IVE ONLY SEEN HIM IN CONCERT ONCE SO I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS SEEN HIM FALL OR MAKE A MISTAKE.I WOULD IMAGINE NOT BECAUSE THE MAN IS CLOSE TO PERFECT.

He hurt his ankle during a show but I don't think he fell. He's kinda like a cat he always lands on his feet. He used to run and slide across the stage like he was stealing home. It was always funny to me, like he secretly has a baseball fettish. He could probably make it to home every time he tried back in the day if U know what I mean.

He fell off the stage during a performance with MJ and James Brown. It's on YouTube. It's also HILARIOUS!!!!



Smooches;)

There was one show i think early 90's Nude tour or D&P tour maybe. where he just slip and fell straight on his ass! i know someone here has the pics!

I think this is one of my favorite pictures. The look on his face is so funny.


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MsMisha319 said:

His performance was severly embarassing on that occaision, extremely rude in the worst possible sense.

MJ & JB were cool, though.

I've seen him make other mistakes, but he can improvise very well.
Singin' the stunning "Fury" at the brit awards, early in the first lines he forgets the words.

Alladins cave, Where he sings a song called "U want me" he forgets the words, or fails 2 make them up. But whatever.

RUHip2TheJive said:

No way! This ain't funny...not one bit.

RUHip2TheJive said:

I love the "10,000 Fans GASPED IN HORROR" bit.

whatever happened 2 the thread with gifs?Prince tripped on a mic so bad in one...and in another he popped himself in the mouth with the mic...dang,I miss that thread...it was HILARIOUS!

He's fallen down countless times..I've seen him do it at least 3 or 4 times and I've only seen a very small fraction of shows.

A lot of times when he falls, he will try to play it off like he did it on purpose but you can usually tell when it isn't.
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gyro34 said:

agreed that is not funny ,he could have been seriously hurt or even had his days of doing any kind of dancing across the stage ended.

In the 90's while on my way 2 see Prince and Chaka at the Forum in Inglewood, CA the radio announced that Prince concert had been cancelled due 2 him falling and injuring his ankle. I was like this can't be. I was hoping my musical hero was ok. I was really upset since I had floor seats. Once we got 2 the Forum there were thousands of people in the parking lot and streets all hyped up 2 see Prince. Limos were everywhere; the Forum was all lit up in Purple lights. So many people were unaware of the cancellation. People were shocked as well as me that his show was cancelled. I met these 2 girls that had flown in from Europe just 2 see him and told them the news. They were so shocked and had this unbelievable look on there face. I really felt bad 4 them.

While standing in line 2 purchase tickets (Mine u, I had great seats because I was right there the day tickets went on sale) I met this one lady who was seeing Prince 4 the first time. She said her young daughter in her early twenties was a big fan of Prince. Her room everything was Prince, said she was going on behalf of her daughter who had recently died (R.I.P.) in a car accident. She said this is what her daughter would have wanted her 2 do. I was so hoping 2 see the mother at the concert since we were in line together and would have set next 2 each other.

Could someone please let me know what year this happened....

ejnbmore said:

I was at that show. It looked like a dance move until he started grimacing and they brought him a stool to finish the show- He played the guitar sitting. It ended abruptly and they took him to the emergency room. It was in Atlantic City in 1998. A roadie had put an oil-based liquid in the fog machine instead of water-based. Chaka Khan fell, too. She busted her ass, tho! (but she didn't get hurt- she was just embarrassed and pissed!)

pennylover said:

prince talked about how sorry he was for missing that show....it was on the BET interview.. its on HQ now

chocolate1 said:

wow this must be the tour that was cancelled here in Los Angeles, Thanks 4 the info

Thanks prettymansson, I'm on my way over there

I heard he fell during a Musicology tour.He was passing out watchtowers...or was it cookies and he fell or tripped and bounced right back up like nothin happened.

FunkiestOne said:

I've seen many shows and I never have seen him fall! I wonder how many shows has he done since 1978, 300-500, I would say 97% have been Slamming!
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pennylover said:

That's the best interview ever!! damn

thedribbler said:

Omg! he forgot the words?! I've seen the Brit awards performance a few times and I didn't catch that! I guess that I'll have to watch it again now, that not I have any compliants, the Brit Awards performance was overall one of my all-time favorites.

That's crazy... and I thought Prince was perfect, that blows my image of him...

No, I'm just kidding, Prince.

I guess his errors (as rare as they are) just prove that he's human and I forget that sometimes.

Oh, I don't care. Prince is as close to perfection as they come. But this thread is great. I had no idea.

That YouTube clip with MJ and James Brown... it was painful to watch, I'm just glad the picture wasn't all that good cuz it just looked plain awkward.

pennylover said:

I checked something else in my scrapbook for someone and I noticed that I had cut out a "blurb" about it from Jet magazine to include with my ticket stub: "The Artist And Chaka Khan Fall On Stage In Atlantic City; Injured, He Reschedules Dates on Tour" was the title. One line reads, "...had to postpone the remaining dates on his concert tour..."

thedribbler said:

The lyrics to 'U Want Me' were printed on the NPG website months earlier, and 'blah blah blah' was part of the lyric.

whisper things so lovingly...
blah blah blah, we were meant 2 be
u want me

It makes perfect sense in the within the context of what's being said.

I'm not sure with the BRITS performance. Does he forget the lyric or is he just so involved in the song that a moan/scream seemed more appropriate at the time?

gyro34 said:

It is funny

leecaldon said:

Actually, that's a possibility too. Prince loves to improvise and he makes it seem so natural because he does get caught up in the moment. That's why he's such a different person offstage than he is onstage.

theodore said:

I apologize
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PleasurePrinciple said:

almost as funny as

PleasurePrinciple said:

I sincerely hope there are non-FAMS around when you next fall!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

It's not 1 bit funny. Not 1 bit.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

omg,Im sorry...I didnt read the article.I just though it was a random pic of him falling.Yea,its not funny that he hurt himself.
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I still think it's funny... not that he fell and that he could've hurt himself... the pic is funny