I know toured Australia in 2012, but I couldn't go and was heartbroken.

tours USA and Europe extensively, but never Australia?

SuperSoulFighter said:

i always thought australia was just harder to get to...

didn't they have to ship his stage with a boat last time they went there? Or did he not bring his full setup?

i have no idea how hard it is to tour in australia. I'm only going on the following "evidence"

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- a much smaller band that tours the US and Europe regularly has told me that australia is just hard to get to, and the ratio of the number of dates you can play there versus the cost of getting there isn't good.

- an academic friend from new zealand told me that if you do grad studies in that part of the world, it's hard to get funding to go to any conference because they're all so far away. There aren't many international conferences in australia because they would be inconvenient for almost anyone who would attend.

SuperSoulFighter said:

Yeah, just like Canada it's a big country, but there's not a lot of big cities. So a tour wouldn't last very long anyway. And I really don't see him performing for the kangaroos in the outback. (Would be fun 'though...)
(Sorry 2 SoftSkarlett for ruining your thread...)
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Yeah, I guess my best chance is to travel to USA (where he usually is) and see a concert there. I almost had the chance to see him in Melbourne but I was living in South Australia at the time and moved to Melbourne at the end of 2012. Poor timing, I guess.

No worries touring in Oz, fan base is here, smaller venues and more cities for a hit and run tour would work fine.

2012 W2A -

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/no-fuss-prince-arrives-entertains-and-leaves/story-e6frg8n6-1226377642507

http://www.stageandscreen.travel/experience/prince-welcome-2-australia

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SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

Yeah, I guess my best chance is to travel to USA (where he usually is) and see a concert there. I almost had the chance to see him in Melbourne but I was living in South Australia at the time and moved to Melbourne at the end of 2012. Poor timing, I guess.

Actually, for the last couple of years, you'd be better off moving to the UK. Or if you're coming to the USA, make sure it's the West Coast. Other than these 2 nights in Kentucky, he hasn't played in the midwest (outside of a couple nights in Chicago) in ages. I'm hoping against hope that he comes one state north in the next week or so, but knowing Prince he'll play a couple nights in Topeka instead.

theblueangel said:

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

Yeah, I guess my best chance is to travel to USA (where he usually is) and see a concert there. I almost had the chance to see him in Melbourne but I was living in South Australia at the time and moved to Melbourne at the end of 2012. Poor timing, I guess.

Actually, for the last couple of years, you'd be better off moving to the UK. Or if you're coming to the USA, make sure it's the West Coast. Other than these 2 nights in Kentucky, he hasn't played in the midwest (outside of a couple nights in Chicago) in ages. I'm hoping against hope that he comes one state north in the next week or so, but knowing Prince he'll play a couple nights in Topeka instead.

Yeah, I heard he plays regularly on the West Coast, including Las Vegas. He's also been playing a lot in the UK, so there's another option.

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

Yeah, I guess my best chance is to travel to USA (where he usually is) and see a concert there. I almost had the chance to see him in Melbourne but I was living in South Australia at the time and moved to Melbourne at the end of 2012. Poor timing, I guess.

Move to Oakland or San Francisco. More shows in each individual city since 2005 in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee combined. In fact if you multiply the amount of shows in those states by 10, still less than those two Cali cities. Do the math lol.

theblueangel said:

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

Yeah, I guess my best chance is to travel to USA (where he usually is) and see a concert there. I almost had the chance to see him in Melbourne but I was living in South Australia at the time and moved to Melbourne at the end of 2012. Poor timing, I guess.

Actually, for the last couple of years, you'd be better off moving to the UK. Or if you're coming to the USA, make sure it's the West Coast. Other than these 2 nights in Kentucky, he hasn't played in the midwest (outside of a couple nights in Chicago) in ages. I'm hoping against hope that he comes one state north in the next week or so, but knowing Prince he'll play a couple nights in Topeka instead.

Kentucky ain't the midwest... Just teasing.

stillwaiting said:

SoftSkarlettLovisa said:

Yeah, I guess my best chance is to travel to USA (where he usually is) and see a concert there. I almost had the chance to see him in Melbourne but I was living in South Australia at the time and moved to Melbourne at the end of 2012. Poor timing, I guess.

Move to Oakland or San Francisco. More shows in each individual city since 2005 in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee combined. In fact if you multiply the amount of shows in those states by 10, still less than those two Cali cities. Do the math lol.

Don't forget L.A..