The songs listed in the back of the tour book make me think he's going to combine the shows into one DVD release. He's listed all the songs played so far from different shows (including the new songs) and those that have not been played yet will most likely be preformed in the up coming shows. I know it's wishful thinking, but a proper DVD release is long over due. This W2A shows would make a great DVD due to the amount of hits that were played. The tour book was planned and printed before the shows started, so he's not making up the setlist on the fly. Bringing all the stars up on stage to show who was there would make more sense too. Oh well, we can only hope....

Prince couldn't get funding for a DVD release if his life depended on it. Not gonna happen.

DaddySmooth said:

The tour book was planned and printed before the shows started, so he's not making up the setlist on the fly.

Setlists are never made on the fly, the tour book would've been planned and printed in advance, and so would the rehersals for the tracks they're gonna play - the band can't play songs they don't know. They might not perform the same tracks every night, but for every tour there's a core setlists with which Prince plays around with.

DaddySmooth said:

I know it's wishful thinking

Yup.

Hope you wish/think right though!

well alot of great songs listed in the back that if he plays i'll freak. do me baby? i wanna be your lover? soft and wet? dmsr? screams of passion?the love we make?

do he didn't play the love we make of the 17th to whoever said that. i was there and last night i played the whole show off the blog that its on full audio. emancipation and for you are my fave records of him..............

these next 2 songs are gonna be insane if he plays those songs!!

Hi folks,

So sorry to ask a silly question but anyone who has seen the W2A concerts were filmed?Were there any cameras going on around the arenas?Whoever said that Prince couldn't get funding for a commercial Dvd release,I think the people who attended these recent shows would get their hands on it.Peace!

DaddySmooth said:

The songs listed in the back of the tour book make me think he's going to combine the shows into one DVD release. He's listed all the songs played so far from different shows (including the new songs) and those that have not been played yet will most likely be preformed in the up coming shows. I know it's wishful thinking, but a proper DVD release is long over due. This W2A shows would make a great DVD due to the amount of hits that were played. The tour book was planned and printed before the shows started, so he's not making up the setlist on the fly. Bringing all the stars up on stage to show who was there would make more sense too. Oh well, we can only hope....

Can you post a picture of that?

DaddySmooth said:

The songs listed in the back of the tour book make me think he's going to combine the shows into one DVD release. He's listed all the songs played so far from different shows (including the new songs) and those that have not been played yet will most likely be preformed in the up coming shows. I know it's wishful thinking, but a proper DVD release is long over due. This W2A shows would make a great DVD due to the amount of hits that were played. The tour book was planned and printed before the shows started, so he's not making up the setlist on the fly. Bringing all the stars up on stage to show who was there would make more sense too. Oh well, we can only hope....

Timing would be off. Christmas would be the best time for such a release. You would be looking at the earliest March to complete such a production. And that should accomplanying a new album. But it doesn't make sense.

I think Prince is playing these end of the year shows for tax reasons.

I was under the impression that these were the songs that he planned on doing throughout the course of the NYC/NJ shows. He's done some of them so far but he's got 2 more shows and different guests to mix it up with. He's still yet to announce who will be with him on the 18th of January.

Jestyr said:

Prince couldn't get funding for a DVD release if his life depended on it. Not gonna happen.

[img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif[/img:$uid] & that's why I look forward to the unreleased DVDs and music.

Now THAT I can count on.

P could do a DVD with the producers of the concert who may BEG him to put out a DVD to make $ when he's no longer DOING a 'Welcome 2 America' Tour.

Trashcat said:

DaddySmooth said:

The songs listed in the back of the tour book make me think he's going to combine the shows into one DVD release. He's listed all the songs played so far from different shows (including the new songs) and those that have not been played yet will most likely be preformed in the up coming shows. I know it's wishful thinking, but a proper DVD release is long over due. This W2A shows would make a great DVD due to the amount of hits that were played. The tour book was planned and printed before the shows started, so he's not making up the setlist on the fly. Bringing all the stars up on stage to show who was there would make more sense too. Oh well, we can only hope....

Can you post a picture of that?

i wanna hear future soul song,do me baby,soft and wet, i wanna be your lover and the love we make. no whoever said he played the love we make on the 17th is wrong cause i listened to the full audio of the show online and i was there too...

purplemookiebut said:

Trashcat said:

Can you post a picture of that?

i wanna hear future soul song,do me baby,soft and wet, i wanna be your lover and the love we make. no whoever said he played the love we make on the 17th is wrong cause i listened to the full audio of the show online and i was there too...

Thanx dude, looks awesome.

Nasty Girl? Soft and Wet? those are kinda surprises.

It's disappointing that there are no more unknown songtitles listed

Trashcat said:

Nasty Girl? Soft and Wet? those are kinda surprises.

He's probably going to just play a sample then go, "You ain't ready for this," or something.

Vict0r said:

Trashcat said:

Nasty Girl? Soft and Wet? those are kinda surprises.

He's probably going to just play a sample then go, "You ain't ready for this," or something.

DarylB said:

Hi folks,

So sorry to ask a silly question but anyone who has seen the W2A concerts were filmed?Were there any cameras going on around the arenas?Whoever said that Prince couldn't get funding for a commercial Dvd release,I think the people who attended these recent shows would get their hands on it.Peace!

I attended the show on the night of Dec 17th and yes ...there were definately video cameras everywhere

there were video camera at all 3. but i assumed they were for the big screens and tvs in the private rooms......

Vict0r said:

Trashcat said:

Nasty Girl? Soft and Wet? those are kinda surprises.

He's probably going to just play a sample then go, "You ain't ready for this," or something.

He played the music with the band for Soft and Wet, Party Up and I wanna Be Your Lover at the Visage 2 aftershow. I've been hoping he would do these with vocals at the W2A shows. The tour book and the two remaining shows still give me hope that he will preform them. Even though I prefer a full concert from one night, a compilation of these show could really be great if done right.

[Edited 12/25/10 18:04pm]

i hope he does little red corvette again. i gotta scroll down my fb wall and see if any videos i posted links are still up. npg is in the mf house,literally.

Jestyr said:

Prince couldn't get funding for a DVD release if his life depended on it. Not gonna happen.

If Prince could get funding for the Live at the Aladdin dvd I see no reason why he couldn't get it now. Remember, in 2002/2003 Prince was "dead" to the general public. He has a much higher profile now than he did then.

21 Nights in London could have been the source of a wonderful DVD and CD set, consisting of main concert and aftershow material. Multiple ones even. But it ended in a pointless book with a nice CD that was too short considering the wonderful series of concerts. You can not apply logic to that part of his business. My guess would be he tries to shield of the registering of the live events as much as possible to keep the demand going for something you can only experience by being there.

[Edited 12/26/10 6:03am]

starrzee said:

DarylB said:

Hi folks,

So sorry to ask a silly question but anyone who has seen the W2A concerts were filmed?Were there any cameras going on around the arenas?Whoever said that Prince couldn't get funding for a commercial Dvd release,I think the people who attended these recent shows would get their hands on it.Peace!

I attended the show on the night of Dec 17th and yes ...there were definately video cameras everywhere

There was a video camera right in front of me, and it was pointed right at us a few times.

Question 4 those who attended, did they show any of the crowd shots on the jumbo screens? If not, then they just may be saving it 4 a potential DVD.

Pokeno4Money said:

starrzee said:

I attended the show on the night of Dec 17th and yes ...there were definately video cameras everywhere

There was a video camera right in front of me, and it was pointed right at us a few times.

Question 4 those who attended, did they show any of the crowd shots on the jumbo screens? If not, then they just may be saving it 4 a potential DVD.

from what i remember i was at all 3 and they showed audience 2-3 times if that but my eyes were locked on prince....

I wonder if he realizes how much the fans really want a proper HD 5.1 DVD release. If there was only a way to communicate that to him. A petition or something. Though I doubt it would make a difference. He seems to do what he wants no matter what others think. He's let us down so many times before when it comes to this, like I said ...we can only hope!

I wonder if he realizes how much the fans really want a proper HD 5.1 DVD release. If there was only a way to communicate that to him. A petition or something. Though I doubt it would make a difference. He seems to do what he wants no matter what others think. He's let us down so many times before when it comes to this, like I said ...we can only hope!

rialb said:

Jestyr said:

Prince couldn't get funding for a DVD release if his life depended on it. Not gonna happen.

If Prince could get funding for the Live at the Aladdin dvd I see no reason why he couldn't get it now. Remember, in 2002/2003 Prince was "dead" to the general public. He has a much higher profile now than he did then.

That was back when he had a distribution deal with Universal. They put up the money. He has no such deal at the moment.

ok then dmsr,soft and wet and future soul song are waiting for me at the 1/18th show ............

DaddySmooth said:

I wonder if he realizes how much the fans really want a proper HD 5.1 DVD release. If there was only a way to communicate that to him. A petition or something. Though I doubt it would make a difference. He seems to do what he wants no matter what others think. He's let us down so many times before when it comes to this, like I said ...we can only hope!

You mean blu-ray? HD-DVD was discontinued a few years ago.