Handclapsfingasnapz said:

CandaceS said:

WTFWhere the heck did THAT come from?!?!

oh, wait...i think our pizza was from ranali's or giordano's....wrong box.
[Edited 5/30/06 8:00am]

LOL, this was one of the numerous Musicology tour photos posted on NPGMC!

You mean he delivered (pizza, that is) more than once during the tour?

I always thought this was a pic of "your" pizza? Maybe not?

CandaceS said:

maybe that is "our" pizza...they dropped the box on the floor before i could get a good look at where it came from.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

[prince & the infamous pizza was here]

[...]

There were a few unpleasant people up front too. Nearly everyone was concerned with how I was doing and made sure I was okay several times thoughout the show. But one girl reached over to me and said, "Could you please move over. I waited a long time for this and I'm gonna wanna be able to move." I was right up next to the velvet rope with no room to budge and I told her as much. She was like, "Well could you just move the rope then?" Nice.

SOOOOO Amazing!!!!!

I am BEYOND jealous I could not witness it all.

The next night had several more goodies in store. Having slept for several hours after our Princely vigil, we all felt more rested and prepared for Sunday's festivities. We were able to meet several more cool people while in line, including the one and only jseven, John from San Bernardino, Lori and Rita from Italy (SEXY!) and Carolyn. You could hear Prince soundchecking ahead of time, playing "Work to Do" and "Get on the Boat". We all were eagerly anticipating the show after the previous night's thorough ass-kicking, and once we finally got in, Nathan was again able to secure a spot at the front of the stage. Prince immediately launched into the soundcheck, delivering the goods, particularly the hypnotizing "Beautiful Strange" as Romera can attest.

After "Beautiful Strange", Prince launched into the opening chords of "Peach" and I went nuts, having loved the song. Prince soon asked for someone to come up on stage to sing the vocals. Although several women screamed their desire, Prince joked "The song ain't called 'Kiwis'! I need a guy up here." Nathan started screaming and pointed at me and I jumped in my enthusiasm. Prince smiled and called me up on stage! Before I get into the details of the experience, I must add that it was particularly special because in high school, I performed a live version of "Peach" during a lip sync contest in nothing but my boxers and a funky hat. The song was one of the very first to make me a diehard fan and I used to play it before every event during my track meets. Subsequently, being on stage with the best band in the world to sing that song was rapturous.

Once on stage, I fell into an immediate groove, as if I was preparing for this for ages! I did my best to do justice to the song and managed to remember all of the words. The very coolest moment was after the second verse, knowing that Prince was going to launch into a wicked guitar solo. I screamed in preparation and pointed in his direction and that mofo rocked the mother! I headbanged my approval and shook my ass to the "Hot pants can't hide her cheeks" part. I was also able to flirt with the crowd a bit which was quite fun. You'll be happy to know I didn't perform the revised lyric, "The Bible's the only book she reads" version. After the song ended, I gestured my gratitude to Prince and the band and was ushered off stage, beaming with utter jubilation. I had performed one of my all-time favorite songs with Prince! Better yet, after I got off stage, Prince joked to Raul (one of the security guys) to give me some money. To my chagrin, 5 minutes later I was rewared with $40, with which I treated my companions to lunch! Thanks for the meal, Prionce. I wasn't sure if I had made a fool of myself on stage, but several people lauded my efforts, and one even was convinced that I had sung professionally before! I suppose all those karaoke contests have paid off!

I, who never expected to go to Vegas in my life, am now contemplating the possibility.
[Edited 5/30/06 14:58pm]

are Lori and Rita the ones who follow him all over the world?

Wow!! Fabulous report guys! It feels like I was almost there with ya. And I can TOTALLY see Ian singing his heart out. oh my.


Miss you all so much.

Thanks for the reports, you make it sound awesome when some other reports have sounded very cold to the whole event.

You always get a few rude people at any concert in my experience, some people are just so desperate and obsessive it over-rides their normal behaviour. The trick is to not get into it with them and quickly letitgo.

I keep reading these concerts and it can leave the impression everyone manages to get up on stage so easily these days! That certainly hasn't been my experience or luck!

I have read on other reports that some songs that there was a segment where he quickly ripped through a few songs on electrick guitar only playing a phrase or line or 2, was that the Computer Blue to Ice Cream section? Because it's probably a good idea to put 'snippet' after on your set-list otherwise it looks to casual readers like he played the entire song, and, let's face it, would make the set-list appear a lot more impressive than it actually is (not that it was bad or anything!).

She hosted her own aftershow party at the Tao that evening...not to say she didn't go to the Empire afterward, but I haven't heard anything about it. I'll have to check it out.



Thanks to all of you for the detailed reporting!!

Done!

SquirrelMeat said:

co-sign - glad you guys had such a great time!

SOOOOO Amazing!!!!!

I am BEYOND jealous I could not witness it all.

I am so happy you guys had the experience you did, you deserved it.

As for you my Ian, what a once in a lifetime moment, you will treasure it always, and so you should.... freaking awesome babe!

Damn I wish I could have been there.

Thanks for the reports, you make it sound awesome when some other reports have sounded very cold to the whole event.

You always get a few rude people at any concert in my experience, some people are just so desperate and obsessive it over-rides their normal behaviour. The trick is to not get into it with them and quickly letitgo.

I keep reading these concerts and it can leave the impression everyone manages to get up on stage so easily these days! That certainly hasn't been my experience or luck!

I have read on other reports that some songs that there was a segment where he quickly ripped through a few songs on electrick guitar only playing a phrase or line or 2, was that the Computer Blue to Ice Cream section? Because it's probably a good idea to put 'snippet' after on your set-list otherwise it looks to casual readers like he played the entire song, and, let's face it, would make the set-list appear a lot more impressive than it actually is (not that it was bad or anything!).

i totally wish i coulda been there with ya'll (coulda had a condensed version of The Circle Of Sexxy in vegas!)...but getting that totally unexpected phone call from all you guys last night was the next bestest thing. looks like ya'll had a super-good time too...and prince played "empty room"? but he's played that live already (the "c-note" boot comes to mind)...

thanx for the big-assed report!

Funny... you (Moonie) went from your lowest moment as a Prince fan to your greatest, all within a week or so.. who would have thought it... it's a crazy life.