So I was just wondering how many of you all have be able to experience the magic of one of his concert tours.. How many have you gone to? Did you like one better than the other? Why? And for all of you that have gone just know (I'm jealous very jealous)

I'm 24 and been a fan of "P" since I was a child. But Truly found great respect for his music at about age 20 or so.. I dont know if I will ever be fortunate enough to experience a concert.. I'm gonna cross my fingers though But until then I'm gonna have to live it through you guys! And my dvd collection.

I would have just died to be able to see (Prince and the Revolution) live..

So for all you out there (enlighten) me was it the best experience of your life? or not so much...

insatiable3 said:

First time I saw him was on the LOVESEXY tour, saw it twice. I was a young teen at the time and it 4 ever changed me.....
Have seen him on the Emancipation tour twice plus an aftershow...the HitnRun tour in 98/ and Musicology tour in 2004, had centerstage 3rd row on two of the shows...got to see him up close and it is surreal...
Nothin compares to the lovesexy tour tho.

fan since 1984...never seen him live


he has only been to australia twice...and both times i was flat broke...i live on an island state and have to pay airfares/accdomodation etc just to get to the mainland.

plus i hate to fly

I've only been to a few but I'll try to enlighten you.
Rick James w/special guest PRINCE - Great show. Rick James was boring though
Dirty Mind first leg w/special guest Tina Marie - Great double bill. Prince was coming into his own.
Dirty Mind second leg - Club setting. On of the best concerts I've ever been to.
Prince introduced some new tunes and played "Crazy You" from his 1st album.
Prince Controversy tour w/special guest the TIME - It's getting scary now. You could see that Prince was getting serious about being the best there is. The Time were pure "wicked"
Prince Triple Threat tour w/special guest Vanity 6 and The TIME - What can I say? It's for real now and they aren't taking any prisoners.
Prince Lovesexy tour - Sound problems plagued the night. The performance wasn't the best I've seen by far from Prince. It was a bit over produced for my taste but a lot of people liked it so.....
Prince Musicoligy tour - Again one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
Prince Musicoligy tour 2nd city - 1st one was much better. Sound issues were the problem during the first half. By the time the acoustic set started the sound issues were corrected.
Hope this helps a bit

06 NOV, 1988 - Los Angeles, CA, USA – Memorial Sports Arena

And it was fucking brazilliant!!!!! Apollonia was there in the audience, signing tour books. She tried to get in under the stage, but they refused her. (Prince wasn't under there before the show anyway.)

Only once, at the Paisley Park show October 24th of last year.

a few...
once on the parade tour...once on the lovesexy tour...and once on the musicology tour

ernestsewell said:

awww im so jealous so he was still with the revolution then damn being born in 1985 damnit... oh and did you get appolonia autograph?

Muziqmkr said:

all i gotta say is I envy you sooooo much lol

yes the first one was the gold experience tour in wembley stadium
then the 2nd one was
the diamond and pearls tour in earls court london
the 3rd one was
the planet earth at the 02 in london.....

piccolo7 said:

god I love Diamonds and pearls the tour had to be magical!

insatiable3 said:

yes they were magical.....
but the planet earth was explosive ..the best l have to say.the least..
the best experience l ever had...

Several since Purple Rain tour 1985. Approx. 8 shows. Loved every one! Hope all Prince fans get to see him perform live before he performs no more.

piccolo7 said:

Are you sure the Gold Experience was your first and Diamond and Pearls your second!??

I've seen Prince play 4 times...

Act II Tour, Sheffield Arena, 1993
Ultimate Live Experience (Gold Experience), Sheffield Arena, 1995
One Nite Alone Tour, Manchester Appollo, 2002
Earth Tour, London O2 Arena, 2007

Jam of the Year
Hit and Run
3 Musicology concerts

The best: The third night of Musicology in D.C. - Sheer magic.
Second best: 1st Night of Musicology in D.C. - Got to experience this with my mom. It's always fun to see your mom dance to Prince, lol.

JDInteractive said:

mmm yes lm sure ...
lve tried to go to many others of his tours but l wasnt lucky enough to get good tickets.....lve only been to those 3 so far.....
l cant remmy the exact dates they were.....the 1st 2..
l knw the last one was in 2007.....the 02...

Twice....Lovesexy and Nude both at Wembley

97" Jam of the year- Great concert
98" with Larry Graham & Chaka- ok concert, didn't pick up steam until "Let's Work" and "Delirious" Prince was two hrs late for this show, and many people were kinda angry with the purple one in Indy that night.
02" One nite alone - to be honest, I kinda liked this concert TRC was not a bad album once you got through the first five or six tracks...maybe I am being biased, because I used to blaze up quite a bit to this album
04" Musicology Tour - What can I say, great concert! I felt like I was going to spontaneously combust during "DMSR"! THAT IS MY JAM!!!
Aaron6

Aaron6 said:

LOVE IT!!

ONA

3121 (the rio - Las Vegas)

Yes. 29.
In NYC, NJ, and PA/Philly.

On another thread I listed them all... I'll try to find it so I doni't have to type all that again.

piccolo7 said:

I'm not nitpicking but that just doesnt seem to make chronological sense to me. Considering the Gold Experience Tour was in 1995 and Diamonds and Pearls 1992. But hey, maybe I'm wrong!

chocolate1 said:

thats so awsome to have been able to see that many just plain magical

luv4u said:

Luv!

insatiable3 said:

There were about 3 that were "less than" for different reasons, but I feel fortunate to have had so many experiences.

~1999
~Purple Rain
~Purple Rain
~Hit-n-Run
~One Nite Alone
~Musicology

~1999 was extremely fun...The Purple Rain Shows were fantastic.
I've loved all of these shows.

oh yeah!
parade tour wemley arena 86
sign of the times paris 87 (claim to fame i got greg brooks autograph)
lovesexy 88 x 2 @ wembley arena & nec birmingham
nude tour 90 nec birmingham
parade,sign & lovesexy looking back were some of the best times of my life.
By the time the nude tour came along i had moved on to hip hop in 89 then to reggae .
I sold my collection through out 1990,i had some rare stuff to years of going to record fairs.
It's only this year i've really started to re-listen to p but must admit i'm stuck in the 78 - 90 era

I know alot of people, people who I wouldn't have guessed of in a million years, whose been to a concert of his. Nothing but "" faces and abundantly positive remarks.

A P concert is up there on my to do before I die lists.. or more like before he dies lol
Thing is that they're so random and pricey these days... lowering my chances of ever catching him live
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JesusFreak said:

I'm right there with you.. And If I have to pay a arm and a leg im ok with that!

insatiable3 said:

Do you have the video Prince and the Revolution Live??