Rustyrek said:

gollygirl said:

Great Perth gets a look in. Yay. But I would be angry if I was from Perth and just shelled out big dollars for Sydney or Melbourne as they were marketed as the only shows but I am happy more will get to see him live. Maybe he will do Brusbane too

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! just spent over $2000 for the Sydney shows. I live in Perth!!!!! But I will go to the Perth shows too. Just as well we love him so much

gollygirl said:

Maybe he will do Brusbane too

Let's hope so!

tdavison said:

gollygirl said:

Great Perth gets a look in. Yay. But I would be angry if I was from Perth and just shelled out big dollars for Sydney or Melbourne as they were marketed as the only shows but I am happy more will get to see him live. Maybe he will do Brusbane too

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! just spent over $2000 for the Sydney shows. I live in Perth!!!!! But I will go to the Perth shows too. Just as well we love him so much

Ouchies!! I was thinking the same. I've spent something similar to get to the Sydney shows (tickets to all four shows, flights, accommodation, food and transport allowance, etc.) from Brisbane. Will be a little cheesed off if Brisbane shows are forthcoming. Still, as much as I love Brisbane and Perth, seeing Prince in the Sydney Opera House will be a highlight

tdavison said:

toejam said:

gollygirl said:

toejam said:

Ouchies!! I was thinking the same. I've spent something similar to get to the Sydney shows (tickets to all four shows, flights, accommodation, food and transport allowance, etc.) from Brisbane. Will be a little cheesed off if Brisbane shows are forthcoming. Still, as much as I love Brisbane and Perth, seeing Prince in the Sydney Opera House will be a highlight

I agree. I have not seen anything there so will be so special

I am not complaining but my circumstances were made more complicated by Jose James playing Perth the same night as Prince at the OH. What a week it's going to be - Jose in Perth, Prince in Sydney and then Prince in Perth. Surely it can't beat the Welcome2Australia tour, which was one of the best 2 weeks ever...

lust said:

Does he fly private jet or commercial? There's one commercial direct flight that gets him from Auckland to Perth between the two tour dates. Might book myself a business class seat on it.

Does the flight have 1st class seats?

tdavison said:

gollygirl said:

toejam said: I agree. I have not seen anything there so will be so special

I am not complaining but my circumstances were made more complicated by Jose James playing Perth the same night as Prince at the OH. What a week it's going to be - Jose in Perth, Prince in Sydney and then Prince in Perth. Surely it can't beat the Welcome2Australia tour, which was one of the best 2 weeks ever...

Also, got a new puppy and called it 'Nelson'. What a year! Next thing is to work it how to attend a Paisley Park gig without paying for everything to get there from Australia without it being cancelled once I've arrived. Any suggestions?

lust said:

Does he fly private jet or commercial?

There's one commercial direct flight that gets him from Auckland to Perth between the two tour dates. Might book myself a business class seat on it.

toejam said:

tdavison said:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! just spent over $2000 for the Sydney shows. I live in Perth!!!!! But I will go to the Perth shows too. Just as well we love him so much

Ouchies!! I was thinking the same. I've spent something similar to get to the Sydney shows (tickets to all four shows, flights, accommodation, food and transport allowance, etc.) from Brisbane. Will be a little cheesed off if Brisbane shows are forthcoming. Still, as much as I love Brisbane and Perth, seeing Prince in the Sydney Opera House will be a highlight

I can't think of a venue in Brisbane that will be anywhere near the Sydney Opera House. It will be slightly annoying if he does announce dates there, but I'm putting seeing him at the SOH as a life experience.

Rustyrek said:

For a real intimate show in Brissy - he should do the powerhouse. Such a fabulous venue. intimacy guaranteed

jstar69 said:

I hadn't thought of QPAC. Not the same history though, is it? Man, I wish that European tour hadn't have been canned. I was primed and in place for the Vienna concert.

mashedpotato said:

Rustyrek said:

I hadn't thought of QPAC. Not the same history though, is it? Man, I wish that European tour hadn't have been canned. I was primed and in place for the Vienna concert.

the hifi was a great venue for an afterparty. what about the Tivoli? not as grandiose as the OH and QPAC

astone said:

Love his music (but hope he keeps the medleys to a minimum).

Prince has commented on the disparity in law where one couldn't do a "cover" of a hit TV show, but anyone can "cover" his music.

I agree with the intention of having respect for the artist and the actual song.

I'm also happy for Prince to reinterpret his own music and perform songs in a different style from the original (like a reggae version of "I would die 4 U").

So while I can understand the thrill Prince receives of doing a "medley" of his greatest tunes, from the massive, succeessive waves of screams and applause with each tune he meanders into...I have to say that for me it is a bit like watching children gorge themselves on candy on Halloween - but because I'm a mature adult, it's easy for me to instead choose a nice piece of chocolate cake or quality bowl of ice cream.

I truly hope that 90% of Prince's performance time is taken with Prince performing complete songs. Each song is a emotional journey of it's own and the Power PRINCE demonstrates by manipulating us all to take this emotional joureny is far more powerful than the repeated sugar rush of samples of his music.

The reaction of the audience to each familiar tune is both a "THANK YOU for creating this song" and a "PLEASE PLEASE play this incredible song (in its entirety)".

And so I say again how much I hope Prince will play most songs in their entirety.

I also understand there are some lyrics he is no longer comfortable singing. He could easily just not sing those lines (let the audience fill them in), or change the lyrics (Eg I met her in a hotel lobby masticating a nectarine).

I had to say something. How else can I demostrate my love and dedication to the originator of this incredible music and the actual songs themselves.

Wishing with all my might. (Eyes closed & fingers on both hands crossed).

(I will be attending 2 concerts in Sydney - purely because he has so many songs and I hope to experience as many of his songs in this format as possible.)

Agree.

If you're not comfortable with some of the words, skip the whole song or suck it up.

I'm hoping he read the feedback about the cheesy synth sounds he mixed with the natural piano sounds. Mabye for some songs it is ok, but I hope to hear less of it.

The whole sing along thing of the Paisley Park shows was a bit much for me.

Every evening (as already mentioned) I check out Ticketmaster to see what the best available ticket is to the concert I've already bought two tickets to (6.30 pm Wednesday, Melbourne). Tonight's answer is CC9 STALLS; that's the third row from the stage, close enough to the middle of the row as to make no difference. It was right there for a lousy $397.00; and to think of the other seats they must have allocated earlier as "best available"!!

Adorecream said:

Does the man not sleep?

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This may mean that the man can do these shows on autopilot which takes away a bit of the excitement.

lust said:

Does he fly private jet or commercial? There's one commercial direct flight that gets him from Auckland to Perth between the two tour dates. Might book myself a business class seat on it.

I believe on his last tour of Australia (Welcome 2 Australia tour 2012) he had a private jet. If I recall correctly, they brought out a cargo Boeing 747 with the stage equipment and production equipment, and there was a smaller passenger jet carrying Prince and some other personell.

My guess is that this time he will probably use a private jet again, although this time he also has substantially less production equipment travelling around with him.

Hey all,

I have access to a spare ticket for the show on Tuesday 16th Feb at the State Theatre Melbourne at 6:30pm due to a person in the group pulling out. It is one of the $400 tickets, in a very good spot, and we are selling at face value.

More details are at http://prince.org/msg/9/421791 or contact me directly for any enquiries.

Cheers,

Brad.

udo said:

Adorecream said:

Does the man not sleep?

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This may mean that the man can do these shows on autopilot which takes away a bit of the excitement.

No, you are trying to take away some of the excitement.

I think these shows take him a bit out of his comfort zone and remember he did only one night so far.

Not having a band gives him more freedom to change the setlist and my guess is that by playing only parts of songs he got some feedback from how the crowd responded.

If he would rock up with an accoustic guitar instead would anyone complain about false advertisement?

ralovely said:

Hi all.

I got an extra ticket for the Sydney State Theatre, on the 21st, 6:30.

Not too bad: Mezzanine, row B, Seat 19 AU$400

Send me an orgnote if you are interested.

Oh, if it was a cheaper one I would have snapped it up ASAP !!

Good luck

[Edited 2/12/16 2:27am]

vladimir said: