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Members are invited 2 attend a special Press Conference Prince will be holding on Tuesday, February 24th at 10:30AM at the El Ray club. As Prince makes some major announcements 2 the press, he wanted 2 have some of his closest friends in the house with him.

If u will be in the LA Area on Tuesday and can DEFINITELY be at this event at 10:30AM, please reserve ur spot in the BACKSTAGE PASS room ticket window starting Friday at 5pm PT. There is no charge, just a reservation. Once u secure ur spot, u will b put on the guest list, please bring a photo ID. Reservation limit 2 per member.

Welcome 2 NPGMC 2004ever!

Love4oneanother,
The NPG Music Club

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Will there b a performance??? *sigh*

Cooool, only 2 more days before he announces... the new album? the new deal with Warner Bros? the new world tour?
This really IS gonna be a good year!

Marco
[This message was edited Sun Feb 22 16:05:06 2004 by Weirdomusic]

Its got to be the teaming up with a ecord company again surely.

New deal would mean more promotion and financial backing which would justify the arena tours etc...and would explain why he is doing the hits again.

Could this also be a n explanation for the lack of Music on the Club site - maybe he's had to do stuff to put out as part of the new deal

Cool
[This message was edited Mon Feb 23 16:25:43 2004 by cracknbush]

is this news conference going to be televised and if so, what cable channel?

Did he actually sign with Warner Brothers again? That would be a great thing for him if he did.They have done alot of great things together in the past. It would be nice to see them get the ball rolling again.Why not? Good luck.

Prince: "Dear Fam's, as of today, the NPGMC is no more, I'm back with Mayte and y'all don't like it, you can kiss my ass!"

WOW !! Did anybody else hear that prince is planning on announcing he is going to retire after this tour ? I Hope not !!

Spanisharem said:

No. The promoter is touting this as Prince's last time to perform his hits. Even this is unlikely, since he's done "final" hits tours several times in the past, and he's actually told a couple of interviewers that this isn't the case. Its just a way of selling the tour. He hasn't said he would retire after this tour (and even if he did, we've heard that before as well).

P couldn't retire if he wanted to. He's compelled to make music like most people are compelled to breathe.

JediMaster said:

Ok, I gotta ask, when did he say on previous tours that he was retiring his hits? I've seen folks here say that several times and I just don't remember that. I remember when he said he wasn't gonna tour anymore back in the 80's. I remember him saying that he wouldn't play certain songs like 1999 anymore (and I think LRC). I also remember him saying on certain tours that he would stay away from the hits on that particular tour, like with TGE tour or ONA. But I never took that to mean that he was retiring them for good.

But I just don't remember him saying in the past that he was retiring his hits for good like they are promoting now. I'm not disagreeing with you at all. It's just that so many people have here have said "oh here he goes with that again" that I feel like I must have missed something major..

Didn't Prince say he was retiring from touring when Around the World in a Day came out?

I think in pop music, "Retirement" is just another word for "hype".

Anxiety said:

Yeah he did, that "retirement" from live performing is infamous. I just don't recall him saying before that he'd never play the hits again?


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[This message was edited Mon Feb 23 12:47:07 2004 by Universaluv]

He said he was retiring around the time of teh name change and I remember him saying he wasnt going to play anymore of the hits...hence i shit myself when I rcognised the opening to Purple Rain when he came to Wembley for his 1 Newpower Soul gig

Not literally u understand...I can control my bowels quite well when I need to

hi..can someone please help me find the ticket window? i dont see it in the backstage pass area

kinda late...but click on the desk drawer.

SensualMelody said:

yah i clicked it .. missed out.. might show up anyway, and plead the 5th.

or should i say the fizifth

Hopefully whatever news he delivers won't include the mention of Larry Graham.

purpledoveuk said:

Gotcha, thanks. I guess the difference here is the whole "this is your last chance to see the hits" thing?

Universaluv said:

He even broke that little promise.... remember the Grammies? The horns that took you from Purple Rain to Baby I'm a Star?

JimmyNothing said:

he's been doing that a while from the reports ive heard, its the standard intro for baby im a star and has been since at least the oz tour last year!

I'm wondering where I can catch this on TV. If it's a press conference, I assume members of the press would be there. It's probably be on Celebrity Justice or ET like a week from now. I'd rather not see it there as they always have a smart-assed remark.

I can't believe how nervous/excited I am about this press conference!

I'm driving everyone in my office crazy this morning cos I can't focus!

Thierry said:

Prince: "The opposite of NATO is OTAN. Thank you for coming."

Prince: "I 'm going to ask my biggest fan from Holland, a fellow by the nickname of Marty McFly, to fly to Minneapolis to spend a few weeks in my infamous Vault and compile a 25-disc set of outtakes to be released later this year"

Is it 10:30 am already?

no 34 minutes to go ....

WHAT TIME IS IT!!!??? Just fooling around.

<----- check out the time of my post..... WHAT'S HAPPENING PEEPS???

Yep I need a direct line to the funknews.