... Brixton South London

he played brixton academy in 98. madonna and the stones have played there too, so it's not that unusual. loads of big acts have played there

The most unlikely place for me was him standing in a doorway BEHIND ME watching the 'purple lemmings' (me included) at the indigo staring at the curtains on stage for signs of movement!!! (the night of the 1st aftershow)..

U know that weird tingle you get just before to turn to face some complete stranger staring right at you?

well I had that, so turned around and there he was, just standing there afew feet behind me. a couple of other peeps noticed him & got excited so he just ducked back into the door where he came from.....

I LIVED in that corner everytime I attended an aftershow after that & saw him face to face 2 more times and got his plectrum (from his previous security guy)

for liddle ole me that whole summer was unlikely

At the Big and Tall store.....

fanatic4ever said:

The Holiday Inn where UTCM premired in that small town ( I felt sorry for them all at that time especially the band)

Top of the charts.

Driving his Bentley on a back path at the RIO.The night before 3121 Vegas was to open.

JOYJOY said:

I had almost exactly the same experience at the Emabssy club in London after one of the One Nite Alone shows. It's a very odd thing to see him that close in 'real' life, when he's not performing. On stage he's so much larger than life.

TheEnglishGent said:

he didn't stay long in the embassy club tho, unlike the click club the nite before when he went in the dj booth

i've turned around at paisley before a few times and noticed him standing right beside me, or right behind me, watching the bands onstage. he was also at the pigale one nite i was there when mike phillips was playing

outside of gigs and paisley, i've seen him drive his car and peep the horn, and i've seen him in the cinema getting his popcorn, or getting in and out of his car at various places, like cafe de paris and the hippodrome. i was in the studio with him at paisley one nite, and bumped into him backstage at the tube studios in newcastle and spoke to him then, but those aren't really unlikely places

at the tube apocalypse in newcastle he was doing a couple of tracks and me and my friend were let in first, and we were going through all these doors in the tv studio, opening one door after another, and through another corridor, and another door, and then you know how you open a door and you get a little fright when someone is standing behind it and you aren't paying attention? well that happened with prince behind the door. it was just prince, his boydguard, me and my friend and behind him the guy from the tv studio showing us the way. as i was at tfi friday the nite before i said hi and exchanged a few words and then let him go his way. when we were inside i was telling people about it but the didn't believe me, even though my friend backed me up. that was until the warm up guy said he had to tell us a story, as they were all told not to approach or talk to prince, then he let one of us in and within 5 minutes prince was chatting about the weather in the corridor. then they belived me, and again when the band came onstage and larry came over to say hi and i introduced him to most of the front row including my friend who i got larry to call on the phone after tfi friday (a few minutes before it was broadcast). then prince came onstage and i spoke to him again in front of everyone. after that we ended up in the hotel he was staying at and a few folks spoke to him outside when he left in his car to go back to london

Walking down the Natchez Trace fixin' 2 throw his diary off the Tallahache Bridge.

Oh no, the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts was quite a surprise.

unique said:

Unique those unlikey and totally cool set of experiences u have right there...

Awesome memories

There is this little run down looking little theatre in Philadelphia called the Electric factory that was his first appearance here with Tamar after 'black Sweat' now THAT was unlikely. also a little movie looking house called the Tower theatre he did a show there in the 90's!.


Tamar with Special Guest Prince
March 1, 2006, Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA - Who else but Prince could announce a show with less than a week's notice, sell it out instantly and have fans lining up in the cold after midnight on a Wednesday? And here's the kicker: Prince wasn't even the headliner.

Part of a renegade theater tour intended to introduce audiences to his latest (in a long line of) protege, Tamar, Prince opted out of the main spotlight Wednesday night (actually, Tuesday morning) at a packed The Electric Factory when he and his band took the stage just after midnight. Instead, he handled lead guitar duties, allowing the glamorous Tamar, and a duo of identical twin backup singers, to front an old-school R&B-styled revue that kept people dancing until well almost 2 a.m.

Even before the show started the audience was dancing. Standing stage right behind two turntables was the hottest DJ I've ever seen who spun an incredible variety of old school funk classics and of some Prince tunes including the full length "Black Sweat." Check out DJ Rashida's website for more information.

The first half of the show was basically Tamar's soon-to-be-released album titled "Beautiful Loved & Blessed" and due for release on May 2, 2006. I'd say Tamar (www.tamaronline.com) had the body and moves of Tina Turner and Arthea Franklin's voice. Prince did his best to stay in the shadows and let the spotlight shine on Tamar. At one point--after playing a riff from the extended "Kiss" 12"--Prince even said, "No, no, no, its not my show." Tamar really won me and the crowd over. Despite her novice status, Tamar commanded the stage.

The second half of the show was a guitar funk party. Prince and Tamar treated the crowd to "Play that Funky Music," Aretha's "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)," and a searing "Rock Steady" (what it is, what it is, what it is), a Jackson-family special of "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "What Have You Done For Me Lately?", Sly's "I Want to Take You Higher." The only time Prince took the microphone on his own was with a full-out funky vocal on "Party Man," through which you could practically hear him laughing. With a stage filled with dancing audience members, Prince stopped his "Party" just long enough to tell a grabby older woman, "Excuse me grandma, I'm working."
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myfavorite said:

oh god!

Co-sign x's 2 tff

At the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Damn that! Somebody had to say it!

HatrinaHaterwitz said: