bubblebath said:

............ I have already checked 3rd eye girl's twitter page 100+ times. Nothing. Can't stand silence. Announce the dates!!!

won't they be announced on the 3rd?

Bring your tour to the states Prince!

mjscarousal said:

Bring your tour to the states Prince!

You've had your fair share of the purple yoda, it's englands turn!

dandan said:

bigd74 said:

DaveT said:

DaveT said:

smoo said:

I am expecting the 1st concert to be on the 3rd. He did it with the koko club concert back in 07 when he was here to announce the 02 residency. I remember missing a meeting at work hammering ticketmaster to get a ticket for that night!

I remember having two tickets in my basket, getting to the checkout and ticetmaster fucking up. Go back, sold out. Wasn't happy.

it's about time! i love that he'll be spending time with lianne, the living room concept is fab, love it!

Hit and Run

This means:no real planning, acting at a hunch, no really big venues, etc.

Count me out.

Does anyone think he might play anywhere else after London in the UK?

I hope he plays somewhere near Manchester because Manchester is better than London. (ok maybe I'm just saying that because I'm from Manchester but London is WAY overated).

Besides, we're freindlier up here haha

dandan said:

mjscarousal said:

Bring your tour to the states Prince!

You've had your fair share of the purple yoda, it's englands turn!

indeed he's a lot in the States way more than in Europe tbh..he just did in December 3 concerts in Connecticut .. now he will do 5 in London..I think it's pretty fair..

bigd74 said:

bubblebath said:

............ I have already checked 3rd eye girl's twitter page 100+ times. Nothing. Can't stand silence. Announce the dates!!!

won't they be announced on the 3rd?

yes they will be announced on the 3rd

BTW:
Did I miss anything?

Or did they fail to mention a date for the album?

All the hoopla is about the hits and run tour and that part does not provide a lot of clarity either.

So who put that announcement together?

A (freshly recruited young) person trained in writing texts that say nothing?

"...release of PLECTRUMELECTRUM, the highly anticipated debut album from 3RDEYEGIRL, his all-female rock trio"

oh god please tell me that sentence doesn't mean what I think it means

Angelsoncrack said:

Does anyone think he might play anywhere else after London in the UK?

I hope he plays somewhere near Manchester because Manchester is better than London. (ok maybe I'm just saying that because I'm from Manchester but London is WAY overated).

Besides, we're freindlier up here haha

Not to mention cheaper, dont want to be going down south and having my pants pulled down for a beer ha

...is anyone else not that psyched for this "tour", or is it just me?

I think we may have been spoilt in 2007 with Prince's O2 stint...cheap tickets, big arena thats easy to get to, 21 nights so plenty of chance of getting tickets, aftershows at the same venue, easy for arranging meet ups with fellow Prince fans...I don't think I realised how good we had it then, looking at what's happening this time around...

Angelsoncrack said:

Does anyone think he might play anywhere else after London in the UK?

I hope he plays somewhere near Manchester because Manchester is better than London. (ok maybe I'm just saying that because I'm from Manchester but London is WAY overated).

Besides, we're freindlier up here haha

Haha last time I saw him in Manchester was 2002 (his last gigs here) on the ONA tour, was a cool gig in small venue, I thought that would be the sort of venue he would continue to play in the future as his record sales were declining, I also saw him on the Nude tour in 1990 & D&P in 1992 at Maine Road, not good venues for Prince gigs. He also played G-mex in 1997, they were good gigs.

Can't see him venuturing out of London unless he does a full European tour due to the costs/logistics. Problem with London at short notice is the costs of travel/hotels, if you have a few weeks notice you can get cheap train tickets for like £30-£40 return and be in London in 2 hours, if its a few days notice your talking £100's and getting time off work at short notice will be a nightmare, he doesn't seem to consider fans much when arranging these gigs.

ecnirp98 said:

Angelsoncrack said:

Does anyone think he might play anywhere else after London in the UK?

I hope he plays somewhere near Manchester because Manchester is better than London. (ok maybe I'm just saying that because I'm from Manchester but London is WAY overated).

Besides, we're freindlier up here haha

Haha last time I saw him in Manchester was 2002 (his last gigs here) on the ONA tour, was a cool gig in small venue, I thought that would be the sort of venue he would continue to play in the future as his record sales were declining, I also saw him on the Nude tour in 1990 & D&P in 1992 at Maine Road, not good venues for Prince gigs. He also played G-mex in 1997, they were good gigs.

Can't see him venuturing out of London unless he does a full European tour due to the costs/logistics. Problem with London at short notice is the costs of travel/hotels, if you have a few weeks notice you can get cheap train tickets for like £30-£40 return and be in London in 2 hours, if its a few days notice your talking £100's and getting time off work at short notice will be a nightmare, he doesn't seem to consider fans much when arranging these gigs.

Yeah, exactly. I mean I went to London recently for 15 quid because we ordered the tickets in November.

Prince needs to take his fans into consideration, we arent all loaded haha

Angelsoncrack said:

ecnirp98 said:

Haha last time I saw him in Manchester was 2002 (his last gigs here) on the ONA tour, was a cool gig in small venue, I thought that would be the sort of venue he would continue to play in the future as his record sales were declining, I also saw him on the Nude tour in 1990 & D&P in 1992 at Maine Road, not good venues for Prince gigs. He also played G-mex in 1997, they were good gigs.

Can't see him venuturing out of London unless he does a full European tour due to the costs/logistics. Problem with London at short notice is the costs of travel/hotels, if you have a few weeks notice you can get cheap train tickets for like £30-£40 return and be in London in 2 hours, if its a few days notice your talking £100's and getting time off work at short notice will be a nightmare, he doesn't seem to consider fans much when arranging these gigs.

Yeah, exactly. I mean I went to London recently for 15 quid because we ordered the tickets in November.

Prince needs to take his fans into consideration, we arent all loaded haha

If he plays smaller venues he'll be banking that he can sell out to mainly local fans in Greater London, which he probably can.

The 21 nights only sold so well due to £31.21 ticket price on sale months in advance, which was heavily subsidised by the O2 as its major launch.

If the gigs are just London and there is not decent notice, I doubt I will make it.

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I hope this is a PRINCE set of gigs and I am not getting all excited only to wake up on the 3RD, yes 3RD, Feb to hear it is a 3RD EYE GIRL set of gigs with Prince wandering about in the background.

Also, I know we dont really know but we want an album by him and not them.

Angelsoncrack said:

ecnirp98 said:

Haha last time I saw him in Manchester was 2002 (his last gigs here) on the ONA tour, was a cool gig in small venue, I thought that would be the sort of venue he would continue to play in the future as his record sales were declining, I also saw him on the Nude tour in 1990 & D&P in 1992 at Maine Road, not good venues for Prince gigs. He also played G-mex in 1997, they were good gigs.

Can't see him venuturing out of London unless he does a full European tour due to the costs/logistics. Problem with London at short notice is the costs of travel/hotels, if you have a few weeks notice you can get cheap train tickets for like £30-£40 return and be in London in 2 hours, if its a few days notice your talking £100's and getting time off work at short notice will be a nightmare, he doesn't seem to consider fans much when arranging these gigs.

Yeah, exactly. I mean I went to London recently for 15 quid because we ordered the tickets in November.

Prince needs to take his fans into consideration, we arent all loaded haha

manchester would be a dream too as I am in the area BUT you just can't beat a trip darnsarf!!. He loves it there & aftershows are more likely.

LondonIrish1970 said:

I hope this is a PRINCE set of gigs and I am not getting all excited only to wake up on the 3RD, yes 3RD, Feb to hear it is a 3RD EYE GIRL set of gigs with Prince wandering about in the background.

Also, I know we dont really know but we want an album by him and not them.

Judging by last year, we see more of Prince at 3rd Eye Girl gigs then we do at solely Prince credited gigs (where Liv, Shelby, the woman who's name I forget and the NPG Horns come along).

LondonIrish1970 said:

I hope this is a PRINCE set of gigs and I am not getting all excited only to wake up on the 3RD, yes 3RD, Feb to hear it is a 3RD EYE GIRL set of gigs with Prince wandering about in the background.

Also, I know we dont really know but we want an album by him and not them.

Clearly you havent seen any of the stuff of last year...

It's the big band thing (prince and npg which isnt interesting while Prince doesnt play any instrument...P and 3rd girl tear the roof of venues....

LondonIrish1970 said:

I hope this is a PRINCE set of gigs and I am not getting all excited only to wake up on the 3RD, yes 3RD, Feb to hear it is a 3RD EYE GIRL set of gigs with Prince wandering about in the background.

Also, I know we dont really know but we want an album by him and not them.

As already mentioned, 3rd Eye gigs are more centred around Prince as the front man, plenty of playing the guitar etc...

EuanH91 said:

Apparently the UK Tour is just a tour of London, then

It will be a shame if he only plays a few small venues as the tickets will most likely be pretty expensive and sell out quickly.

Then again, if these are 3rdEyeGirl shows and not featuring the NPG, then they're really only suited to the die-hards. The general public would be dissappointed in not hearing Purple Rain in all it's glory. The majority of people would want a hits show. A 3rdEyGirl arena tour would be a bad idea, IMO.

I would love to see 3rdEyGirl in an arena. Actually much more than the Mohegan Sun show that I saw last month. I wanted to hear way more guitar than what he played there. The best part of the show was when he played with just the women. And who knows, maybe he will play Purple Rain on guitar in London. It's Prince, you never know.