Louisville Palace, Louisville, Kentucky - 14 March

Reply #61 posted 03/15/15 12:31am

SquirrelMeat

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dandan said:

I want reports as it happens! Where SquirrelMeat when you need him?

Well, I did look at flying in for this one, but I have two meetings in London this week so it was a no go. If he can hold out until April, then game on.... wink

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Reply #62 posted 03/15/15 12:51am

ZachAttack

I just got home from the 11pm show. This was my first ever Prince show and it was awesome! It kind of reminded me of the Nude tour in how he played just the hits, played about 90% of the way through with no "medley" stuff. But he merged all the songs together with no real breaks in between, also similar to what he did on the Lovesexy tour. Here is all the interesting stuff that happened:

Lets Go and Little Red Corvette were totally reworked versions.

He did do one medley where he just played tons of samples of songs, and he started to play Darling Nicki and he says "uh oh!" and switched to something else!

The show started at 11:15 and ended at 1:10 so almost 2 hours, probably a bit longer than the 8pm show.

Some dude got up on stage and security tried to pull him down and Prince was like "no leave him alone" and he let the guy dance with him for several minutes then gave him a hug!

There was a pretty lengthy drum solo.

Prince spent a LOT of the show behind they keyboard and didn't play much guitar.

The only song I don't think I saw mentioned yet was Lets Work. I think it was the 2nd encore. They also did Dont Stop Till You Get Enough at one point

At one point he just let anyone who wanted to get on stage and there were like 30 people on there dancing for at least 15 minutes or longer.

They really pushed "no cellphones", and Hannah even started the show by guving a speech about how we all need to turn off our phones and put then away because this magic can't be captured by technology. It was kinda wierd to have a band member say this to everyone (we were all told about 8 million times by staff members not to have phones out)

After all that stuff about phones, Prince actually said "light this place up" and had all the lights turned off and wanted us to turn our cellphone flashlights on!!

The merch booth was mainly just shirts of 3rdeyegirl with no Prince. There was a shirt that had his picture and said "prince and 3rdeyegirl" but it was already sold out by the time the 8pm show ended! There were a few posters, 2 allover print shirts with that photo of him with the guitar and his mouth open, a tote bag with a picture of him, and a shirt of the "this could be us but you playin" meme (which is what I got). All the other shirts were weird 3rdeyegirl designs.

Prince was wearing, I kid you not, those LA Gear shoes from the late 80s that light up with red lights when you step down

My only real complaint was there were no early 90s songs like Cream, Shhh, Gold, Diamonds and Pearls, etc. Basically anything after SOTT was ignored.
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Reply #63 posted 03/15/15 12:59am

antonb

That sounded a little... underwhelming, but thanks for posting

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Reply #64 posted 03/15/15 1:07am

jaawwnn	Not a surprising setlist but looks like a plenty fun show
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Reply #65 posted 03/15/15 1:15am

ZachAttack

None of the setlists posted so far are correct. I can't even remember them all or the order but I think they did Pretzelbodylogic and they did a new song that was an instrumental.

Oh and another thing, either some people didn't show up or the show really wasn't sold out because there were several empty seats in the balcony.

Ticketmaster also emailed us all with download links for What If and X's Face

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Reply #66 posted 03/15/15 1:47am

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ZachAttack said:
None of the setlists posted so far are correct. I can't even remember them all or the order but I think they did Pretzelbodylogic and they did a new song that was an instrumental. Oh and another thing, either some people didn't show up or the show really wasn't sold out because there were several empty seats in the balcony. Ticketmaster also emailed us all with download links for What If and X's Face

What a pleasant surprise. WAV format, too!! music

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Reply #67 posted 03/15/15 1:56am

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purplethunder3121 said:

From twitter--first show setlist:

Let's go

Take me

U got the look

Funk & roll

Controversy

1999

Little red

Nothing compares

Doves cry

Nasty girl

Sign o the times

I would die 4 U

House quake

something with bass from hell (The X's Face)

Hot thing

Forever in my life.

Encore

New songs
Encore

Purple Rain.

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2nd show also had (in no particular order):

PlectrumElectrum

another instrumental (maybe Stratus?)

Cool / Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

Clouds

Kiss

Thankful & Thoughtful

A Love Bizarre

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Pop Life

maybe PretzelBodyLogic

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Reply #68 posted 03/15/15 2:09am

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Random stuff:

They did NOT check IDs, even though they repeatedly said to have them out, they did not look at mine.

The merch table had CDs and VINYL of the 2 new albums. The vinyl is only $20. Great deal if you don't already have them and can keep them safe through a show.

The Louisville Palace sounds GREAT!!

Yes, this is a Hits show in every way. Which is exactly what the audience wanted. I saw little excitement for Clouds or other new tracks and got a lot of weird looks when I got excited for X's Face.

I'm not going to review the show or the band at this point. I have some good things to say but I also have plenty of negative things to say.

It is late, I'm tired, I gotta go to work when I wake up... Gonna think and sleep on it for now. wink

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Reply #69 posted 03/15/15 2:33am

xenophobia2002	thanks for all the reports I AM LOOKING FOR USED PRINCE CONCERT TICKETS ... https://www.facebook.com/...erttickets
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Reply #70 posted 03/15/15 2:34am

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djThunderfunk said:

purplethunder3121 said:

From twitter--first show setlist:

Let's go

Take me

U got the look

Funk & roll

Controversy

1999

Little red

Nothing compares

Doves cry

Nasty girl

Sign o the times

I would die 4 U

House quake

something with bass from hell (The X's Face)

Hot thing

Forever in my life.

Encore

New songs
Encore

Purple Rain.

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2nd show also had (in no particular order):

PlectrumElectrum

another instrumental (maybe Stratus?)

Cool / Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

Clouds

Kiss

Thankful & Thoughtful

A Love Bizarre

maybe PretzelBodyLogic

are you sure he did Thankful & Thoughtful ???????????

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Reply #71 posted 03/15/15 3:35am

SuperSoulFight er	jaawwnn said: Not a surprising setlist but looks like a plenty fun show I think we can use this comment for each and every Prince concert to come.
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Reply #72 posted 03/15/15 4:57am

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Here is a great review I found on Donna's twitter feed.....

Looks like Prince is kicking ass in Louisville.

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Reply #73 posted 03/15/15 5:30am

antonb

What was the new songs played?

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Reply #74 posted 03/15/15 5:30am

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trax said:

wouldntulove2loveme said:

So He did not preform a single song from AOA?

No of course not its the USA. He only does the newer and good shows overseas. We always get the same crappy greatest hits tour with a different set order. I was really excited we were going to get those 3rd eye shows he did overseas but I see we are still stuck in the 80s for the USA. My excitement has officially been squashed and unless the second show is different I will once again take a pass at this tour unfortunately.

i really hoping for WoW and the Breakdown in Detroit.

Why make new music and not play it.

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Reply #75 posted 03/15/15 5:42am

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littlemissG said:

trax said:

No of course not its the USA. He only does the newer and good shows overseas. We always get the same crappy greatest hits tour with a different set order. I was really excited we were going to get those 3rd eye shows he did overseas but I see we are still stuck in the 80s for the USA. My excitement has officially been squashed and unless the second show is different I will once again take a pass at this tour unfortunately.

i really hoping for WoW and the Breakdown in Detroit.

Why make new music and not play it.

Yeah I am really bummed out by the setlist. I have no desire to see a 80s greatest hits show. I am glad I saw the setlist before purchasing tickets. I am passing on this tour. I was really excited too as I was hoping for more newer stuff being the small venues and pretty much die hard fans there. He always does just greatest hits shows in the USA. Really disappointing. Whats the point of pushing 3rdeyegirl so much when they won't play their own music

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Reply #76 posted 03/15/15 6:40am

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The show sounds like it mostly sucked a nut. I guess it's marginally better than the lame shows from around 20ten. But Prince's shit just pales compared to others right now, especially D'Angelo.

"Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Reply #77 posted 03/15/15 7:07am

cjethomas

My only disappointment was that the two sets were so similar. When the first show was comprised almost exclusively of songs from 79-87, I was hoping the second show would be the NPG era. I was thinking that the four sets would be like one big show, not the same show four times.

There was enough differentiation between the 8pm and 11pm to keep it fun (especially after Nothing Compares 2U), but I'm not sure how it will hold up after two more shows tonight.

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Reply #78 posted 03/15/15 7:30am

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KingSausage said:

The show sounds like it mostly sucked a nut. I guess it's marginally better than the lame shows from around 20ten. But Prince's shit just pales compared to others right now, especially D'Angelo.

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Yeah, that village voice review would suggest otherwise.

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Reply #79 posted 03/15/15 7:37am

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Reply #80 posted 03/15/15 7:52am

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skywalker said:

KingSausage said:

The show sounds like it mostly sucked a nut. I guess it's marginally better than the lame shows from around 20ten. But Prince's shit just pales compared to others right now, especially D'Angelo.

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Yeah, that village voice review would suggest otherwise.

Some people like stale hits and sampler sets. It must be genetic.

"Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Reply #81 posted 03/15/15 7:56am

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skywalker said:

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Yeah, that village voice review would suggest otherwise.

Some people like stale hits and sampler sets. It must be genetic.

No, it's quite simply that not everybody is as Prince-obsessed as we are. When I saw him live in 2010, it was the first time in 8 years and I was quite happy to hear the old hits again. But yes, you wouldn't want to see a greatest hits show every year.

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Reply #82 posted 03/15/15 7:58am

crutnacker

I was at 11PM. It was a great show, but I too was hoping for a least a little post 80s (or at least a little deeper show than what he played). Honestly though, many of the people there probably have little knowledge of his music past 1992 or so. I was hoping the setlist would have been a bit more varied from Louisville show to Louisville show if only to say "we saw X and you didn't." I was happy it started on time (but that sucks for 8 PM concert goers, who got a very short set for their money).

Regarding security, before the final encore took out my phone and turned on my flashlight (since I didn't have a lighter). Security was on me in about 20 seconds and had me walk out with them. They asked me to show them my pictures. Let's just say that through some divine intervention by way of Steve Jobs, my phone said "No Photos or Videos". The guy let me go back to see Purple Rain.

Honeslty, I understand the cell phone policy, (and the photos I had were all taken when he asked us to pull them out), but the amount of people getting pulled was a bit ridiculous.

Question. There was a song played that sounded quite a bit like the riff from Led Zep's The Ocean. What was it?

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Reply #83 posted 03/15/15 8:04am

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crutnacker said:

That's the song Plectrumelectrum, I believe.

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Reply #84 posted 03/15/15 8:26am

ZachAttack

lol I can't imagine someone at this show with their arms crossed and a sourpuss saying "He's only playing the hits! I HATE this!" while everyone else around them is having fun

I do feel bad for people at the 8pm show because they definitely got a shorter set. He went on at 8:15 and people were leaving that show around 9:40

Since my first show was in a tiny theater I'm going to be spoiled now, I can't imagine paying the same amount or more to sit in nosebleeds in a huge arena! I was first row in the balcony and even there it felt like you could reach over and touch him.

I kept thinking when I was in there "wow, so everyone in here was doing the same as me last Monday? Frantically clicking refresh on the Live Nation page hoping to get tickets?" There were a lot of older people there who I wouldn't think would be tech-savy enough to get tickets like that, something still seems fishy to me about that

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Reply #85 posted 03/15/15 8:32am

vinaysfunk

I just can't believe my eyes when I read some of yours posts here. This is directed to all of those people who keep saying they are disappointed by the fact that he played alot of his older hits with hardly any new music off his new cds. If you feel that way then just move on. I mean why even to take the time to post your not interested in not seeing this guy live on this tour?

I get it. Everyone has a right to an opionion. But there are some really downers here on this org site. Would I love so see some new music being performed live? Sure. But for me and many others its the raw energy and emotion that Prince puts into a hall or arena that I am addicted to. I have seen many of these songs performed like you all dozens of times live. But it never has made it less special for me.

The way we treat others is a reflection of ourselves, who we are. Prince can do whatever he wants and how he wants and I bet I will be buying a ticket to see him live. Because he infuses whatever he performs with sincere gratitude for his fans and loves to share his music in a very selfless way and almost always wants everyone to have a great time. To say this or that in how we would change his new tour that just started is absurd to me. But hey to each their own.

When he did musicology he gave the masses what they wanted and in kind he resurfaced on RS and was just about everywhere. So maybe he is doing that just in a small club format. In the end let Prince do Prince. I bet you the people there had a great time and were glad they went vs not going at all.

Long live the funk. Count me in on this tour. Prince is back!

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Reply #86 posted 03/15/15 8:53am

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You people are right. I'm being too negative about this show, and I wasn't even there. It sounds like those who attended had a great time. That's ultimately more important, right?

If Prince plays in DC, I'll skip the show because it doesn't sound like my thing. But there are countless others who will go and have a wonderful night. It's all good.

Peace.

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Reply #87 posted 03/15/15 8:54am

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xenophobia2002 said:

djThunderfunk said:

2nd show also had (in no particular order):

PlectrumElectrum

another instrumental (maybe Stratus?)

Cool / Don't Stop Till You Get Enough

Clouds

Kiss

Thankful & Thoughtful

A Love Bizarre

maybe PretzelBodyLogic

are you sure he did Thankful & Thoughtful ???????????

Absolutely. Nobody around me knew the song.

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Reply #88 posted 03/15/15 9:00am

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Reply #89 posted 03/15/15 9:01am

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ZachAttack said:
lol I can't imagine someone at this show with their arms crossed and a sourpuss saying "He's only playing the hits! I HATE this!" while everyone else around them is having fun I do feel bad for people at the 8pm show because they definitely got a shorter set. He went on at 8:15 and people were leaving that show around 9:40 Since my first show was in a tiny theater I'm going to be spoiled now, I can't imagine paying the same amount or more to sit in nosebleeds in a huge arena! I was first row in the balcony and even there it felt like you could reach over and touch him. I kept thinking when I was in there "wow, so everyone in here was doing the same as me last Monday? Frantically clicking refresh on the Live Nation page hoping to get tickets?" There were a lot of older people there who I wouldn't think would be tech-savy enough to get tickets like that, something still seems fishy to me about that

You're over-exagerating the disappointment in a hits show. If you're a fan that has followed him for decades and seen him a bunch of times of course you might be tired of seeing Hit and want to dig deeper while everyone else around you is happy to hear half of When Doves Cry played on a sampler because that's what they know.

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