http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...1007164306

PARIS (AFP) – US rock star Prince has decided to give two concerts Sunday at a landmark Paris building he visited and liked this week, the glass-and-iron Grand Palais exhibition hall, producers said Wednesday.

Prince, who was already mulling a concert in Paris, on Tuesday attended Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel catwalk show at the exhibition hall on the banks of the Seine and "liked the venue", officials at the Grand Palais told AFP.

Titled "All Day/All Night" the concerts are to be held at 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) and 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) with prices and booking details to be announced later.

The rock star return to visit the spectacular glass and cast iron vaults of the Grand Palais hall on Wednesday with a production team and "is very enthusiastic about the concerts," the source added.

The Grand Palais can seat up to 6,000 people but the number of tickets available will depend on the format of the performance.
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Official update on FNAC:
http://www.fnacspectacles...6f640e.htm

Prince


2 exceptional concerts

Sunday, October 11, 2009 in Paris - Grand Palais

Tickets on sale Friday, October 9

to 10 hours in stores

at 11am on Internet

Orders limited to 2 tickets per concert and client - named tickets

Artist self-taught multi-instrumentalist, guitarist energetic, outstanding showman ... It is definitely one of the few musical geniuses alive! His first album "For You" released on Warner when he was already 17 years and his contract provided for a total artistic freedom. All of his albums is labeled as the now famous "Produced, written, composed, arranged and performed by Prince!

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lol, no in all seriousness thats what i call short notice!

oh FFS. Prince could you ever announce something more than a week in advance? You know....so that fans who don't live in the city can make arrangements to go?

Militant said:

yea it is such short notice. i was planning to fly-out. but i dunno (logistically) if that is possible. lol


anybody living in paris, that has anymore info. where to get tixs etc...

dunno if rtl is a tix booking site??

Militant said:

Its the Hit n Run tour pt.2

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anyone thinking of going@?

Start fawning over Prince in your twitter accounts folks. Someone's going to have to post up the clips from these shows.

i will wait to see what Funkenberry has to say about this before i book my flight

i'm gonna go!

japanrocks said:

AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH! Do I need a passport to travel to Paris from UK?????

strangerelationship said:

course u do muppet!

I welcome the concerts but realistically for those of us now with other responsibilities (family, work etc etc) and who have to make arrangements how viable is it to have 3 days notice to arrange flights hotels etc etc.

I would love to go and will try my hardest to do so but it is getting more and more difficult by the day (unless you live within the vicinity that he is playing at) to see prince live.

Still I am happy for all the people that will get the chance to see him.

Oh well will wait and see when this is officially confirmed and then start trying to make plans

"Lets play cat and mouse..."

strangerelationship said:

technically know, if you travel within the EU you only need photo id.

woohooo. my first sticky. i am going to go, my laptop on ebay sold for £500.

From Drfunkenberry.com
http://www.drfunkenberry....rple-back/



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2elijah said:

well i am reading that it has been officially confirmed by encore productions, that prince fell in love with venue at the channel show and that tix details will be released tomorrow.
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Where can we get tickets??
Does anybody know?

I'm gonna be there too!
Lucky me!
When do the tickets go on sale, and on which site?

I fu...g can't believe it.

By the time we know if this is going to go ahead (if the tickets are actually going on sale tomorrow) we'll only have 3 days to organise flights, accommodation etc. I'm very happy for anyone living in Paris who can get to see this but I was soooo looking forward to this and won't be able to go because of such short notice

jethrouk said:

Cool, and good luck and have fun if you get to go.

nobody knows at that time
but probably tomorrow...
Glance an eye on www.fnac.com (remember Monaco) at 10 or 11 am (french hour)

What is the crowd capacity at this venue for a show? Did someone say 4000!! I know he aint played in Paris since 1998 but no scratch that thought. It's absolutely because he hasn't played there in 11 years that despite the short notice the tickets will go very very fast!

VERY interesting! Paris is just a 4 hours drive from LightTown... hmmm where is the tickets sale... not at LotusFlow3r.com...

Our regular Ticketmaster.nl does not give any info either...

Will keep looking and kept my fingers crossed!

jethrouk said:

the Grand Palais, isn't that the gaff very near to the champs elysees?..

finally the 2nd show will probably be at 8.30pm...

tickets around 60 euros....
4500 to 5000 tickets per show.

let's see tomorrow morning on www.fnac.com

onecrush said:

between 4 500 and 5 00. so 10,000 tix for the two shows

lottielooloo1968 said:

yea it is
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If it wasn't that expensive I'd bring my son too