I just got the tourdates for ONA as the band has it in their books. The dates are final, but as we know there is always the possibilities for changes. However this is all booked, so changes might be slight. Maceo will join the tour as well until October 16th (afterwords he has his own tour to lead).Enjoy the shows --- see you there! Presale is supposed to start very soon!

Oct 2 Birmingham Acadamy
Oct 4 London Apollo
Oct 5 London Apollo
Oct 7 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Oct 8 Manchester Apollo
Oct 9 Manchester Apollo
Oct 12 Cardiff CIA
Oct 14 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
Oct 16 Rotterdam Ahoy
Oct 18 Brussels Forest Nations
Oct 19 Hamburg CCHI
Oct 21 Copenhagen Falkoner
Oct 22 Oslo Konserthuse
Oct 24 Alborg Kongresscentre
Oct 25 Stockholm Annexet
Oct 27 Berlin Tempodrome
Oct 29 Paris Zenith

Great news!

I am definitely going to the one in Glasgow. If any other orger is going there then please org-note me and we could get together!

Oh, and by the way... Prince, you got my 100 smackers on the table man!

This is starting 2 look like it's 4 real!

This info is wrong. Motorhead and Anthrax play at the Zenith in Paris, France, on October 29th : http://www.le-zenith.com/entree.htm

I am guessing paris is the 28th

Why a long face...this tour is happening (no reason it shouldn't), this isn't Milli Vanilli.

Moorcheeba are playing Birmingham Acadamy on Oct 2nd..?? The Acadamy 2 venue is more of a club than a live music venue.

Dear Friends,

I don't know if that has been circulating, yet.
Anyway that may be interesting for all friends in Germany:
I have bought some tickets for a Maceo Parker concert (they say he will promote his forthcoming CD) who is going to play in Neustadt (South/West Germany) on October 19th. Looking at the tour dates for Prince it may lead to the possibility of them two playing together in some venues. Let's see if that's is going to happen...

Peace

I spoke to Konserthuset in Oslo and they are definitely saving October 22. for Prince (or The Artist, as the woman was calling him - ain't that sweet?).

She said that the date wasn't 100 % confirmed yet, just that they expected the CONcert to happen.

Now - I also rang the promoter Gunnar Eide and he just lauged when I asked about it. Apparently, Prince has asked for a new date in December(!) now, but that the date in October is still reserved.

The guy said that he's booked all Prince's concerts in Norway since 1988 and that "There's nothing to do about guys like him. We're told we'd be given final notice today, but we've heard that for weeks now. Most likely, we won't know before a few weeks ahead of time. He says jump, and we jump."

He sounded tired, the poor fella.

So there you have it. A bit of anti-in4mation from me.

nunatak said:

Aaargh!
Even less sleep...

udo

Soulpower, are you sure Maceo is joining Prince. I have checked Maceo's site and also from his most recent newsletter there is no news about this (although maybe he can't say anything til it's announced on npgsite...) but I don't think he's going to be promoting a new album yet, the newsletter said watch for news for new album next year and that he has moved his tour apart from a small one to next year also...
I would love to see Maceo as part of this show, in fact that would be one of my main reasons, does anyone know any more than this???

Woohoo!!

Looks like he is going for fairly small venues - Manchester Appollo will be AMAZING-real up close and personal compared to Maine Road or MEN Arena. Gotta get there (or maybe Clyde Auditorium?...)
wonder what the prices are gonna be like?

Dima said:

as I hear from maceos people yes, he wants to join up... nt everything is posted on his webiste ya know...

London apollo could be true:

Fri 06 Sep SOLD OUT: : Deep Purple
Sat 07 Sep SOLD OUT: : Deep Purple
Fri 13 Sep Elvis Costello
Fri 20 Sep Bad Company
Sat 21 Sep Iyanla Vanzant
Fri 27 Sep Delirious And The Tribe
Sun 06 Oct Mary Black
Fri 11 Oct Darren Hayes
Sat 12 Oct Darren Hayes
Wed 16 Oct Darren Hayes
Thu 24 Oct Pokemon Live!
Fri 25 Oct Pokemon Live!
Wed 30 Oct Robert Plant
Fri 01 Nov ZZ Top
Wed 13 Nov The Fast Show Live: Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Mark Williams, Simon Day, Arabella Weir
Mon 16 Dec Beverley Knight
Wed 05 Feb Sophie Ellis Bextor

soulpower said:

I can't take this anymore - checked with CIA cardiff, no such luck

soulpower said:

CCH1 (that's one, not an i) of course?

udo

NPG2000 said:

From this I'd say that the 5th looks unlikely.
It looks like there is normally a day or 2 between performers. I guess it's time to set up the stage and do soundchecks.
Either Mary Black needs no time to set up, or this date will probably change !?

Just checked with Aalborg Kongrescenter in Denmark and they have NO concerts oct. 24th, Not with Prince or anybody else.

well guys, dont expect every venue to confirm anything yet! it depends on the venue's policy if the give out confirmation or not. as I said, Berlin and some scandinavian dates have been confirmed already. so dont panic, just relax! if the whole tour doesnt get cancelled for some obscure reason, this schedule will be pretty much it! I give my word for it (again, slight chances might always happen)

james said:

Erm, it may sound obvious but there's no gap between Bad Company on the 20th and Iyanla Vanzant on the 21st.

If its a minimalist stage set then I can't see it being a problem as soundchecks invariably happen in the afternoon anyway. Venues normally clear for the next event by 12.00am-1.00am.

Either way, I wish everyone would stop guessing, speculating, and panicking and just wait for the official annoucement !

Birmingham Academy have e-mailed me to confirm that Prince will not be playing on Oct 2nd. Morchebba are taking up BOTH venues.

Cardiff CIA also confirmed by telephone that Prince is definetly not playing there.

Bad news for frankfurt and for the whole tour...

I have spoken with the "Jahrhunderthalle" in frankfurt, and they told me that there was a enquire for the 14. Oct, but it is already canceled! The booker blieves that the whole tour is canceld!
More infos you can receive on www.mlk.com.

Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt. See you in the purple rain!

Y2J said:

Why exactly does the booker believe the whole tour is cancelled?
Oh well. Just wait.
Maybe Soulpower has some fresh comments?

udo
[This message was edited Fri Sep 6 6:43:19 PDT 2002 by udo]

I really should not be getting my hopes up for this...but it's sooo hard, the dates look so good...

udo said:

nope, that would be a shame. however, prince's band doesnt know anything about that. they are still counting with coming

Anyone know something about the date in Hamburg on the 19th?

calldapplwondery83 said:

what more is there to know? you live there, call the venue. they might confirm it, as they did here in berlin. but they might not. you cant lose.

i bet the whole tour is moved to december, after the release of the live cds

i think this is misinformation. i checked with both birmingham academy and NEC birmingham and they both have different performers that night.
i think we shouldn't get too excited here folks. shit, it like it's Dubya inleashing armaggedon on us. now that's something to really worry about.