funny you thought that cause i was thinking of someone like ani difranco...

ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod

I guess MJ's excited too!!

I thought it was Richard Pryor.

Why does everyone assume the artists currently appearing on the 3121 website will be the only artists playing for the entire length of the arrangement? Those may be the only ones they have pre-launch commitments from. Once things are up and running and word goes around, who knows what other acts may sign up to play. I think it's a little early to bitch about who won't be playing there.

I thought it was Richard Pryor.

also, the players (thus far) really lack diversity...which is a shame.

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

What do you mean by that?

come now... it's pretty obvious if you ask me. for shame.

come now... it's pretty obvious if you ask me. for shame.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.

funny you thought that cause i was thinking of someone like ani difranco...

It's funny, for ages we've had lots of people complaining they don't like the idea of Prince doing lots of dates in Vegas - now we've got complaining there isn't going to be enough Prince and too many protege acts! The expression "You can't please all the people all the time" springs to mind...

I don't really see how this is some new business model - my local nightclub I never go to books different acts almost every week, okay they're not in the same league as some of these acts, but the principle is the same. The only interest for a Prince fan is when it is an associated artist performing. I can understand Prince using his power to try to expand his fan-base's interest in other acts, but I can do that on my own thanks. Prince could book some amazing top act and I still wouldn't go if I wasn't a fan or interested in them, just because Prince says I should and he has given them his blessing? I'm a Prince fan. Primarily I want to see Prince, not these other acts. I don't think I will be alone in that.
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