A world tour!!!!


Please! Come! Near! Nearer!

why is his camp keeping quiet about any new work and/or a new video that comes out in less than a week? i'm afraid i just don't have the energy, patience, or time to be a diehard prince fan anymore. i like my music artists accessible, ya know?

message to prince: hire a pr team and save me the hassle of having to read stories everywhere except YOUR OWN WEBSITE. thanks.

Rebeljuice said:

That used to be the rule, but Billboard changed their policy back around February. Kanye West's "Gold Digger" made a surprising 19-1 move after it was released to iTunes and sold 85,000 downloads. That was before airplay really kicked in, so it shot to no.1 based on download sales. So again, even with no airplay, I think Prince could at least make the Hot 100 with download sales.

Anxiety said:

Had your picture in Rolling Stone, pizza and friggin' blankets...the sickness almost never ended.

SassierBritches said:

This is the reason why I refuse to get excited about it, just from this little newsbyte.

OdysseyMiles said:

yeah, it was okay.

Anxiety said:

watchawannabet there'll be a whole 3121 album for download next Tuesday?

Anxiety said:

there was a "hard copy" musicology single in Europe released, with On the Couch as a B-side.

A world tour?


I don't want him going over seas

TheCatWoman said:

Papaj said:

And I even bought it... why?

metalorange said:

I dont think he does. he probably just wants to make it into a download single. remember the download singles are included in charts aswell. i mean look at the group the Arctic Monkeys they went straight to number 1 for a few weeks in the UK last month by being download single only. i think it's a great way to do it.

MartyMcFly said:

Bcuz U R a FAM O+> O+>

Papaj said:

i wouldn't bet very much. the album doesn't appear ready to hit retail until next spring. i think he's gonna milk the anticipation factor for all it's worth until then.

SassierBritches said:

I know right? With all these EXCITING new developments you'd think NPGMC would mention SOMETHING but it's dead as disco over there.

It's like Prince is doing his own thing & someone forgot to tell them to update the website.

Anxiety said:

Well... he HAS stated that the next album was gonna be "for the fans"... so in that case it would make sense to make it available for download to NPGMC members first?

npgmc is more of a "new and exclusive" resource when it comes to music and merch that prince wants to throw at his fans, or when the sitemaster is able to post an old video clip (with permission from mr. purplepants, of course). due to the nature of its namesake, i don't think npgmc is capable of being competitive with regards to sharing news...it's sad, because it SHOULD be the source. but think about it - you gotta pay $25 just to SEE whatever news they may have, and stuff like the org or HQ is free for any ol' schmoe to access - so really, i don't know, it all kinda works out in some weird way...i guess.

Hoping the tour thing is true...I can't wait!

I am still buzzing from the Musicology tour and am not surprised it took him a while to make another album. I bet the tour will be a few select dates here and then overseas. And I bet he does plenty of after-shows. I bet he plays somewhere New Year's Eve though.

Anxiety said:

i coulda sworn that they were pitching themselves as the lone source of official info when they first started up with the new incarnation of the club...nowadays it's nothing more than a cyber-purple kwik-e-mart with a weird little cafe attached on the side (aka the forums). i remember when you still had to pay $100 they were a bit better with dropping information on whatever new project prince was about to put out.

So, there's still hope he'll mosey his way out to France for a concert one of these...

AWESOME!! This is great news! Prince on Motown!

Awwwww...Great clip
Roses are my favorite

Motown U go

cool... by 06 i will be ready to see him again. and it may be a repeat of when my and i saw the "one night alone" show... she was pregnat then... and by then our daughter will be old enough to go along... as for new album... well it is hard to argue with that!

You can bet that this also means that our friend will be performing at the Grammys on February 8th. A perfect way to get the excitement going for both the new album and the tour.

i hope all this is true, cuz its all a bit of secondhand news. ngcmc should of informed us ages ago from when the album was made to whats happening now. what harm can it do? if anything it would do him good

catpark said:

it's prince. he likes to keep stuff rather hush-hush and cryptic, which can be a bother at times.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i know prince is like that. but it is the 13th in 5days! thats too hush-hush i want facts! not some online news stuff

catpark said:

I think it's been known for a long time that if you want the latest news, go to sites like this where information is gathered before it even becomes 'official', not the npgmc who have to pretend they don't know anything about nothing until they are allowed by the boss to release the information. It seems to me that Prince has tried to keep the surprise of this project until the official announcement on the 13th, but even he can't stop bits and pieces of info, such as the info on this thread and the advert for the promo video exclusive on vh1, from leaking out.

So I wonder whether the big announcement on the 13th is now simply going to be info we already have - the new single, the forthcoming album, the related stuff in the retail section, and a tour in 2006 - or whether there will be even more?

dreamfactory313 said:

Not for Vainandy.