It was at the very end of the first time I saw Prince live in concert - Hit&Run 2001, San Diego, early April. The last encore (of four, I believe) was Kiss, and it was just him, a drum machine and bass guitar, and it was clear that he was not wanting to leave the stage. I snuck down from my seat (Cox Arena, in the wayback seats, LOL), to get as close as I could, and I know he didn't know who I was or that I was even there, except as part of the crowd, but it was the strangest thing - he was making a point of making eye contact with as much of the audience as was possible, and even from 200-300 feet away, he's got that type of gaze that when he looks out at you, it's like he's looking RIGHT AT YOU! I've never experienced anything quite like that before.

Do you have a Prince story that you love to tell over and over again?

March 2006 he was at a new club in Houston performing with Tamar. It was mainly her show but everyone was there to see Prince of course! They opened the doors late and the show didn't start til almost midnight. There were no seats; just pay your $ and get as close to the stage as you can (kinda like the scenes from Purple Rain). Anyway, I was about 3 rows back directly in front of him. I filled my purse up with left over Valentine's candy that I bought for my husband. The show was the first Saturday in March so it wasn't old candy. It was a bunch of Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, and Blow Pops. Everytime he hit one of those notes on the guitar I would throw a handful of candy on the stage. One piece even hit his guitar. He quickly turned and looked to see what was being thrown on stage. The twins were dancing and had to kick candy out of their way to keep up with their routine! Later in the show they began to let people on stage while he was playing "Play that Funky Music White Boy." My sister in law was on the other side of the room and I noticed her on stage. By this time I was still on the floor but I could touch the stage. I had one bag of candy in a cellophane bag with a ribbon on it. I tried to hand it to Prince, but he was playing guitar and strugged his shoulders, shook his head, and mouthed to me with a grin, "I can't." I kept trying to get him to take it and the people around me pushed me up on stage while a few on stage pulled me up. I got on stage barefoot with purse in hand and a bag of candy and tapped Prince on the shoulder while he was playing and tried to hand him the bag of candy. He never stopped playing. I left it on the DJ stand with Rashida. After the show, security was picking the candy off the floor and eating it. I yelled, "Hey, that's Prince's candy!" My sister in-law and I laughed all the way to her house and called everyone to tell them we got on stage with Prince (it was after 3 am). When I got home the next day my husband went into the pantry and asked, "Where is all my candy?" I told him, "Prince has your candy!" He shouted, "You gave all my candy to that *****!" HILARIOUS, I still get a kick out of telling that story!
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It was at the very end of the first time I saw Prince live in concert - Hit&Run 2001, San Diego, early April. The last encore (of four, I believe) was Kiss, and it was just him, a drum machine and bass guitar, and it was clear that he was not wanting to leave the stage. I snuck down from my seat (Cox Arena, in the wayback seats, LOL), to get as close as I could, and I know he didn't know who I was or that I was even there, except as part of the crowd, but it was the strangest thing - he was making a point of making eye contact with as much of the audience as was possible, and even from 200-300 feet away, he's got that type of gaze that when he looks out at you, it's like he's looking RIGHT AT YOU! I've never experienced anything quite like that before.

Do you have a Prince story that you love to tell over and over again?

eaglebear4839 said:

I was at that show and it was my first Prince show too! I remember him doing Kiss and man was it hot! Oh that show was on April 27th, 2001. I only remember that because that was my birthday gift to myself and the show was one month and a day after that. I can't believe that was 8 years ago. Time sure does fly.

That's a beautiful story:) This only says 2 me that Prince has powers!
Thanx 4 sharing this!

It was at the very end of the first time I saw Prince live in concert - Hit&Run 2001, San Diego, early April. The last encore (of four, I believe) was Kiss, and it was just him, a drum machine and bass guitar, and it was clear that he was not wanting to leave the stage. I snuck down from my seat (Cox Arena, in the wayback seats, LOL), to get as close as I could, and I know he didn't know who I was or that I was even there, except as part of the crowd, but it was the strangest thing - he was making a point of making eye contact with as much of the audience as was possible, and even from 200-300 feet away, he's got that type of gaze that when he looks out at you, it's like he's looking RIGHT AT YOU! I've never experienced anything quite like that before.

Do you have a Prince story that you love to tell over and over again?

I have a few great stories.. He was at the Chicago Theater in 93
and I was in the 3rd row. It was right near Easter So I found a
really cute stuffed bunny and used fabric markers and got a kids
Tshirt and painted up a cool shirt for it. during the show I kept
holding it up for him to take.. but he was always busy..
after he re entered the stage for a break he walked up to the front of the
stage.. right in front of me looked directly at me and smiled..
I moved to the stage and he reached down and took the rabbit.
He said "is this for me?" And I said "Yep, for you".. He said
"thank you".. then he looked at the bunny and Hugged it.
Michael B did the heart beat on his drum.
then Prince smiled at me and said "this is my night".. then he walked back
and set the stuffed animal on the floor by his piano so it could
be seen by everyone When the show was over Damin came back on
stage and picked the rabbit up and took it back stage!!!

Another time I was at Glam Slam and me, my husband Tony M and his
girl friend all danced together. Me and Tony were bumpin' hips and
singing.. Prince was up with the DJ..

and yet another time I was at Paisley park and got to be in his
Days of Wild video.. TWO times. You can CLEARLY see me
dancing in 2 shots!!!!!
I almost died when they showed it on VH1
I got a couple dozen phone calls .. "We saw you.. we saw you" Hee hee
Very cool!!!!!

March 2006 he was at a new club in Houston performing with Tamar. It was mainly her show but everyone was there to see Prince of course! They opened the doors late and the show didn't start til almost midnight. There were no seats; just pay your $ and get as close to the stage as you can (kinda like the scenes from Purple Rain). Anyway, I was about 3 rows back directly in front of him. I filled my purse up with left over Valentine's candy that I bought for my husband. The show was the first Saturday in March so it wasn't old candy. It was a bunch of Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, and Blow Pops. Everytime he hit one of those notes on the guitar I would throw a handful of candy on the stage. One piece even hit his guitar. He quickly turned and looked to see what was being thrown on stage. The twins were dancing and had to kick candy out of their way to keep up with their routine! Later in the show they began to let people on stage while he was playing "Play that Funky Music White Boy." My sister in law was on the other side of the room and I noticed her on stage. By this time I was still on the floor but I could touch the stage. I had one bag of candy in a cellophane bag with a ribbon on it. I tried to hand it to Prince, but he was playing guitar and strugged his shoulders, shook his head, and mouthed to me with a grin, "I can't." I kept trying to get him to take it and the people around me pushed me up on stage while a few on stage pulled me up. I got on stage barefoot with purse in hand and a bag of candy and tapped Prince on the shoulder while he was playing and tried to hand him the bag of candy. He never stopped playing. I left it on the DJ stand with Rashida. After the show, security was picking the candy off the floor and eating it. I yelled, "Hey, that's Prince's candy!" My sister in-law and I laughed all the way to her house and called everyone to tell them we got on stage with Prince (it was after 3 am). When I got home the next day my husband went into the pantry and asked, "Where is all my candy?" I told him, "Prince has your candy!" He shouted, "You gave all my candy to that *****!" HILARIOUS, I still get a kick out of telling that story!
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latrice said:

Shoulda told him, "No More Candy 4 U!

Sorry it was cheesy, but had to be said lol

NewPowerToad said:

It was at the very end of the first time I saw Prince live in concert - Hit&Run 2001, San Diego, early April. The last encore (of four, I believe) was Kiss, and it was just him, a drum machine and bass guitar, and it was clear that he was not wanting to leave the stage. I snuck down from my seat (Cox Arena, in the wayback seats, LOL), to get as close as I could, and I know he didn't know who I was or that I was even there, except as part of the crowd, but it was the strangest thing - he was making a point of making eye contact with as much of the audience as was possible, and even from 200-300 feet away, he's got that type of gaze that when he looks out at you, it's like he's looking RIGHT AT YOU! I've never experienced anything quite like that before.

Do you have a Prince story that you love to tell over and over again?

I got pretty worried shortly after 9/11 and I called the FBI concerned about "The Mall of America," in Minneapolis and to make sure all of the Taxi services were investigated.

March 2006 he was at a new club in Houston performing with Tamar. It was mainly her show but everyone was there to see Prince of course! They opened the doors late and the show didn't start til almost midnight. There were no seats; just pay your $ and get as close to the stage as you can (kinda like the scenes from Purple Rain). Anyway, I was about 3 rows back directly in front of him. I filled my purse up with left over Valentine's candy that I bought for my husband. The show was the first Saturday in March so it wasn't old candy. It was a bunch of Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, and Blow Pops. Everytime he hit one of those notes on the guitar I would throw a handful of candy on the stage. One piece even hit his guitar. He quickly turned and looked to see what was being thrown on stage. The twins were dancing and had to kick candy out of their way to keep up with their routine! Later in the show they began to let people on stage while he was playing "Play that Funky Music White Boy." My sister in law was on the other side of the room and I noticed her on stage. By this time I was still on the floor but I could touch the stage. I had one bag of candy in a cellophane bag with a ribbon on it. I tried to hand it to Prince, but he was playing guitar and strugged his shoulders, shook his head, and mouthed to me with a grin, "I can't." I kept trying to get him to take it and the people around me pushed me up on stage while a few on stage pulled me up. I got on stage barefoot with purse in hand and a bag of candy and tapped Prince on the shoulder while he was playing and tried to hand him the bag of candy. He never stopped playing. I left it on the DJ stand with Rashida. After the show, security was picking the candy off the floor and eating it. I yelled, "Hey, that's Prince's candy!" My sister in-law and I laughed all the way to her house and called everyone to tell them we got on stage with Prince (it was after 3 am). When I got home the next day my husband went into the pantry and asked, "Where is all my candy?" I told him, "Prince has your candy!" He shouted, "You gave all my candy to that *****!" HILARIOUS, I still get a kick out of telling that story!
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You know what's funny about that is when I was little my Mom told me that half of my ethnic background was Middle Eastern and not to tell too many ppl that because they might think I was a terrorist. I was only like 7 years old when she said it and I think about that often, strange to be ashamed of who you are and not have done anything wrong at all~

PurpleRain747 said:

yah, the power to attract stalkers and obsessed fans....

I don't have a story to share, but I like reading all of those who did share

very very cool

March 2006 he was at a new club in Houston performing with Tamar. It was mainly her show but everyone was there to see Prince of course! They opened the doors late and the show didn't start til almost midnight. There were no seats; just pay your $ and get as close to the stage as you can (kinda like the scenes from Purple Rain). Anyway, I was about 3 rows back directly in front of him. I filled my purse up with left over Valentine's candy that I bought for my husband. The show was the first Saturday in March so it wasn't old candy. It was a bunch of Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, and Blow Pops. Everytime he hit one of those notes on the guitar I would throw a handful of candy on the stage. One piece even hit his guitar. He quickly turned and looked to see what was being thrown on stage. The twins were dancing and had to kick candy out of their way to keep up with their routine! Later in the show they began to let people on stage while he was playing "Play that Funky Music White Boy." My sister in law was on the other side of the room and I noticed her on stage. By this time I was still on the floor but I could touch the stage. I had one bag of candy in a cellophane bag with a ribbon on it. I tried to hand it to Prince, but he was playing guitar and strugged his shoulders, shook his head, and mouthed to me with a grin, "I can't." I kept trying to get him to take it and the people around me pushed me up on stage while a few on stage pulled me up. I got on stage barefoot with purse in hand and a bag of candy and tapped Prince on the shoulder while he was playing and tried to hand him the bag of candy. He never stopped playing. I left it on the DJ stand with Rashida. After the show, security was picking the candy off the floor and eating it. I yelled, "Hey, that's Prince's candy!" My sister in-law and I laughed all the way to her house and called everyone to tell them we got on stage with Prince (it was after 3 am). When I got home the next day my husband went into the pantry and asked, "Where is all my candy?" I told him, "Prince has your candy!" He shouted, "You gave all my candy to that *****!" HILARIOUS, I still get a kick out of telling that story!
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