Was going to be there during this time... to do the whole "Prince experience" in MPLS... Paisley, the other sites.... Dakota Club to catch Andy that Saturday.... was hoping for something special. Kinda gutted now. No interest in dropping that kind of dough x 3 (GF & Son joining me).... hope they sell single day passes soon.

This feels like a fleecing.

I sent a message to Mark Brown:

Hey Mark,

I'm writing to you to express my disappointment regarding the ticket prices for the upcoming Paisley Park Celebration. I realize that The Revolution probably had nothing to do with it. I also definitely understand that artists should get paid, but these ticket prices are above and beyond what Prince himself charged for previous celebration. It's beyond what festivals charge for VIP tickets to see 100 bands over the course of days. Also, this event is being held on the anniversary of his death. Consequently, the high ticket money aspect has a particular vulgarity to it. I feel like it's exploitive of Prince, and exploitive of the fans. A day of mourning and celebration should not be a giant cash-in.

I don't hold it against you and the band for playing this show. I imagine you are locked into a contract or something now that tickets have gone on sale. I just wanted to say something about it. Prince's first death anniversary gathering should not be encumbered by these kind of greed issues. I do hope you guys have the the opportunity play more shows than just this.

I really love The Revolution. I feel like I have connected with each one of you personally. I'm a performer myself, and I've realized recently that that is the magic of music, where individuals can connect in intimate ways to thousands of people. It truly is a magic trick. When Prince died, I felt like somebody I had actually known had died. I did have some very minor run ins with Prince, but I didn't know him. I felt like I knew him completely, though. I felt very weird about this until I came to that realization: that's what art does.

You guys are the keeper of this legacy. A legacy built not just from Prince's labor, but your own. I know that you want to take the best care of it. I have confidence you understand what it means. I hope in the future you are able to keep yourselves at a distance from the money grubbing of the Prince family lawyers, (or whatever is going on). It pretty much is my life dream to see the Revolution play. I was 13 when you broke up. If I had the money to goto this, I most likely would go, even though I feel funny about the issues surrounding it. I hope there are other opportunities to celebrate his and your legacy in the future.

With love, JudasLChrist

[Edited 11/28/16 12:01pm]

JudasLChrist said:

I sent a message to Mark Brown:

Hey Mark,

I'm writing to you to express my disappointment regarding the ticket prices for the upcoming Paisley Park Celebration. I realize that The Revolution probably had nothing to do with it. I also definitely understand that artists should get paid, but these ticket prices are above and beyond what Prince himself charged for previous celebration. It's beyond what festivals charge for VIP tickets to see 100 bands over the course of days. Also, this event is being held on the anniversary of his death. Consequently, the high ticket money aspect has a particular vulgarity to it. I feel like it's exploitive of Prince, and exploitive of the fans. A day of mourning and celebration should not be a giant cash-in.

I don't hold it against you and the band for playing this show. I imagine you are locked into a contract or something now that tickets have gone on sale. I just wanted to say something about it. Prince's first death anniversary gathering should not be encumbered by these kind of greed issues. I do hope you guys have the the opportunity play more shows than just this.

I really love The Revolution. I feel like I have connected with each one of you personally. I'm a performer myself, and I've realized recently that that is the magic of music, where individuals can connect in intimate ways to thousands of people. It truly is a magic trick. When Prince died, I felt like somebody I had actually known had died. I did have some very minor run ins with Prince, but I didn't know him. I felt like I knew him completely, though. I felt very weird about this until I came to that realization: that's what art does.

You guys are the keeper of this legacy. A legacy built not just from Prince's labor, but your own. I know that you want to take the best care of it. I have confidence you understand what it means. I hope in the future you are able to keep yourselves at a distance from the money grubbing of the Prince family lawyers, (or whatever is going on). It pretty much is my life dream to see the Revolution play. I was 13 when you broke up. If I had the money to goto this, I most likely would go, even though I feel funny about the issues surrounding it. I hope there are other opportunities to celebrate his and your legacy in the future.

With love, JudasLChrist

[Edited 11/28/16 12:01pm]

Well done, Judas.

Sounds very exciting to me! I would love to go.

JudasLChrist said:

I sent a message to Mark Brown:

Hey Mark,

I'm writing to you to express my disappointment regarding the ticket prices for the upcoming Paisley Park Celebration. I realize that The Revolution probably had nothing to do with it. I also definitely understand that artists should get paid, but these ticket prices are above and beyond what Prince himself charged for previous celebration. It's beyond what festivals charge for VIP tickets to see 100 bands over the course of days. Also, this event is being held on the anniversary of his death. Consequently, the high ticket money aspect has a particular vulgarity to it. I feel like it's exploitive of Prince, and exploitive of the fans. A day of mourning and celebration should not be a giant cash-in.

I don't hold it against you and the band for playing this show. I imagine you are locked into a contract or something now that tickets have gone on sale. I just wanted to say something about it. Prince's first death anniversary gathering should not be encumbered by these kind of greed issues. I do hope you guys have the the opportunity play more shows than just this.

I really love The Revolution. I feel like I have connected with each one of you personally. I'm a performer myself, and I've realized recently that that is the magic of music, where individuals can connect in intimate ways to thousands of people. It truly is a magic trick. When Prince died, I felt like somebody I had actually known had died. I did have some very minor run ins with Prince, but I didn't know him. I felt like I knew him completely, though. I felt very weird about this until I came to that realization: that's what art does.

You guys are the keeper of this legacy. A legacy built not just from Prince's labor, but your own. I know that you want to take the best care of it. I have confidence you understand what it means. I hope in the future you are able to keep yourselves at a distance from the money grubbing of the Prince family lawyers, (or whatever is going on). It pretty much is my life dream to see the Revolution play. I was 13 when you broke up. If I had the money to goto this, I most likely would go, even though I feel funny about the issues surrounding it. I hope there are other opportunities to celebrate his and your legacy in the future.

With love, JudasLChrist

[Edited 11/28/16 12:01pm]

What is it, you expect Mark Brown to do? Wouldn't PP be more likely to help you with this matter?

And BTW, it's Prince's Legacy built by Prince.

[Edited 11/28/16 12:06pm]

Genesia said:

Too rich for my blood.

PennyPurple said:

JudasLChrist said:

I sent a message to Mark Brown:

[Edited 11/28/16 12:01pm]

What is it, you expect Mark Brown to do? Wouldn't PP be more likely to help you with this matter?

And BTW, it's Prince's Legacy built by Prince.

[Edited 11/28/16 12:06pm]

Prince had a lot of people play with him, and work for him. No one does something at that scale alone. And he worked his bands particularly hard. They dedicated their entire lives to him. Take out Matt Fink and Mark Brown from The Revolution, and you have a completely differrent band. No one plays like Mark. Mark was like Prince's Clyde Stubblefield. He brought tremendous energy and excitement to that music.

I realize that this is a political issue for a lot of people on the org. But it's not for me. I don't really want to argue about it.

I don't want Mark Brown to do anything. Just wanted to express how I felt, and encourage the band to do other shows. Maybe I will write to Paisley later. I doubt their lawyers give a fuck, though.

rogifan said:

Genesia said:

Or don't sell out - which is the more likely scenario.

Press release says supply is limited so I'm guessing not that many 4-day passes were made available, otherwise why even mention that at all, especially at these prices?

An enticement to make folks buy.

It is way too biggie bux

Remember when Prince and 3EG played at the Myth? One ticket to that was $259 !! So he did do some pretty pricey gigs from time to time. However this does seem pretty steep. Even so I bought myself one ticket cause I live half an hour away from Paisley, don't have to pay for travel and lodging etc. I was going to do a VIP tour soon but may hold off on that now and see what I get to see during this event!

[Edited 11/28/16 12:21pm]

JudasLChrist said:

PennyPurple said:

What is it, you expect Mark Brown to do? Wouldn't PP be more likely to help you with this matter?

And BTW, it's Prince's Legacy built by Prince.

[Edited 11/28/16 12:06pm]

Prince had a lot of people play with him, and work for him. No one does something at that scale alone. And he worked his bands particularly hard. They dedicated their entire lives to him. Take out Matt Fink and Mark Brown from The Revolution, and you have a completely differrent band. No one plays like Mark. Mark was like Prince's Clyde Stubblefield. He brought tremendous energy and excitement to that music.

I realize that this is a political issue for a lot of people on the org. But it's not for me. I don't really want to argue about it.

I don't want Mark Brown to do anything. Just wanted to express how I felt, and encourage the band to do other shows. Maybe I will write to Paisley later. I doubt their lawyers give a fuck, though.

If you don't want Mark Brown to do anything, then why bother with the letter? You don't have to knock Prince, you don't have to knock the Estate down to Mark Brown.

Prince's legacy will live on forever. The revolution was only a band that worked for Prince and only 1 of many. In fact when you hear 'The Revolution' you automatically think of Prince, but when you hear "Prince" you don't automatically think of the revolution.

[Edited 11/28/16 12:33pm]

$499.00 for up to 5 hours of events a day for 4 days, isn't bad.

PennyPurple said:

JudasLChrist said:

Prince had a lot of people play with him, and work for him. No one does something at that scale alone. And he worked his bands particularly hard. They dedicated their entire lives to him. Take out Matt Fink and Mark Brown from The Revolution, and you have a completely differrent band. No one plays like Mark. Mark was like Prince's Clyde Stubblefield. He brought tremendous energy and excitement to that music.

I realize that this is a political issue for a lot of people on the org. But it's not for me. I don't really want to argue about it.

I don't want Mark Brown to do anything. Just wanted to express how I felt, and encourage the band to do other shows. Maybe I will write to Paisley later. I doubt their lawyers give a fuck, though.

If you don't want Mark Brown to do anything, then why bother with the letter? You don't have to knock Prince, you don't have to knock the Estate down to Mark Brown.

Prince's legacy will live on forever. The revolution was only a band that worked for Prince and only 1 of many. In fact when you hear 'The Revolution' you automatically think of Prince, but when you hear "Prince" you don't automatically think of the revolution.

[Edited 11/28/16 12:33pm]

I never knocked Prince. If you think acknowledging the work that other people did to give birth to Prince's music is knocking him that's all about you.I already explained why I wrote the letter.

Pretty pricey. Once you count in the flights and accomodation as well... You're talking at least a grand per person.

Militant said:

I've got nothing against the estate making money, not at all, but I really wish they'd do something for those of us who don't have that sort of disposable income and live quite far away. Why not embrace 21st technology and do some sort of streaming? They should have streamed the tribute for sure. Even their merchadise isn't available for oversees shipping yet.

This does seem a little steep in price, I hear that the previous celebrations that actually had Prince there were cheaper? Factor in travel and accomodation... wow.

luv4u said:

AnnaStesia91 said:

Some people will always complain...if you can't afford it, don't go. I would if I wasn't gonna be 36 weeks at that point I would go. I personally think for the experience and the acts involved it could be a good time and worth it.

Congrats

JudasLChrist said:

Glastonbury is $300, and has the biggest bands in music. The Moneyapolis music festival $500 minimum? The estate are out of their fucking minds, This is what it sounds like when fans get purplepsychedelicpimpslapped.

Exclusive VIP merchandice... Why is would someone pay $500 just for the option to spend more money? Why would the estate limit the number of people they can sell to?

They might want to put together better packages with local hotels and resturants. I can appreciate what they're trying to do, but they need to get real with the pricing. Especially for a once a year thing like this when people are going to be coming from abroad.

[Edited 11/28/16 13:29pm]

Noodled24 said:

Glastonbury is $300, and has the biggest bands in music. The Moneyapolis music festival $500 minimum? The estate are out of their fucking minds,

Exclusive VIP merchandice... Why is would someone pay $500 just for the option to spend more money?

This is what it sounds like when fans get purplepsychedelicpimpslapped. They might want to put together better packages with local hotels and resturants...

new word to add to my purple vocabulary

Do you think Wendy will be there?

Would love Mayte to show up. I think it may be too emotional for her.

Dangelus said:

I've got nothing against the estate making money, not at all, but I really wish they'd do something for those of us who don't have that sort of disposable income and live quite far away.

This does seem a little steep in price, I hear that the previous celebrations that actually had Prince there were cheaper? Factor in travel and accomodation... wow.

Yeah, I don't either. It does seem steep, though. But, this is a different era. The building, estate, etc. has been monetized, and business is different now. $999 seems like a lot. Militant is right that you're looking at a lot of money with hotel and airfare.

Perhaps fans see it as more too, because the star won't be there this time, and it's exceedingly more than it ever was when he was alive.

I actually don't have a problem with the price. That's about $125 a day for both the events and concerts. I think that's reasonable. It would be nice to offer day passes, tho.

What worries me is the clusterfuck that was the tribute. People dropping out last minute, it seemed like the left hand did not know what the right was doing, tickets on sale last minute, etc. I truly believe that Morris Hayes saved that tribute because NPG under his direction was damn near flawless. With all he had to deal with and the last minute changes- well, I hope boyfriend got the thanks he earned and deserved from the estate and family. I am just hoping and praying that this celebration does not go the way of the tribute. If the same people are organizing it, I fear that it may.

darkroman said:

Money grabbers!

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This isn't for the fans!.

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Prince's estate is making it embarrassing to be a fan.

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If they don't pay the tax bill the government will take it all. It's not embarrassing, it's to pay the bills. Easy to understand, surely.

999 upside down is 666. Seriously though, I normally don't make a fuss about the cost and I have been fortunate enough to never let the cost keep me from attending a Prince event. With that said, I'm going to have to sit this one out.

luv4u said: