All right. Say I were an international distributor of pure South American cocaine. $312.01 would be nuthin' to me. Three hundred? Ha! I'd laugh, get reeeealy high, have unprotected sex with some chick and buy a stack of tickets with the crispest cash you ever seen. Yep.

But no, I ain't no dope dealer. I'm just a normal negro - a regular cat with glasses sittin' at his desk and doin' his job. I ain't got no damn three hundred twelve dollars for that - it ain't that serious.

Alas that's the point. Thank you, Prince, for the invitation to see your concert in Las Vegas amongst the celebrities, moguls and cocaine dealers - obviously this ain't the one for me. I ain't mad at 'cha at all, bruh. You're the same dude that played at Tower on Sunset for $0.00. You're also the same dude that asked for a $100 ticket...but invited us to the soundcheck before the show. That was the shit. Maybe you do like us. Sometimes.

Who knows? Maybe they'll film this show...but with actual professional equipment and a crew, unlike the Aladdin DVD. Anybody listening?

So I miss him this time. Oh well. C'est la vie. He'll be back...frickin' elf.

seen on HQ

seen on HQ

All right. Say I were an international distributor of pure South American cocaine. $312.01 would be nuthin' to me. Three hundred? Ha! I'd laugh, get reeeealy high, have unprotected sex with some chick and buy a stack of tickets with the crispest cash you ever seen. Yep.

But no, I ain't no dope dealer. I'm just a normal negro - a regular cat with glasses sittin' at his desk and doin' his job. I ain't got no damn three hundred twelve dollars for that - it ain't that serious.

Alas that's the point. Thank you, Prince, for the invitation to see your concert in Las Vegas amongst the celebrities, moguls and cocaine dealers - obviously this ain't the one for me. I ain't mad at 'cha at all, bruh. You're the same dude that played at Tower on Sunset for $0.00. You're also the same dude that asked for a $100 ticket...but invited us to the soundcheck before the show. That was the shit. Maybe you do like us. Sometimes.

Who knows? Maybe they'll film this show...but with actual professional equipment and a crew, unlike the Aladdin DVD. Anybody listening?

So I miss him this time. Oh well. C'est la vie. He'll be back...frickin' elf.

Guys...I'm for knocking Prince when he's shitting on his fans just like the next head...But i think a lot of you folks fail to see that this is just another promotional tool...The midget can get away with it because the show is: a) at a small club; and b) it's in FUCKING LAS VEGAS...Do you guys think he's going to be charging $312.00 for an entire tour???? Come on...it's one thing to bitch about regular fans not getting into the gig...it's quite another to be naive about the people the midget is trying to attract to this show (celebrities, the press and die-hard fans who got money to burn...) Seriously folks...it's just not that serious to have a torch and pitch fork midget beatdown...Again; the gig is at Las Vegas...Follow the money.....

This will probably be released on dvd or used for a tv special. This is the only reasonable explanation that I can see why P would charge $312.10.

I ain't gonna lie, if I had the extra cash, I would be there in a heartbeat. Many of u know u would also.

Welp, you won't be seeing me there!

murph said:

I agree that it is a Las Vegas show and that Prince can charge more money. But asking $312.01 per ticket is still a bit over the top, dontcha think??

if i pay $312 for the ticket, then find some way to get myself to vegas and spring for a hotel, only to be forced to listen to the Tamar show, I may go postal.

Anx said:

...The club is called the Empire Ballroom...

Ya'll are some cheap bastards. Listen, I will NEVER PAY 312.02 to see Prince live. However, he is one of the biggest stars in the world and if he can charge that and get people to show up---more power to him.
We live in a capitalist nation. He worked his ass off be able to earn that kind of $$$$$. And there have been many times where I have seen Prince do 3 hour private gigs for $7 or less. No one seems to bitch about that--or praise it. Prince isn't robbing you-either you think it's worth it or you don't. It's your choice, so why bitch like Prince is harming you personally?

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skywalker said:

ya got 312.01 to loan me? actually, i think i have the 12.01 covered if you can cover my airfare and accommodations, too.

since you're not a cheap bastard, i'll go ahead and thank you in advance. thanks!

Anx said:

I'll rephrase it: Ya'll are some whining bastards.

I didn't whine about anything. I just said I couldn't afford to go. I figured since it wasn't much of an expense in your mind, you could help out a fellow fan. I think it's great Prince is charging three hundred dollars a ticket...I think he should charge three thousand!

Anx said:

I, for one, wish you were going.

well, if i hadn't been sick for the past three weeks and forced to claim short term disability, and if my doctor hadn't sat on my paperwork for two and a half of those three weeks and caused me to not get my most recent paycheck as a result, and if i didn't have a bunch of bills that i currently can't pay as a result of all this, i'd surely be happy to give prince all my money to spend a weekend in las vegas with you guys having a great time. but since all these things are the case, i'll be waiting for him to swing around chicago again, and hopefully he won't be charging madonna/stones money for tix.

Anx said:

So sorry about all that.

I didn't whine about anything. I just said I couldn't afford to go. I figured since it wasn't much of an expense in your mind, you could help out a fellow fan. I think it's great Prince is charging three hundred dollars a ticket...I think he should charge three thousand!