And there was me hoping Prince's message on stage was just regarding Manchester

On 6music they are saying he is still in the country!

onlymatt said:

I'm going back to my darkened room. wake me up if anything happens

There's still a very Prince-shaped hole in Brixton Academy's schedule this weekend.....

Just sayin'

indigomoonbeam said:

The statement coulda been specific to Manchester as well.

...that was how I took it.

Kiran just tweeted 'Spring has sprung! #London'. Looks like they're still here

kevos said:

chaosoutoforder said:

Kiran just tweeted, "spring has sprung #London" Might suggest that the little man is still, here; or that Kiran has know idea whats happening...Maybe shes been left behind...Now theres a thought...

Or that it was sunny in London earlier?

Damiank said:

chaosoutoforder said:

Damiank said:

Or that it was sunny in London earlier?

Tweted around 1.30pm

Much as I'd love to be wrong, I think it's a stretch to think "spring has sprung" has much to do with Prince still being here after all. Either that or it's very cryptic indeed.

Damiank said:

chaosoutoforder said:

Damiank said: Tweted around 1.30pm

Much as I'd love to be wrong, I think it's a stretch to think "spring has sprung" has much to do with Prince still being here after all. Either that or it's very cryptic indeed.

And that for a P.R. person she is supposed to be.

When a spring springs it is kaput?!

Or what would a native speaker think?

Damiank said:

chaosoutoforder said:

OK, but it does suggest that the so called 'manager' is still here.

It all depends on the scope of the suposed management.

I'm managing my own affairs with some success, hopefully you are too...

udo said:

My thoughts are..... That Prince will be doing the Festival Circuit this year, He's been here to promote the Album, but also to raise his profile again, The cost, logistics and work for his team to arrange a full tour might not apeal to them very much (And seems maybe isnt their strong point), if they sign for some festivals all the hard work is done, they turn up, perform and collect a fee.

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Leeds and Reading might be a good shout, they paid The Libertines £1 Million i think for the two shows, so Prince surely could command more than this? Could explain why he did London shows and a couple up North?

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Maybe V Fest or T In the Park?

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Who knows, but i have a feeling we might see him again sooner rather than later to capitalise on his Revived popularity

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Damiank said:

chaosoutoforder said:

Damiank said: Tweted around 1.30pm

Much as I'd love to be wrong, I think it's a stretch to think "spring has sprung" has much to do with Prince still being here after all. Either that or it's very cryptic indeed.

You really do read too much into these tweets

#princewatch #princearmy I've been told prince went to Paris for their Fashion week. He is booked to do Hyde Park.

— Mike (@BigPurpleMe) February 24, 2014

Fashion week in Paris starts tommorow.

http://parisfashionweeklive.com/

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...my money is on the "British Summer Time Festival" they started last year in Hyde Park....Bon Jovi headlined it in 2013.

Prince would fit the bill...the festival isn't for the hardcore music fans who head to Glasto or Reading/Leeds, but more of a family friendly sort of thing based on the traditional British summer (so its likely to rain! haha!)....Jovi put on a great show last year despite no Sambora, but the festival itself was naff. Despite being British themed there was a Mexican mariachi section, American burger stands, and the only beer you could get was Grolsch or Fosters, those two well know British beer brands! Plenty of room to dance and friendly crowd, but we were miles away from the stage and they had the obligatory "gold circle" at the front so no chance of getting near the stage anyway. Still, could make for one massive purple party if it happens

DaveT said:

...my money is on the "British Summer Time Festival" they started last year in Hyde Park....Bon Jovi headlined it in 2013.

Prince would fit the bill...the festival isn't for the hardcore music fans who head to Glasto or Reading/Leeds, but more of a family friendly sort of thing based on the traditional British summer (so its likely to rain! haha!)....Jovi put on a great show last year despite no Sambora, but the festival itself was naff. Despite being British themed there was a Mexican mariachi section, American burger stands, and the only beer you could get was Grolsch or Fosters, those two well know British beer brands! Plenty of room to dance and friendly crowd, but we were miles away from the stage and they had the obligatory "gold circle" at the front so no chance of getting near the stage anyway. Still, could make for one massive purple party if it happens

It's gotta be BST Festival reallyas you said, it's a 6 day festival over 2 weekends and only McBusted and Neil Young and Crazy Horse are confirmed headliners so far.

I see you mentioned Bon Jovi as the headliner there but they were only 1 of the 6 headliners, The Rolling stones played the 2 sat nights and JLS, Ray Davies and Lionel Richie headlined the other days. The Stones had a very different "Golden Circle" to Bon Jovi which stopped at stage centre so normal price tickets had a chance of getting to the front too, now that I would like again!

kevos said:

FatSteve said:

DaveT said:

...my money is on the "British Summer Time Festival" they started last year in Hyde Park....Bon Jovi headlined it in 2013.

Prince would fit the bill...the festival isn't for the hardcore music fans who head to Glasto or Reading/Leeds, but more of a family friendly sort of thing based on the traditional British summer (so its likely to rain! haha!)....Jovi put on a great show last year despite no Sambora, but the festival itself was naff. Despite being British themed there was a Mexican mariachi section, American burger stands, and the only beer you could get was Grolsch or Fosters, those two well know British beer brands! Plenty of room to dance and friendly crowd, but we were miles away from the stage and they had the obligatory "gold circle" at the front so no chance of getting near the stage anyway. Still, could make for one massive purple party if it happens

It's gotta be BST Festival reallyas you said, it's a 6 day festival over 2 weekends and only McBusted and Neil Young and Crazy Horse are confirmed headliners so far.

I see you mentioned Bon Jovi as the headliner there but they were only 1 of the 6 headliners, The Rolling stones played the 2 sat nights and JLS, Ray Davies and Lionel Richie headlined the other days. The Stones had a very different "Golden Circle" to Bon Jovi which stopped at stage centre so normal price tickets had a chance of getting to the front too, now that I would like again!

That's a good point actually, I forgot about the other headliners!

Didn't Chic and Nile Rogers play the same day as Lionel? I seem to remember finding out about that after the event and being p*ssed off that I missed it!

ADAMSKI123 said:

Ppenguin said:

ADAMSKI123 said:

you still moaning?!

Yep....let's just say I want a fair slice of the purple pie So many rave reviews of many shows on this tour...curiously none mentioning the KOKO first show which I think, looking at the stats (price,length,song list,rarefied,encores) was Uncharacteristically on the light side. Come on - £70, 19 songs and 90 minutes compared to every other show...P was keeping it under lock and key until the celebrity second show. Did nobody else cringe when he had to come back on again because the stage manager coujdnt get people to leave after about 70 minutes?

I am with you, partly... I was one of those that got quite disappointed going to Montreux and catching the 2nd show... Though it was a semi ok show (overdoing the horns until it was cabaret-cheesy instead of funky) it was agreat disappointment to me for many reasons and I swore I would not travel to see him again until I knew he would not do that again.

Happen to live in London and was glad to get in for the first show at Koko after reading all the rave reviews of the other shows... And although it was the shortest, the most expensive and the least raved about concert its was still a pretty amazing concert in my view. Seeing Prince and the girls on top of their form in a small club was well worthy the q'ing and the money if you ask me, even other shows were even more fantastic.

Let's put our hope in a Brixton show before they leave UK

It was £70 for a small venue for 90 minutes right?

What was the average show length in 2007 at the O2?

Didn't the best tickets there sell for £200 plus?

(http://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/sep/01/moneysupplement.musicnews )