Regarding the legalised touts, this may be worth a try.

https://submissions.epeti...ions/47255

Right, my friend and I are gonna leave for Manchester tonight and chance it out at the door! Anyone else gonna do this? Won't get there until about 10,11am as we are travelling from Scotland.

I am beyond thrilled that I will get to see both my Dad and my Cousin witness their first Prince gig on Friday!

My Dad has never been a funk fan, but his interest in prince has grown over the years as he has witnessed my growing enthusiasm. He saw Hendrix live before Hendrix was even famous, so given the recent setlists I am confident that this current setup with 3EG is gonna blow his mind...

My Cousin loves his guitarists and has seen some of the best Rock Bands over the years...now finally he will see the best! He also runs a Drum shop... I can't wait to see what he thinks of Hannah!

[Edited 2/20/14 5:31am]

ColonizedMinds said:

ThePartyman said:

I am beyond thrilled that I will get to see both my Dad and my Cousin witness their first Prince gig on Friday!

My Dad has never been a funk fan, but his interest in prince has grown over the years as he has witnessed my growing enthusiasm. He saw Hendrix live before Hendrix was even famous, so given the recent setlists I am confident that this current setup with 3EG is gonna blow his mind...

My Cousin loves his guitarists and has seen some of the best Rock Bands over the years...now finally he will see the best! He also runs a Drum shop... I can't wait to see what he thinks of Hannah!

[Edited 2/20/14 5:31am]

Cool..let us now what your dad and family said about the gig ...have fun:)

SometimesIwonder said:

ColonizedMinds said:

Right, my friend and I are gonna leave for Manchester tonight and chance it out at the door! Anyone else gonna do this? Won't get there until about 10,11am as we are travelling from Scotland.

R u travelling by pogo stick or something?! Suppose, u could be travelling from John O'Groats! [Edited 2/20/14 11:02am]

Haha! Well, it's just that we've never travelled to Manchester before, so hoping not to get too lost! Such anticipation for this night! Hoping there won't be too much rukus in the queue. 24 hours from now we hope to have had our first experience of the Purple Yoda! Pray it comes true!

On Facebook:

The Prince Museum

@JayCochrane1983 put on Twitter he's the first fan queuing at Manchester Academy! Fair play! Only an 18 hour wait....

He's also done unofficial wristbands, love it.

ThePartyman said:

I am beyond thrilled that I will get to see both my Dad and my Cousin witness their first Prince gig on Friday!

My Dad has never been a funk fan, but his interest in prince has grown over the years as he has witnessed my growing enthusiasm. He saw Hendrix live before Hendrix was even famous, so given the recent setlists I am confident that this current setup with 3EG is gonna blow his mind...

My Cousin loves his guitarists and has seen some of the best Rock Bands over the years...now finally he will see the best! He also runs a Drum shop... I can't wait to see what he thinks of Hannah!

[Edited 2/20/14 5:31am]

hi..yes..i would be interested in what your dad thinks of prince seeing as he saw hendrix in the flesh...he should see prince at his rockiest at the weekend..have a great time

it wouldn't be a Prince show without drama...

blackbob said:

ThePartyman said:

I am beyond thrilled that I will get to see both my Dad and my Cousin witness their first Prince gig on Friday!

My Dad has never been a funk fan, but his interest in prince has grown over the years as he has witnessed my growing enthusiasm. He saw Hendrix live before Hendrix was even famous, so given the recent setlists I am confident that this current setup with 3EG is gonna blow his mind...

My Cousin loves his guitarists and has seen some of the best Rock Bands over the years...now finally he will see the best! He also runs a Drum shop... I can't wait to see what he thinks of Hannah!

[Edited 2/20/14 5:31am]

hi..yes..i would be interested in what your dad thinks of prince seeing as he saw hendrix in the flesh...he should see prince at his rockiest at the weekend..have a great time

please let us know what they think of the concert!!.. have a great time!!

http://www.dailymail.co.u...-Girl.html

seems like more shows to come?

3rdeyedude said:

http://www.dailymail.co.u...-Girl.html

seems like more shows to come?

There is nothing new or newsworthy in this article. Lazy and typical Daily Mail journalism

onecrush said:

Regarding the whole 2nd show farce/confusion. It all seems so unneccessary. If he just played one decent length gig on every date, there would be no negativity, only euphoria and rave reviews. He is leaving himself open to criticism with no good reason.

I feel so bad for those that rocked up for a second gig last night only to be shafted. Delighted that those in the first gig got a great gig but , really, he needs to be ensuring everyone gets the same beautiful experience as those at SBE and Koko 2 and Ronnies etc.

The other thing that comes out of this is the surprise of the lack of demand in Manchester. I am quite surprised that there weren't more people turning up for the second concert( kind of wish i'd driven up from London yesterday).

Anyway, would love to hear from ThePartyman on how his Dad found it. Sounds like he picked a hell of a gig to see the great man for the first time.

For reviews of the 21st show (from those attending and also online / newspaper articles) - please post here:

http://prince.org/msg/12/...=877394269

HoneyMonster said:

kookooman73 said:

Woke at 5am to drive 40 miles to get a rail replacement coach from Taunton to Bristol. Now on train to Manchester. After SBE, Koko x2, Ronnie Scott's first show I thought that was enough but here I am. All excited again & feel like a 15 year old. Only P does this to me. This tour has been exciting, dramatic & frustrating in equal measure!! Also i've reconnected with purple friends old & new & we all feel energised again. Much love to Rosie, Julie, Alison & orgers Onlymatt & Kangafunk. Also was cool to spend a very long day with Unique in the queue for Ronnie Scott's where P was 6 feet from us!! I'll die a happy man now.

Enjoy tonight - further info for 22nd being posted here:

http://prince.org/msg/12/405517

Hi all, this is my first post, I am a big fan, got to the first Koko show from the isle of wight (10am ferry, 3 hour drive, 5 hours in queue, 1.45 hours of genius with view of stage (on the steps behind the mixing desk, so couldn't see the piano/keyboard but everything else), 3 hours drive, just got the midnight ferry home.

I knew about electric ballroom but didn't go (by the time I got home from work, the queue was huge, when they announced the second show it was too late).

For SBE I got as far as walking to get the ferry, but bottled it as my back was playing up, and I couldn't face standing in the queue. (I bought a fishing chair for the queue at Koko) it was my 7th prince gig, but first in a small venue.

I can see why most artist play arena’s with months notice, this tour is a logistical nightmare. I feel for the guys who feel they got short changed last night. some who saw the gig I saw may feel the same as the second Koko gig was longer, and it seems that they are making the rules up as they go along, but this is pretty unprecedented after all.

Add in the online debacle (sold out in seconds, on eBay seconds later) and it's a whole different ball game, to be fair I've been one of those shouting for a ticketed brixton academy gig (to take the risk/queue out) and the same would happen, and most would be wondering if they could afford/trust the sell-ons.

I met some great people in the queue, Mark and Isha from the other island (Sheppey) and Chris and Alex from Southampton, and the chair did the trick, although my back did go as I left Koko's

I am still checking out the forum and twitter, really wanting to know what happened to those who bought sell-on's last night, and will try and get tickets for any bigger london shows, as I have gone to the previous 3 gig with the other half, and feel she is missing out.

stueypfan said:

Hi all, this is my first post, I am a big fan, got to the first Koko show from the isle of wight (10am ferry, 3 hour drive, 5 hours in queue, 1.45 hours of genius with view of stage (on the steps behind the mixing desk, so couldn't see the piano/keyboard but everything else), 3 hours drive, just got the midnight ferry home.

I knew about electric ballroom but didn't go (by the time I got home from work, the queue was huge, when they announced the second show it was too late).

For SBE I got as far as walking to get the ferry, but bottled it as my back was playing up, and I couldn't face standing in the queue. (I bought a fishing chair for the queue at Koko) it was my 7th prince gig, but first in a small venue.

I can see why most artist play arena’s with months notice, this tour is a logistical nightmare. I feel for the guys who feel they got short changed last night. some who saw the gig I saw may feel the same as the second Koko gig was longer, and it seems that they are making the rules up as they go along, but this is pretty unprecedented after all.

Add in the online debacle (sold out in seconds, on eBay seconds later) and it's a whole different ball game, to be fair I've been one of those shouting for a ticketed brixton academy gig (to take the risk/queue out) and the same would happen, and most would be wondering if they could afford/trust the sell-ons.

I met some great people in the queue, Mark and Isha from the other island (Sheppey) and Chris and Alex from Southampton, and the chair did the trick, although my back did go as I left Koko's

I am still checking out the forum and twitter, really wanting to know what happened to those who bought sell-on's last night, and will try and get tickets for any bigger london shows, as I have gone to the previous 3 gig with the other half, and feel she is missing out.

That is unbelievable!!!!.....someone actually left the Isle of Sheppey?!

HoneyMonster said:

Regarding the whole 2nd show farce/confusion. It all seems so unneccessary. If he just played one decent length gig on every date, there would be no negativity, only euphoria and rave reviews. He is leaving himself open to criticism with no good reason.

I feel so bad for those that rocked up for a second gig last night only to be shafted. Delighted that those in the first gig got a great gig but , really, he needs to be ensuring everyone gets the same beautiful experience as those at SBE and Koko 2 and Ronnies etc.

The other thing that comes out of this is the surprise of the lack of demand in Manchester. I am quite surprised that there weren't more people turning up for the second concert( kind of wish i'd driven up from London yesterday).

Anyway, would love to hear from ThePartyman on how his Dad found it. Sounds like he picked a hell of a gig to see the great man for the first time.

with respect, and in MHO the only reason Koko 2 happened was because its all organic, so that doesnt really make sense (from a most satified fan, who queue for 5 hours for Koko 1). if enough had come last night you probably weould have got would have got gig 2, and the 1st gig would have been shorter as in Koko's

stueypfan said:

HoneyMonster said:

Regarding the whole 2nd show farce/confusion. It all seems so unneccessary. If he just played one decent length gig on every date, there would be no negativity, only euphoria and rave reviews. He is leaving himself open to criticism with no good reason.

I feel so bad for those that rocked up for a second gig last night only to be shafted. Delighted that those in the first gig got a great gig but , really, he needs to be ensuring everyone gets the same beautiful experience as those at SBE and Koko 2 and Ronnies etc.

The other thing that comes out of this is the surprise of the lack of demand in Manchester. I am quite surprised that there weren't more people turning up for the second concert( kind of wish i'd driven up from London yesterday).

Anyway, would love to hear from ThePartyman on how his Dad found it. Sounds like he picked a hell of a gig to see the great man for the first time.

with respect, and in MHO the only reason Koko 2 happened was because its all organic, so that doesnt really make sense (from a most satified fan, who queue for 5 hours for Koko 1). if enough had come last night you probably weould have got would have got gig 2, and the 1st gig would have been shorter as in Koko's

Yeah Fair enough, But if there was no Koko 2 ,then Koko 1 would have been awesome.

Hey, it's his perogative how many shows he does but he loses more (in terms of pr) than he wins by messing people around. Just do one great gig and then there is never negative press. Out of the five i've seen, Kings Place 2 was the worst because it was ad-hoc and practically half a gig.

do you think people were put off going because tickets were put out online and sold out and no info was put out about how many in the queue would get in?

stueypfan said:

do you think people were put off going because tickets were put out online and sold out and no info was put out about how many in the queue would get in?

Definitely

So what next?

egansmind said:

So what next?

i think that's it for the time being

unique said:

egansmind said:

So what next?

i think that's it for the time being

Do you reckon he is on the way home?