Someone has tweeted:

"Just heard that Prince is holding a mysterious press conference in New York tomorrow..."

He is Brian Hiatt - Senior Writer, Rolling Stone Magazine.

http://twitter.com/hiattb

Man, I can't stand Twitter, but this is like the third or fourth Prince news item I've gleaned from it.

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[Edited 10/14/10 7:54am]

Giovanni777 said:

YAY - American tour dates and release of 20TEN Deluxe!

I'm going to be without computer.

Don't know what he's going to announce....

But it's interesting that he's having the press conference at the Apollo Theater in Harlem....hmmmmm.....

Giovanni777 said:

Someone has tweeted:

"Just heard that Prince is holding a mysterious press conference in New York tomorrow..."

He Brian Hiatt - Senior Writer, Rolling Stone Magazine.

http://twitter.com/hiattb

Man, I can't stand Twitter, but this is like the third or fourth Prince news item I've gleaned from it.

... thanks Giovanni777, I hope/pray this is good news for the U.S. of A. P fam/fanz

murph said:

Don't know what he's going to announce....

But it's interesting that he's having the press conference at the Apollo Theater in Harlem....hmmmmm.....

Bust out a few jams with the new band to get the press excited, thereby getting nice words printed about the upcoming tour... maybe?

murph said:

Don't know what he's going to announce....

But it's interesting that he's having the press conference at the Apollo Theater in Harlem....hmmmmm.....

Nice!!

The band, or at least some of them are already in Europe.

dori said:

The band, or at least some of them are already in Europe.

yeah..that's what I was gonna say.

@ the Apollo? Does it say at what time?

New website! Membership fee: $20.10

oh man...I hope it's before I get laid off. (anticipating the worst here at work)

I'll wait and see and I hope u don't get laid off Shorty

He's changing his name back to an unpronounceable symbol.

Genesia said:

Shorty said:

dori said:

The band, or at least some of them are already in Europe.

yeah..that's what I was gonna say.

Genesia said:

New website! Membership fee: $20.10

You mean that's what he's going to pay us to join, right?

Maybe he's announcing a new residency at the Apollo. Now THAT would be cool.

Efan said:

Maybe he's announcing a new residency at the Apollo. Now THAT would be cool.

Ummm, no. That would suck dog puke through a broken straw. Sorry, dude needs to tour America. I live about as far away from the Apollo as you can get while still being in the continental United States. An East Coast residency would bum me out.

I can't imagine the band members, some of whom have just arrived in Europe, will fly back to NY for a press conference particularly with the first concert in mere days.

As for Prince himself, well, maybe he hasn't left for Europe yet, or else maybe there'll be a big screen set up when the press arrive at the theatre tomorrow

Or else maybe Rolling Stone was mistaken...

I hope it happens and there's some exciting news though

Cerebus said:

Efan said:

Maybe he's announcing a new residency at the Apollo. Now THAT would be cool.

Ummm, no. That would suck dog puke through a broken straw. Sorry, dude needs to tour America. I live about as far away from the Apollo as you can get while still being in the continental United States. An East Coast residency would bum me out.

Well...I'd like it.

Efan said:

Cerebus said:

Ummm, no. That would suck dog puke through a broken straw. Sorry, dude needs to tour America. I live about as far away from the Apollo as you can get while still being in the continental United States. An East Coast residency would bum me out.

Well...I'd like it.

You're in NYC - of COURSE you'd like it! It would be awesome for you! I'd completely ignore it. There's no way I'd pay for a cross-country roundtrip plane ticket and a hotel room ON TOP of the concert ticket just to see Prince. That pretty much goes for any residency, though. Like I said, it's time for another tour. He's got to have at least one more in him.

who's covering it and when will it be on???

Chiquetet said:

I can't imagine the band members, some of whom have just arrived in Europe, will fly back to NY for a press conference particularly with the first concert in mere days.

As for Prince himself, well, maybe he hasn't left for Europe yet, or else maybe there'll be a big screen set up when the press arrive at the theatre tomorrow

Or else maybe Rolling Stone was mistaken...

I hope it happens and there's some exciting news though

I was really just guessing and I pay ZERO attention to details like where band members are at any given time (not even sure how anybody would know that - I'm guessing it was on Dr. Funkenberry's site). The announcement could really be about ANYTHING, but all the recent rumblings point to a US tour announcement, possibly coupled with a US 20ten release (maybe it will be distributed through Rolling Stone ). As far as "the band" goes, though, it seems like there's a pretty good selection of musicians who are pretty well rehearsed right now. He could play with any number of them.

This should be interesting

Cerebus said:

I was really just guessing and I pay ZERO attention to details like where band members are at any given time (not even sure how anybody would know that - I'm guessing it was on Dr. Funkenberry's site). The announcement could really be about ANYTHING, but all the recent rumblings point to a US tour announcement, possibly coupled with a US 20ten release (maybe it will be distributed through Rolling Stone ). As far as "the band" goes, though, it seems like there's a pretty good selection of musicians who are pretty well rehearsed right now. He could play with any number of them.

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like I was having a go at you - according to the John Blackwell Project facebook page, JB left for Europe a few days ago and mentioned a few days of rehearsal (presumably with the rest of the band), which is what I was basing that on.

You're right, it could be about anything, but I'm guessing it will be predominantly US news (no reason to call a press conference in NYC to announce SA, Asia or Australian tour dates ), unless he's finally going to reveal his overall plan/vision for the tour/cd release(s), etc...

And yes, he could feasibly gather any number of musicians to play with if that was his plan, although that would seem somewhat odd (unless they were past band members and it was to celebrate a deal being struck for the remasters )

Murph mentioned the Apollo Theatre and I've seen a couple of other tweets about it, but I'm wondering what the source is - presumably the details of where/when have been given to the press...any info on a time guys?

Chiquetet said:

Cerebus said:

I was really just guessing and I pay ZERO attention to details like where band members are at any given time (not even sure how anybody would know that - I'm guessing it was on Dr. Funkenberry's site). The announcement could really be about ANYTHING, but all the recent rumblings point to a US tour announcement, possibly coupled with a US 20ten release (maybe it will be distributed through Rolling Stone ). As far as "the band" goes, though, it seems like there's a pretty good selection of musicians who are pretty well rehearsed right now. He could play with any number of them.

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like I was having a go at you - according to the John Blackwell Project facebook page, JB left for Europe a few days ago and mentioned a few days of rehearsal (presumably with the rest of the band), which is what I was basing that on.

You're right, it could be about anything, but I'm guessing it will be predominantly US news (no reason to call a press conference in NYC to announce SA, Asia or Australian tour dates ), unless he's finally going to reveal his overall plan/vision for the tour/cd release(s), etc...

And yes, he could feasibly gather any number of musicians to play with if that was his plan, although that would seem somewhat odd (unless they were past band members and it was to celebrate a deal being struck for the remasters )

Murph mentioned the Apollo Theatre and I've seen a couple of other tweets about it, but I'm wondering what the source is - presumably the details of where/when have been given to the press...any info on a time guys?

Ooooh, that Facebook thing. That makes sense. But I don't have one of those. At the very least Prince must think it's important if he's actually holding a scheduled press conference. Definitely interested in finding out what it's all about.

Genesia said:

New website! Membership fee: $20.10

rainbowchild said:

Genesia said:

New website! Membership fee: $20.10

I doubt it will be that low--perhaps a ten-year membership for $2,010!

More likely.