On the past 3 tours I've seen Prince he's had no openig acts.

Has there ever been openers for Prin?

If not , why hasn't he?

Carmen Electra opened for him on the D&P tour I think?

off the top of my head: teena marie opened for 'im during the dirty mind tour....vanity 6 and the time opened for 'im durin the 1999 "triple threat" tour....

4 Non Blondes

fluid said:

Teena Marie for the "Dirty Mind tour".

The Time for the "Controversy" tour.

Vanity 6 and the Time for the "1999 / Triple threat" tour.

Sheila E. for the "Purple Rain" tour.

Fonky Bald Heads and Millenia for a recent tour (not sure which one).

Larry Graham and Chaka Kahn for a recent tour (not sure which one).

The Time for certain "Musicology" shows.

Nikka Costa for certain "Musicology" shows.

I may be missing some.

Nelly Furtado- Musicology Show (Toronto 2nd date)

Sowhat said:

hit and run tour, 2001. and the fonky bald heads...o gawd, they rotted.

thekidsgirl said:

The Pasadenas opened the D&P show i saw.

good dancers.

D - Influence opened for him at Wembley Stadium.. I also remember there being some kind of support at the Nude Tour, could be wrong.. Chaka Khan and Dougie Fresh opened for him on the New Power Soul Tour, very cool.

ladymisskat said:

i loved D-influence. what happened to them?

i remember being at the NIA in Birmingham for, i think, the Act II tour (?) when somebody was due to play support, and the announcer said,

"due to unforseen circumstances, the support act will now play last, instead of first. But for now, we give you, Prince and the New Power Generation!!"

Can't imagine that anyone hung around after for the support.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Thank you...Yeah it was pretty sad, It was obvious he was trying re-create the whole Vanity 6 and Time thing and failed terribly!

Frankfurt Festhalle Sign 'o' the Times - Madhouse

Hamburg Sporthalle Nude Tour - Jenny Morris

Frankfurt Festhalle D.& P. Tour - Carmen Electra

J.S.

What about that chick named Toby that covered a Mary J Blige song

did anybody ever see a show with her?

or did her tour bus get lost along the way?

Sheila E. opened for him on the June 3, 2004 Musicology show.

ladymisskat said:

I never knew that, D-Influence were great

I know Mavis Staples opened up for Prince on the Nude tour in Ireland (July of 1990).

I don't know if she opened too many shows, but I was lucky enough to catch her there. Amazing performer.

madhouseman said:

Yeah, Mavis opened for him on all the Wembley and Birmingham UK dates for te Nude tour - agree with u madhouseman, she was awesome.

thekidsgirl said:

She opened at the Earls Court dates in the UK, if I remember correctly she didn't get a good reception on the 2nd night, she had to dodge a few bottles!!

Jill Scott opened for P at one of the shows in Philly.

Jill Scott opened for him during his 2nd Musicology concert in Philadelphia and The Time opened for him during his last concert there.

Curtis Stiger!! Dublin - June 1992

TheFrog said:

Manchester 92!!

1999 TOUR W/ THE TIME AND VANITY 6! WHEW, WHAT A CONCERT!

Prince doesn't need an opening act nowadays because he has too much music of his own and an opening act would take away some of his show time.

fluid said:

I saw him during the Emancipation tour (at least I think that is what it was called--it was mostly hits and songs from New Power Soul). Larry G's group openned (yawn). The aftershow gig in Tampa's Millenium night club was really cool. The millinium was one of Tampa's most popular gay bars at the time. One of the men in the audienc up front handed prince his phone number in a slip of paper and prince without missing a beat found another man (he didn't look gay though--yes, I"m stereotyping) and placed it in his front shirt pocket. Very funny.

Sowhat said:

Hit'N'Run 2001

Candy Dulfer - Lovesexy !

Fhunkin said:

Rotterdam '88:
that was cancelled the very last minute, Candy was pissed and somehow managed to play a few tones during P's show.....her debut with Prince.

LOIS LANE

Shakespear's Sister - Glasgow '92. I was upset they had pulled Carmen Electra by this point of the tour.

I think 4 Non Blondes supported at Edinburgh in '93 (replacing the scheduled Jamiroquai) but I missed this show due to having booked a holiday already. Should have cancelled the holiday to be honest.