According to today's Mirror Newspaper, prince is about to announce dates for a UK tour.

Article here: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3...le-2985598

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Prince to return to the UK with first tour since O2 residency - the Purple One will reign again
04 January 2014 12:00 AM By Hannah Hope
Larger venues are on the cards, despite reports the superstar asked aides to line up smaller venues after he played in front of just 300 people at the SXSW festival
Prince: EVERYTHING U THINK IS TRUE
Move over, Wills and Kate – 2014 is all about musical royalty with Prince ready to rule again.

I can reveal the pint-sized legend, 55, is soon to announce a UK tour – the first time he’ll have performed on British soil since 2007, when he played London’s O2 Arena for 21 nights.

The pop veteran will celebrate his 35-year career with a series of gigs featuring the classics, reworked hits and new material.

When I asked Prince’s reps for a comment, the Purple One came to 3am directly to confirm (yes, in capital letters): “EVERYTHING U THINK IS TRUE.”

Er, OK then.

The US star has just whetted his appetite by performing a three-night set at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena to rave reviews.

Fronting a 21-piece band he treated his adoring audience to a mix of hits including Purple Rain, I Would Die 4 U and Let’s Go Crazy, along with covers of Rihanna and Stevie Wonder biggies.

Despite earlier reports that the eccentric superstar had asked aides to line up smaller venues in the UK after he played in front of just 300 people at the SXSW festival in Texas, I hear plans have now changed, with larger venues hosting His Purpleness.

Prince: Let's Go Crazy
My source reveals: “Prince has no trouble selling out arenas three times over and is in a place in his life where he wants to celebrate his music.”

Indeed, when he played London six years ago, tickets for the three-week residency sold out in hours.

Prince has appointed a UK PR company to deal with his Blighty publicity – the handily named Purple PR – which also looks after Adele, Jessie J and Lana Del Rey.

The artist, formerly known as the Artist, has recently been working on a number of projects to keep him down with the kids.

He is guest-starring in an upcoming episode of E4’s hit comedy New Girl with funny lass Zooey Deschanel and he’s also been working with R.I.P songstress Rita Ora on her second album.

Speaking about the hit-maker back in August, Reets, 23, revealed: “I met him and had the honour of being in the same studio.

“We messed around with some music. I can’t believe he can play so many instruments. All I can say is that we’ve definitely done some music together.”

Thanks: reported in thread discussing possible London shows:

http://prince.org/msg/12/403151