Is it possible that it wasn't Prince himself that closed the show, but the dealmaker/head honcho decided to do it as a business move. Maybe the show wasn't doing well, and/or they decided that there wasn't room for them and all the Prince deal would have wanted. Maybe they just booted them b/c the Prince deal was waaaayyy more lucrative. It's all about money in business.

Oh, forgot to say, thanks Serena!
[Edited 10/24/06 5:54am]

Just found this little tidbit also:

http://journals.aol.com/r...eLifeVegas

"The one-named pop-icon Prince is back on the late-night Vegas party scene. He turned up with his gal-pal at PURE in Caesars and royally commanded the Red Room just for the two of them as he sipped on port. Next night, he and his girlfriend sipped only water as they stayed at Tangerine until 4:30AM, watching the bumpin' grindin' dance floor action but not once moving to cut up the rug!"

http://vegasblog.latimes...._nigh.html


Prince the Nightclub King?

Details are starting to leak out about Prince's plans with the Rio. It looks like Purple One will be taking over a nightclub in the Club Rio space where he will present talent from his label and band roster. How many times Prince himself will appear to perform is unclear. Norm Clarke of the Review-Journal reports that matching the title of his last disc 3121, the club will have a cover charge of $31.21.

Norm also reports speculation that 3121 refers to a biblical citation and wonders how the converted Jehovah's Witness will fit into Sin City. I actually think 3121 is a reference to the street address of the house Prince rented for recording some of that disc's tracks. But regardless, God and sex have always mingled freely in Prince's songs in ways that to traditionalists would not be acceptable for a Christian artist. As for his secular fans, they want the hits, good new songs, stinging guitar, Prince's charismatic stage presence and no more movies like "Graffiti Bridge."

The problem I see with this plan is not getting people in the door for a Prince concert, but getting a crowd on the nights Prince isn't playing (which will be most nights). Prince has musically elite tastes from another era that aren't nearly as popular as his own music: classic slow jams, R&B and funk. Prince merges all these genres into great pop hits, but the audience for the unadulterated original music that inspired Prince does not overlap much with club kids. His few stabs at rap and hip-hop have been embarrassments, so I wouldn't expect much of that sort of music at his nightclub.

When I was living in Minneapolis in the '90s, Prince was involved in opening a nightclub called Glam Slam. I went there a few times over the years and outside of a tiny core group of regulars, it was mostly empty, with folks wandering around hoping to catch sight of Prince. Glam Slam was created as a fantasy club out of a Prince universe of images and music that simply did not have broad enough appeal in the Midwest.

Obviously, Las Vegas is a much bigger market for nightclubs, but the essential problem remains: Prince's tastes, even more than his music, are out of step with the times. As a Las Vegas headliner, Prince would be a tremendous success in Las Vegas. But his style, music and taste are all products of another era for a nightclub. Nostalgia is great for headliners with many hits like Prince but it is never a good thing in Las Vegas nightclubs, which derive their vibe by being forward-thinking and looking for the next, newest and hottest of trends.

Uggh...I'm so jealous of his girlfriend. I bet Prince is one fun date!

Yeah, if sitting in a booth sipping water while watching everybody else dance turns you on.

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Heck yeah! Just having a converstaion about anything, anywhere with Prince would be fun and exciting. He's a wildly intelligent, facinating, funny man. I'd love to probe that mind!!! The man is just...one of a kind! I love Prince what can I say?