I read the following news that was posted May 28th, 2007.


I hope it's true and valid information.


CALLING PLANET EARTH – THE EARTH TOUR

The Earth Tour has landed! The Earth Tour, which begins in London will be its only dates in Europe in 2007. The dates in London sold out in just 20 minutes leaving the organisers frantically adding 7 extra dates. At the shows Prince will be giving away copies of his new album, "Planet Earth" to everyone who comes to the show.

He came to London to announce The Earth Tour at a press conference. Knowing that his hardcore fans will visit more than one show on the tour, Prince said he had learned 150 songs to perform at the stint so that he could perform a different set list every night. However, also targeting casual fans, he priced tickets at moderate £31.21, with the stage 'in the round' guaranteeing everyone a great view.

The reason for his long stay in London? Prince told the press conference that he had performed some of his best shows there, confirming that his favourite venue was Earls Court - itself too small to cater for this tout which is being used by phone network O2 to promote their new 23,000 capacity venue, The O2, formally known as the Millennium Dome, now London's first purpose-built concert venue since the Royal Albert Hall opened in the 1870's! He admitted though he would not plan to visit London again for some time, prompting many fans buy tickets for several dates.

Following the day of the press conference he gave a performance Koko, a club in London's trendy Camden Town, playing tracks such as Girls And Boys, Lolita, Black Sweat, Kiss, Gotta Broken Heart Again, U Got The Look, Nothing Compares 2 U, Lets Go Crazy and his favourite cover at the moment, Gnarls Barkley's - Crazy. The tickets for his 15-date run at The O2 sold out in minutes when they went on sale the following morning. For all the details and dates of The Earth Tour visit our tour page. News of the tour has almost overshadowed the news of his new album, which is expected to hit the streets on 7 July (7/7/07)!

thebunny said:

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MendesCity said:[quote]

thebunny said:

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I did a search and found this website:

http://www.goldiesparade....wsroom.htm


Hopefully it's true, because I think we're all chomping at the bit, which happens whenever Prince puts out something new.


The one thing that is questionable is the CD release date that is on a Saturday.

The US release date usually fall on a Tuesday. Although, Saturday is not impossible due to whatever deal has been signed. I remember buying Crystal Ball on a Saturday from a well known retail store and it was a legit release and purchase.

im not liking this whole Planet Earth/ Earth Tour concept. its too saturday morning cartoon/ granola lesbian sounding to me.

sosgemini said:

look, as we can all plainly see from his current partnerships with macy's and verizon, prince is trying to show his down-with-the-cause grassroots activist side. don't hate!

thebunny said:[quote]

MendesCity said:

uk's normal release day is monday, but if its on a saturday it will proably chart higher as it'll sell loads, but not have the rest of the week to slip in sales

What if the CD came with a pair of Thundercat logo embroidered Birkenstocks?

thebunny said:

then i guess you'd have a pair of shoes.

Anxiety said:

I'm glad he's making all of these partnerships.

Whatever he has to do to get the recognition that he deserves, is fine by me.

I like the fact that he's being creative on a business and promo marketing level, due to the fact that he never got it with WB.


Could all of this effort be a "Swan Song"?

Anxiety said:

A pair of shoes that I would dance around in, while listening to the new CD (as my wife points and laughs during the whole thing).

thebunny said:

i'm being facetious...i'm interested to see what he has in store with all these partnerships he's rockin' lately, and if there'll be more. i'm also interested in knowing what these "seven charities" are that 7/7/07 will be benefitting. were they ever revealed?

Anxiety said:

I understood. That was mainly for the haters.

Concerning the charities, I haven't heard which ones they are.

I'm surprised that there has not been a website created ahead of time in conjunction with the promo information.

thebunny said:

C'mon, Prince having something set up ahead of time to make getting information easier for his fans?!? That's just crazy talk!

sosgemini said:

I enjoy granola AND lesbians.

Mars23 said:

That's what I call "Thursdays".

DevotedPuppy said:

I hear ya'.

When I was typing that comment, I had hit my head on a rock and a weiner-dog started gnawing at my jugular (thanks Norm MacDonald).

thebunny said:

can we not go down that whole labeling game again? we are all just folks with our own individual opinions. lets just have fun.

sosgemini said:

Huh?

I think there has been a misunderstanding concerning my statements and their direction to whom or what.

No labeling games were intended. That's not my thing.

Anxiety said:

jesus why can't he just play nice with other people? he did this with Live Aid didnt he?

Milty said:

i don't think he's playing mean, i just think he's doing things his way. i mean, i think there's a difference between being malicious and just being a general pain in the ass.

Anxiety said:

ya true dat. you can be a general pain in the ass and still be a good person

Milty said:

much better.

sigh.....

Judging on the current single 'guitar' this is another calculated, wathered down album like Musicology and 3121 were.

Prince, what are you doing?

Riverpoet31 said:

yeah, guitar is soooo commercial, and mainstream, radio is just going to KILL it, just like they did FURY. (sarcasm for the sarcasmically challenged) too early to tell what the album will be like

The album will be a mixture of styles, just like most of Prince's albums
(no shock there).

As for the new album's release, last thing I heard Prince still hadn't signed
any kind of record/distribution deal for it, so chances are that it'll be download
only at first. I'm sure there will be an actual CD release at some point, but at
the moment it looks like this will happen later on (certainly there will be CDs
ready to distribute at the London shows from August 1st onwards).