Prince’s New Power Generation band is having a reunion. The weird thing is, it’s doing so on the upcoming tour by Nick Jonas, better known as the dreamiest third of the tween sensation the Jonas Brothers.

Three members of Jonas’ backing group, the Administration — drummer Michael Bland, keyboardist Tommy Barbarella and guitarist Sonny Thompson — were original members of Prince’s NPG band, which was formed in 1991 and still exists, with a different set of musicians (it has undergone many lineup changes over the years).

Prince "is and always has been a big influence for me. This record, especially," says Jonas, 17, referring to the Nick Jonas and The Administration album "Who I Am'', which is due out Feb. 2. (His tour with the Administration begins tomorrow in Dallas, and comes to New York’s Beacon Theatre on Thursday and Jan. 8.)

He says that Bland, who played on the Jonas Brothers’ 2009 album "Lines, Vines and Trying Times," helped sign up the other former NPG members for the project, and that the album has a "raw, rock-funk feel."

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