MikeyB71 said:

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nice picture.

MikeyB71 said:

Saw the three shows in Paris...fab!

Surprised when he played "Bambi".

Heard "Damn U" for the first time.

Dancing on the piano to Delirious.

Lots of great memories.

I saw Prince live for the first time on june 2, 1992 in Cologne at the Sporthalle (this venue doesn´t exist anymore). I had been a fan for many years and was so excited to finally see him in person. I nearly fainted during the first song ("Thunder"). It was fantastic concert, of course. He played "Sexy MF" and "Damn U", which weren´t released at the time, I remember that I loved them both. Carmen Electra was the support act.

purpledoveuk said:

Anyway... Diamonds and Pearls holds the fondest memories in my heart of Prince tours and is the best I've been too - there was something about the spectacle that has been missing ever since and there were only 2 tours after this thatveven tried to be a 'show'... The Act 2 tour was a spectacle too (with swings and lighting rigs) but was spoiled by shit fan club seats at Wembley (couldnt see most of the stage or Prince unless he was near the front singing) and Gold Experience had it's nice stagehand conveyor belts but, despite being front row, nothing seemed to capture the flying beds, trampoline, lifts, flame throwers, choreography and antics if D&P..and all that observed from the back of a massive Earls Court As one magazine headline said at the time OPTIMUM SHABOOGIE [Edited 7/21/10 23:16pm]

I really enjoyed Act II, maybe i was just in a better audience position, but the Edinburgh show was outdoors which i don't like. It was still daylight for half the show, not bright sunshine, but gigs should be dark and indoors.

Musically, i much prefered the Gold Experience shows, but i agree that Diamonds & Pearls was a spectacle......and loud. Ears Court is a shit venue, but the sound from what i remember was tip top.

[Edited 7/22/10 3:44am]

purpledoveuk said:

Oddly the show I went to didn't have Cream, Nothing Compared 2 U and many of the other songs that were standard. Remember Sexy Mf and Damn U fir the first time and when Sexy Mf cane out on single and video it took me right back to that night. Incidently no Princevshiw I've been to since has been that loud either [Edited 7/22/10 2:24am]

The setlist was changed a few times during the tour. For Europe, "Cream" was usually left out of the set, (though it was played at one of the shows i attended) and "Damn U" usually replaced "Nothing Compares 2 U." There were other revisions too including "Call The law" and "Bambi" being played towards the end of the tour.

first Prince gig 24th June 1992, I was just about to turn 11. For my birthday I got the album Controversy cause I thought "sexuality" was the yet unreleased sexy mf I heard him play. Life changer, 14 gigs later I'm still a massive Prince Nut, great pics by the way, I have a great bootleg dvd from this tour.

aiden said:

purpledoveuk said:

aiden said:

first Prince gig 24th June 1992, I was just about to turn 11. For my birthday I got the album Controversy cause I thought "sexuality" was the yet unreleased sexy mf I heard him play. Life changer, 14 gigs later I'm still a massive Prince Nut, great pics by the way, I have a great bootleg dvd from this tour.

Dimonds and pearls was my first tour too...bless my cotton socks, I was just getting my head around music and Prince. I thought it was compulsory that you wore something purple, I couldn't get my head around the fact he would play old songs if the revolution weren't with him. It was the greatest show I've seen to date still...my wife loves Prince gigs now and thinks he's an amazing performer but her first exposure was ONA tour....if only she'd seen this tour...THAT was a show, That was the Prince I still pine for....arrogant, showy, genius, cheeky, choreographed .... None of this stood at a Mic stand with a boring fender strat running through the hits that we get now....Bring back the glass elevator, the rollerskating, flying bed, trampolines, Daddy Pop puppet dance