Were you there way back when to witness Prince's various tours?

Which one do you think is the very best, or have they all been eclipsed by One Night Alone.

Let's have your memories and views?

For me, best tour, PARADE!

Didn't witness it myself, but I would say the 'The Gold Experience' tour. Because of all the new songs that were played, a very energetic show, a hardrocking Prince, and some great aftershows. The Brussel aftershow is just Prince at his best.

(How do I know this, since I wasn't there? Yes, I'm from Holland)

i haven't been 2 any actual tour concerts, but from what i've been studyin it seems like the dirty mind tour wuz a pretty sweet deal.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

To what kind of concerts díd you go then?

Can't say; started from 1986.

And from the shows I have seen since then SOTT, TGE and ONA stand out...

Tivoli in Utrecht was rather fun, during the NPS tour, but somewhat less exciting than The Bataclan last year; which was probably the most FUN concert I was at.

The most SPARKLING.
With the most GUITAR playing.
And an awfully GOOD crowd.

And my buddy Bram enjoying it so much it was a double blast. Seeing someone's jaw drop to the ground is one thing, but seeing someone be SO awed was great. And he saw lotsa shows this tour.
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ChocolateInvasion said:

the only "concert" i've actually attended wuz the 1st xcel energy concert in 2000...other than that i've been 2 paisley parties (can't call them "concerts" by any means).

i'm still fairly new in all this (only been a freek 4 eight years), so no concerts 4 me, really. that, and i'm only 22. i've missed all the good stuff.




oh, no you're not!
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22 and attended 1 concert? That's not that bad!
I'm 20 and attended 5 concerts, including one aftershow! But that's just lucky me.

Be happy that you've discovered Prince music at such an early age of 14. Most people I know didn't appreciate Prince until their 20's.

Lovesexy for an overall show.

ONA for pure performance.

ChocolateInvasion said:

I've seen all the European tours (except 1981) and they all have their own identity. Therefor it's not that easy to say what Prince's best tour was...

The best show I have seen were
1. SOTT
2. Gold Exp.
3. ONA

But, the best tour has to be the US leg Hit'n'Run 1986 tour. I REALLY like the San Fransisco 86 show!!!


Peace,
TheKid

From the tours I missed I would most like to have seen "Lovesexy". The live-Video ist Amazing.

From the tours I´ve seen probably "Diamonds And Pearls" or "ONA". But the Cologne-aftershow in 1998 was also very special.

Nightcrawler said:

From what I've heard and seen, the D&P tour seems boring to me. Not one show, but the overall tour. Not?

ChocolateInvasion said:

Do you remember the setlist from the Brussels aftershow? I am a huge fan of the TGE-era music and performances. (edit: nevermind...just found it, thanks for the heads up)
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XNY said:

pppsssttt...there's a video of the show! It's in great quality.

ChocolateInvasion said:

I was there and it was really exciting in most parts. One great moment was when Prince renacted the Gett Off video on stage with Diamond and Pearl. The production was of really high quality what with the video screens, the moving symbol lighting rig and the flying bed. Much better than the Nude Tour IMHO. However I don't think the set list changed that much and I think it was more of a spectacle than a great musical treat, so I can see your point.

Chasing said:

1987 - 2002


1). ONA
2). SOTT
3). Lovesexy
4). Diamonds & Pearls
5). Gold Experience

ChocolateInvasion said:

Call me cheesy, but I think Purple Rain was an exellent show! I'm partial to the clothes though.

1) Lovesexy - The feeling after you left each show was like coming down off a high!

2) ONA - The best mood I've ever seen Prince in, and it showed in the music.

3) The Forum aftershow after the Wembley Stadium gig.

Absolutely gutted that I missed SOTT though due to the London gig being cancelled, 'cos judging by what I've seen on the official and unofficial videos it looked amazing.

TRON said:

I AGREE WITH U !!

I have the Videos 1 & 2 from the LOVESEXY Tour,
but in the PAL version.

If I can only get them converted to NTSC/VHS

I'd B a Funky MF...ALL NITE LONG !!

Fish

I've seen a few now;

Nude tour
Greatest Hits
Gold Experience
ONA
Went more than once to each tour!

just missed out on Lovesexy and he never made it here for the SOTT tour!

I have enjoyed them all but the one that sticks out in my mind was at the front on the Greatest hits tour with Diamonds and Pearls and the NPG. I remember he went to the back of the stage just in front of the Drums and help up a newspaper,the Daily Mirror when they printed the picture of Michael Jacksons nose collapsing on the front page. I remember him pointing at it laughing his head off. That was memorable!

In fact all the concerts were memorable for one reason or another!

I hate it when they announce Prince has retired from tours. It will never happen, he lives and breathes for touring.

Live 4 Love!
(Amazing live) still sends shivers down my spine!

It's a toss up between Lovesexy, because I liked it in the round, and Jam of the Year, which I saw from the front row in Minneapolis. (or was it St Paul- I thought it was at the Target Center)

The "Controversy" tour

I've seen only the nude tour , the jam of the year and the one nite alone tour , so 2 me the best is the ONA tour and particulary the Bataclan 2002.

Parade tour Prince & The Revolution at their best,august 86 the concert in Paris was the first one of my life Time!
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The LoveSexy show at Madison
Square Garden!!! The best concert
I've ever been to. I could not
hear anything for days!!! Loud
& wild!!

ONA blew my mind (and if u're reading this, u're sad but u know why!!!) and I'm just gutted on how many tours I've missed out on because I wasn't into him at the time! D'ya think he'd do us a replay sometime? Bring back the Lovesexy polka dots!!!

ACT II Tour and Aftershow (Brussels) 1993 was really really cool, i think it was one of his best tours (top 3) of the 9ties!