Has Prince turned his back on Europe? Ok, so he did hijack the Brit awards in the UK, but no Musicology tour, very little promotion for 3121, and no indication of any future tour or shows and barely anything televised! I would love to see a real good tour to reclaim Europe and break ground in new countries but I get the feeling that he's getting to old for this shit!!!

Yes I'm afraid that he has, little or no publicity for the last two albums, with only the one night alone tour in eight years. Gone are the days of a tour almost every other year, eg Earls Court 1992, Wembley Stadium 1993, Wembley Area 95 and 98. There is still a fan base in the UK, his Brits performance proved that with the amount of hype it briefly created.

I think 'making hay whilst the sunshines' is the phrase to use.

After Musicology, I think initially Prince wanted to build on that album's moderate success in the USA with 3121.

Much like when Prince broke through with 1999, he concentrated his promotional activities with Purple Rain on the USA, what with the big-ass USA-only tour and all.

or maybe his 'fams' attitudes and the nasty things they say make him just not want to bother-

machinegun said:

I don't think so. I believe he'll come to see you guys soon enough. Probably just a matter of getting band members together. If he decides to tour, I'm sure he'll give you guys a holla, as you waited long enough.

I guess if I'm trying to stay positive, it may just be that he can't take every tour to every continent anymore due and hopefully European domination is next on his agenda and also not really having the full involvement of a Warner Bros behind him it's going to be tough to maintain multiple marketing fronts everywhere - but I can't help feeling something has changed in his attitude towards Europe compared to to late 80s and early 90s when he had a great relationship here (IMO better than he did in the US). It would be great for him to return somewhere like the south of France where he was so obviously enjoying himself evident from the America video, or Paris, the setting for some great aftershows, and of course London, Germany, Holland and Italy where he still has a strong core fan base but steadily dwindling or getting too old to be as dedicated. as they once more [I'm still trying but have to fit fanhood in between fatherhood, work and other of life's distractions!] I think there was a time Europe inspired him but not amymore and he's quite content to stick to the US audience - perhaps he feels it's a safer bet?

I think it's more a case of Prince has just started taking it easier in recent years. I kind of feel the US was 'owed' that sort of big tour, I have a feeling it was planned to go abroad but Prince got bored with it. I'm really sure Prince will tour Europe again, but over-all he's just doing far less dates these days and not travelling as much. I think he's just mellowing out finally.

He's turned his back on America in regards to 3121. The Musicolgy tour was '04.

The whole way 3121 was promoted (what, back in dec 05?) left me scratching my head. The horrible single 3 months before the release. The lack of interest on his part. He must have become bored.


It's already been 7 months since the first single release.

You know he has already completed 10 or 12 new albums. Let's hear 'um.

Stick a fork in 3121 it's done. No tour. No remixes. Just NEXT.

I agree with MetalOrange, he's probably mellowed. Finally living a little life outside music.

2 bad he didn't do a tour in Europe this year,3121 was at the top
of the charts,got good and great reviews..some even called it a comeback!

It's a fact that the big tours are over what concerns Prince but I hope
he will do at least one last tour in Europe and the rest of the world.

machinegun said:[quote]Has Prince turned his back on Europe? quote]

I hope so.

setyrmindphree said:

No way did he turn his back on the US. Are you kidding?? Just because he didn't do a large venue tour of 3121 doesn't mean he turned his back. He was kind enough to give the US quite a few shows at smaller venues whether he was promoting Tamar or not. The fact is, he was there and if anyone in the US wanted to see him they had a chance to do so. I mean come on, the price of a ticket was $31.21 and I can't believe people couldn't find a way who lived near the larger cities to come see him. It was an affordable ticket price. He gave us Musicology and small venue shows in 2005 - 2006. No way did he turn his back on the US, if anything he gave us a lot more than expected.

Maybe one day he'll make his way across the ocean and see the European fans. I'm sure you'll get your chance, think positive.
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silverandgold said:

I wasn't clear. I did not say he turned his back on the U.S. regarding Musicolgy or anything to do with Musicolgy.

I'm not disappointed with the lack of a major 3121 tour. What was confusing about 3121 was the hype and anticipation that was stirred up. Then nothing.

Anyone who wanted to see him at major cities could have gone to see 3121? I'm not aware of this phantom, easily accesible tour of the U.S. he did supporting 3121. He did a few things in N.Y, L.A. and probably a couple more I do not know about. I don't live in or near a major city.

He did the MTV special for Musicology the talk show circuit, etc. I suppose my whole point was in reference to fulfilling the early anticipation of the 3121 album.

As a fan I just really love his music and any performance I can see. Just disappointed there was not more to satisfying the hype.

I think 9/11 had a bigger impact on P than he'll admit.

SquirrelMeat said:

Yeah that's it.

machinegun said:

3121 sold poorly in the UK. Went straight in at No 9 on the strength of the fanbase - diehards and returning ones - then dived right out of the Top 30 the following week.

I was expecting him to tour here though this time around, but it's not happening this year. Maybe next year, or the year after ...