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Prince tipped off everybody at Madison Square Garden, including Madonna, Donald Trump, Jimmy Fallon and Leighton Meester, to a party after his concert Tuesday night. Before his last number, the rocker dismissed his backup vocalists and dancers from the stage, saying, "You all go to the after-party at The Darby. I'll handle this last song!" The Purple One eventually turned up at midnight at the hot spot packed with Jay-Z, Leonardo DiCaprio, Questlove, Mos Def and Casey Affleck. Prince played keyboard with his opening band, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, before he left at about 3:30 a.m.

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was a Prince concert virgin before last night and, now, I’m not really sure how I’ve lived the last 31 years without seeing the purple-lovin’ icon perform live. The tiny superstar, currently in the midst of his “Welcome 2 America” tour, was redonkulously good. He had the Madison Square Garden crowd on their feet for almost the entire show. I’m always so happy when small people are able to succeed—it gives me hope. Prince performed a whole slew of his greatest hits, including “Purple Rain” and “Rasberry Beret” (sadly my fave Prince jam, “Seven,” was not featured). He was accompanied by a slammin’ live band as well as three back-up singers who I named “NeNe Leakes,” “Stevie Knicks,” and “Grace Jones” due to their similarities to each of those lovely ladies. And then there where the Twins: Prince had twin female back-up dancers/singers who resembled Nicole Scherzinger and were clad in skin-tight ensembles, many of which included sequins. Needless to say, I was obsessed with them. Look for me to push for them to make a cameo on Glee. I’m gonna make these ladies happen!

Prince also had some celebrity assistance last night. Best of all was when he brought up Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester from the audience and serenaded her with “I Love You But I Don�...nymore.” Then, Meester walked off with his sweat towel which was a tad gross but oddly sweet. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, who opened for the singer, dueted on Prince’s hit, “A Love Bizarre,” with Jones taking the Sheila E. part. Towards the end of the show, Prince did a rollicking cover of “Dance (Disco Heat)” and brought up a slew of people from the audience to dance onstage, including Meester and talk show host Jimmy Fallon.

For those of you Music Mix-ers who are in New York, there’s one more show on Feb. 7th. You must go! Who knows what other Gossip Girl castmember Prince will pull up on stage?!? That alone is worth the price of admission!

"I'm always so happy when small people are able to succeed..."

so we're up to 3 background singers and 2 backup dancers now?

BlackAdder7 said:

http://www.nypost.com/p/p...xG44hOgdUM

Prince tipped off everybody at Madison Square Garden, including Madonna, Donald Trump, Jimmy Fallon and Leighton Meester, to a party after his concert Tuesday night. Before his last number, the rocker dismissed his backup vocalists and dancers from the stage, saying, "You all go to the after-party at The Darby. I'll handle this last song!" The Purple One eventually turned up at midnight at the hot spot packed with Jay-Z, Leonardo DiCaprio, Questlove, Mos Def and Casey Affleck. Prince played keyboard with his opening band, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, before he left at about 3:30 a.m.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/join_the_party_M0tXWKejgAVQxG44hOgdUM#ixzz1BdMTam7m

http://music-mix.ew.com/2...re-garden/

was a Prince concert virgin before last night and, now, I’m not really sure how I’ve lived the last 31 years without seeing the purple-lovin’ icon perform live. The tiny superstar, currently in the midst of his “Welcome 2 America” tour, was redonkulously good. He had the Madison Square Garden crowd on their feet for almost the entire show. I’m always so happy when small people are able to succeed—it gives me hope. Prince performed a whole slew of his greatest hits, including “Purple Rain” and “Rasberry Beret” (sadly my fave Prince jam, “Seven,” was not featured). He was accompanied by a slammin’ live band as well as three back-up singers who I named “NeNe Leakes,” “Stevie Knicks,” and “Grace Jones” due to their similarities to each of those lovely ladies. And then there where the Twins: Prince had twin female back-up dancers/singers who resembled Nicole Scherzinger and were clad in skin-tight ensembles, many of which included sequins. Needless to say, I was obsessed with them. Look for me to push for them to make a cameo on Glee. I’m gonna make these ladies happen!

Prince also had some celebrity assistance last night. Best of all was when he brought up Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester from the audience and serenaded her with “I Love You But I Don�...nymore.” Then, Meester walked off with his sweat towel which was a tad gross but oddly sweet. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, who opened for the singer, dueted on Prince’s hit, “A Love Bizarre,” with Jones taking the Sheila E. part. Towards the end of the show, Prince did a rollicking cover of “Dance (Disco Heat)” and brought up a slew of people from the audience to dance onstage, including Meester and talk show host Jimmy Fallon.

For those of you Music Mix-ers who are in New York, there’s one more show on Feb. 7th. You must go! Who knows what other Gossip Girl castmember Prince will pull up on stage?!? That alone is worth the price of admission!

I hope he plays Detroit.