I told him I'd grab him a drink when I see him there. Wahoo! |
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Carrie U're lucky I've emailed craigslist peeps all day no one wants to sell a single GA floor first tier ticket for $150, they will do 2 tix for 300 but none of my friends want to spend that kind of money for a show
If anyone knows of anyone with an extra tix for $150 orgnote me please... | |
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I have a hotel. Will be there by hook or by crook! We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Ok, I'm an idiot. I just looked at my tickets the most carefully and I'll be at the early show. |
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I'm in for Late show!!!! | |
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I wanna wish everybody who is attending the Myth concerts a funky good time | |
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Taking the Mrs to the late show. See y'all in the balcony! |
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Eye made it 2 MPLS 4 both concerts 2nite! Wearing my purple Planet Earth tee and will be in the most xpensive section 4 both shows -- say "hi" if u dare! Eye hope 2 hear Bambi and Endorphinmachine... "purplelectricity whenever our bodies touch" |
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I'm here!  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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DAMN!!!! Ahhhh I'm jealous this sounds promising!!!
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Hope to meet orgers on line/at the show "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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I have on a silver jacket, gray and white tie-dye pants and sensible shoes. (I am too old to care what Prince thinks of my footwear at a GA show.)  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Hope everyone enjoys the shows.
By the way, I see a lot of face value tickets for these shows available on Craigslist Minneapolis- St. Paul right now (5:50 EST). A few are even below face value. So if anyone in the area is still looking, check that out. Wish I lived nearby - for $100 or less, I would be tempted.
I guess the lower prices also prove he was asking too much originally. The good thing is some scalpers have probably been burnt, while real fans may be able to afford to go now. | |
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Either first tier are sold out for both shows or they closed sales of them. Interesting... |
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Hey Carrie can you update on VIP bracelets if they give out any? Going to late show and would like to know if they will give them out to the first 50 people like other cali shows, gonna go around 8 pm to line up, I called and they said you can line up whenever u want for late show but not before the first show starts...
first tier tix proceed to line #3 lol | |
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Just got home from 1st show. First 100 of tier one got orange wristbands and vip status..meaning the sectioned off front area right against the stage.
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Prince was never more than 5 yards away from where I was standing. He went on at 8:30 and played for nearly two hours. I'd post a full review/setlist of the show, but honestly my brain is a bit shredded purple right now. It was amazing. It wasn't A LOT different setlist from other shows in this tour.
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"Evenflow". The Myth is in a suburb of Saint Paul and the crowd was definitely more of a "modern rock" suburban audience. Prince's guitar thrashing was perfect for the venue and the crowd.
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"Purple Rain" with Bobby Z. Jesus, I nearly teared up because Prince slowed the song down and said some really kind words about Bobby and how he had been by Prince's side from the beginning, etc.
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3rdeyegirl is legit. They are maybe the most energetic band Prince has had since 1995ish. They tear it up and are eager to please. Supercute too. [Edited 5/25/13 20:50pm] "New Power slide...." |
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Prince at the Myth: Not enough grit, sex or passionPosted: 05/26/2013 12:01:00 AM CDT
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Prince lost some cool points over the past few weeks after he booked a pair of Memorial Day weekend shows at the Myth in Maplewood and then watched the $259 tickets languish largely unsold. That's when the Purple One did something he rarely does. He panicked. . Late Thursday afternoon, barely 48 hours before he took the stage for the first show Saturday night, he offer fire-sale $149 and $99 tickets. He flooded local radio stations with giveaways. His old Revolution bandmate Bobby Z leaked the news he would be sitting in on drums to play "Purple Rain." Earlier in the month, Prince even granted interviews to his two hometown daily newspapers, something he hasn't done in ages. . All of which wouldn't have mattered had Prince and his new, all-female backing band 3rd Eye Girl blown the roof off the Myth, a former shoe store a half hour's drive from First Avenue, the downtown Minneapolis club that helped make him famous. Instead, during the first of two Saturday-night performances, the Purple Yoda took a far more low-key, leisurely approach that saw him air some stiff new material and turn some of his biggest hits into slow-moving jam sessions. . The shows capped off a flurry of activity from the 54-year-old Minneapolis native. He opened the year with six similarly high-priced gigs at the tiny Dakota Jazz Club that, in part, served to introduce 3rd Eye Girl, a power trio in the fashion of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys. He then took 3rd Eye Girl on the road for a high-profile West Coast club tour. .
The Dakota shows were advertised as open rehearsals, and the size of the place meant the crowd was close enough to see Prince (not) sweat. Any sense of intimacy disappeared at the Myth, which was crowded, but not sold out. And despite adding the perk of free drinks for the $259 ticketholders, those with cheaper tickets had nearly the same view. The folks who paid $99 might have even had the best vantage point in the building. . For just under 100 minutes, Prince led 3rd Eye Girl through pretty much the same set of tunes he's played at every stop on the tour. That meant a slowed-down "Let's Go Crazy" to kick things off, followed by lesser-known songs from his back catalog (like 1995's "Endorphinmachine") and brand-new material (like "Fixurlifeup"). Ever wonder what, say, 1987's "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" sounds like performed at a funereal pace? Well, it doesn't sound like a party, I'll tell you that much. . All of that said, 3rd Eye Girl does show tremendous promise, and they seem to be getting tighter with every performance. But Saturday night, Prince kept them on such a tight leash, the show often had the polite, professional feel of a Sunday afternoon jam session led by bored Guitar Center employees. Every song was begging for at least a little more grit, a little more sex and a little more passion. . Those who wanted to hear the old hits played the way they remember them got a bit of relief near the end of the concert, when Prince trotted out a handful of them medley-style, including "Sign o' the Times," "When Doves Cry" and "Housequake." (Although it's worth noting this section of the concert was typically longer, with more selections, at other tour stops.) It was also touching to see Bobby Z come out for "Purple Rain," and Prince had nothing but nice things to say about a guy who was with him for many of his earliest successes. . But then Prince returned for an encore that kicked off with -- of all things -- a jazz fusion-style instrumental version of Pearl Jam's grunge-era hit "Even Flow." It was a true head-scratching moment in an evening full of them. Where Prince will go next, and whether or not 3rd Eye Girl will be invited along for the ride, is anyone's guess.
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"Prince lost some cool points over the past few weeks after he booked a pair of Memorial Day weekend shows at the Myth in Maplewood and then watched the $259 tickets languish largely unsold. That's when the Purple One did something he rarely does. He panicked. Late Thursday afternoon, barely 48 hours before he took the stage for the first show Saturday night, he offer fire-sale $149 and $99 tickets."
I told yaw those tickets were too High! |
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He should have just kept Denver as the end of the tour. 4 sold out shows and they tore the roof off at every show! Would have been a better ending than not selling well in MPLS. "I need to buy a house here" he said at one of the show, we'll be waiting Prince  | |
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Sounds like he gets more respect outside his hometown.
Besides what u mention in Denver, seem like they can't way to see him at the Montreaux Festival in Switzerland in July. [Edited 5/26/13 0:36am] |
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Okay - I don't know how many tickets they gave away, but that place was packed for both shows, on all levels. I'll have a full review tomorrow, but here are the quick and dirty set lists: 8:00 show Let's Go Crazy/Frankenstein Endorphinmachine Screwdriver She's Always in My Hair The Love We Make I Could Never Take the Place... Guitar Plectrum Electrum FixUrLifeUp When Doves Cry - full version Nasty Girl - snippet Sign O The Times - full version The Most Beautiful Girl - sample Hot Thing - full version Love Bizarre - full version Housequake Mr. Goodnight - sample Purple Rain Encore 1 Even Flow Bambi Encore 2 Stratus U Got the Look 11:30 show Same through She's Always in My Hair Free I Could Never etc. Guitar Plectrum Electrum FixUrLifeUp I Like It There So Far So Pleased Stratus Encore 1 Purple Rain The Max Laydown Encore 2 Even Flow More later today - but maybe not til I'm back home. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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^ thx 4 the setlists...much appreciated! | |
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Thanks for the set list Genesia, can't wait to read your review!!! Great review Skywalker!! Wow, tough reviewer!!! You know you are in love, when you cannot fall asleep because your reality is finally better than your dreams - Dr Seuss | |
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So Mark and Fink didn't make the cut? "That's when stars collide. When there's space for what u want, and ur heart is open wide." | |
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- Any Minneapolian celebies in the crowd, together with Bobby Z? I've read about Dre Cymone, Mr. Hayes and St. Paul Peterson being at another show. | |
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