Hi everyone, just wanted to pass along this news article about Prince's appearance at the afterparty at a dance club called Wish following his November 12th appearance at the Cleveland Convocation Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This news article appeared in the November 15th issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and was written by Jane Scott, who writes about various entertainers in the music biz. The article is as follows, and I quote:



"FLASH-SHY PRINCE FLEES, THEN REJOINS FANS AT NIGHTCLUB"



"Prince will be here", said Scott Lucci, Wish nightclub director of operations. He spoke Sunday night with confidence born of the fact that he had a signed contract with Prince's Paisley Park record company. An announcement about the after-show appearance had been made from the stage at the end of Prince's concert at the Cleveland State University Convocation Center.



Prince wasn't alone when he showed up at Wish. Some members of his band joined him; rapper Doug E. Fresh, singer Morris Hayes and drummer Kip Blackshire.



Prince arrived in a tour bus with 10 bodyguards about 1:15 a.m., and was assigned eight more from Wish. He went up to the VIP section on the top floor, stood at a table and waved. Unfortunately, a fan flashed a camera, and Prince went back to his bus, returning about 1:45 a.m. But he got cheers at the end, when he directed his bodyguards to carry up a fan in a wheelchair who had been waiting for his autograph.



Prince left about 2:30 a.m., waving to the crowd but without speaking individually to them. But then, the Wish flier had said, "This is a dance-club party. Please do not come expecting a performance." They came, paying $20.

Backstage before the show, Prince invited area radio programmers to a discussion on artist-radio relations. There should be more communication between artists and stations, he said. Decisions are made by out-of-town corporate programmers, he complained, adding that his newer material isn't being played.

Disc jockeys now have very little leverage in song choices, explained program director Michael Luczak of jamming-oldies station WZJM FM/92.3 and program director Lance Patton of adult-oriented urban station WZAK FM/93.1. "We do play Prince's older material though," said Patton."