Pretty Cool!

dreams never lie

(X2)

Wow! That's a pretty HUGE lineup. I would like to see some of those acts, but I don't know all of them. So, if I pay all that money to see the show, how much of PRINCE would I actually see? Goodness knows I won't spend the $ to fly to Vegas for a 10 minute encore!

would be great if that logo was actually on the Rio building.....but can you imagine the amount of money that would cost?

completely un-impressed, no one there u wouldnt expect, all teh usual suspects. and sponsored by fucking Pepsi, what a sell out.

Lospigg said:

Had a bad day?

Lospigg said:

:::cues up The Wiz soundtrack to "You Can't Win":::

Oh my goodness, I thought I saw MR HAYES in the band photo! Woo hoo! It looks like he's got a new lady singer, I can't wait to hear her. I guess the Twinz are here to stay.

Prince is looking cute too, just had to add that!
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UCantHavaDaMango said:

lady singer....? is that the drummer lady? cora colman?

Shorty said:

I don't know...I must have been living under a rock! My bad!

What's with the Pepsi logo?

wasitgood4u said:

P just LOVES his Pepsi! J/K

We should all be thankful we didn't see Larry Graham, Good Lawd!!

CalhounSq said:

NOT A SELL Out , just fun , and this is good 4 prince and for me and for 3121 show

Farfunknugin said:

So has P now gone CORPORATE????!!!!

(and are there new theories on the meaning of 3121, like: the number of acts he plans to sign; the minimum number of years he plans to stay in Vegas - or maybe just till the year 3121; the millions of $ he aims to earn on commission from other artists, etc.?)
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Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy

Farfunknugin said:

Exactly!

I must say... I love that line up... and I'm extremly anxious to see what comes next.

So you're glad no Larry Graham, who is one of Prince's best friends?

Ok.

But you're complaining Prince has gone corporate.

These responses are some of the lamest I've ever seen.

You're either gonna get personal, friends, with Prince having fun or you're gonna get corporate. Make up you're minds.

Oh and if anyone didn't realize Prince is a musician and he does this to make money. It's his job. He likes his job and he likes getting paid to do his job. So.... oh never mind. You'll just find something else to complain about. Prince could start playing concerts in a stadium with no lights and no air conditioning or heat to save money and charge less for tickets and you'd complain. If he charges more money and finds ways to make more money then he's corporate LOL


And about the people you see on 3121.com, this is NOT a concert with all these people. You'll see one main act a month, likely just the weekends and the rest of the nights will be no names. They would have to charge $2000 a ticket if they put on a show with all those people at once. The venue at that hotel is not a 20k seat stadium. A lot smaller so a LOT higher ticket prices per show.

I'm guessing Prince headlining will be a minimum of $312.21 per ticket.

It costs close to $100 a person to see a magic show that's been going on for 20+ YEARS with very little changes during that time. Someone with Prince's talent and all backup singers and FULL band for a few thousand people is gonna way out of most fan's budgets.
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rastoma said:

BLESS YOU FOR SAYING ALL THAT YOU SAID... Nothing Prince does or could do would satisfy some of these people.

Vegas... here I come

CPP said:

Im satisfied. Im satisfied. Go Prince. Go Prince

Lospigg said:

I don't quite understand the "sell out" comments. Prince's shows have been sponsored way back since,...

OMG!!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! Just give me a little time to save the money and I'm on the next thing smoking.

rastoma said:

Yo Dawg you are right on point...

I do a lot of work out in Las Vegas and stay at the Rio all the time. I also know a lot of the management there so I got some inside info… So here’s the deal…

As most of you already know Prince is working out a deal with Harrah’s Group Inc. (they own the Rio) to create an “Entertainment Management Proposal and Consulting Service” for the Rio Hotel. For some you that don’t know the Rio recently went through a complete redesign. Harrah’s logic was simple. They wanted to create a venue that would bring a more youthful, progressive, and upscale clientele that would hit the target market. This target market is essentially the “Next Generation” a term used to describe those of us that were born during the Vietnam and post-Vietnam era (circa 1966 through 1978). The target market demographics put them in the upper middle to lower high class bracket income levels that have:

Own homes with an average value of $350,000 to $1.2M
Income brackets of $55,000 to $250,000
Disposable income that is 25% of salary
Etc….

This is very similar to what Atlantic City did in attracting a younger clientele to the casinos there. Anyhow the program that is being created is to bring more progressive, positive and affluent musicians to the Rio that is primarily focused in the R&B, Jazz and Soul genres. The Hard Rock (only a few blocks away) is doing the same thing but for the Rock and Alternative music genres.

So what’s Prince’s take on this? Well Prince Acts more like an entertainment consultant overseeing the design (both the front and back office) as well as the entertainment bookie (lack of a better word). My understanding is that once the legal aspects where completed he put out a call to a number of artists asking if they were interested in partaking in this little experiment. My partner who works there and shall be nameless (don’t everyone calling the brotha…) said that the response was out of this world. Quote, “we have enough commitments to book for the first year”. Also Prince gets to play certain dates (without restraint) and gets a cut on ticket sales…

The club will not have live entertainment every night. Most nights the club will be open for the usual dancing, etc. Although they will have different selections of music each night. The really kewl aspect is that any artist that plays there will have “free and unrestricted” access to do whatever they want (as long as it doesn’t break any laws). So the sets are most likely going to be “raw”…

They already started doing a lot of the demolition and redesign (at least they were when I was there last month. Will be back in Vegas in two weeks so I can give an update when I get back). There are of course the legal aspects that still need to be worked out, pay the mob off, that kind of stuff….

Obsidian said:

It's been a while since I been here and elsewhere but Is this a revamp of the old NPGmusicclub site ?

Obsidian said:

Cool. Love the addition of comedian Katt Williams. He's like a stand-up version of Prince and Morris Day put together.