same old same old.... made up reports about his rider requests and very little about the music

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3675477/Prince-Lets-go-lazy.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-14009720

Prince has played his first UK festival, with a two-and-a-quarter-hour set at the Hop Farm Festival.

Playing to 30,000 fans in rural Kent, he stormed through hits like Purple Rain, U Got The Look, 1999 and Kiss.

The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.

"I wish there wasn't no such thing as a curfew. Parties are supposed to go on 'til everyone's asleep," he announced.

Instrumental jams

The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life - unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".

Appropriately, Raspberry Beret got a brief airing on Sunday night, in one of several medleys that took their cue from his Vegas-style shows at the O2 four years ago.

But other aspects of the gig felt more like his infamous "aftershow" parties, with extended instrumental jams featuring an athletic seven-piece band.

The show even opened with a five-minute funk workout - a lightly-borne necessity, as Prince and his band endeavoured to set their sound levels after previous acts, including Tinie Tempah and Larry Graham, suffered from distorted bass and indistinct mixing.

It was a fascinating insight to how the fastidious musician organises his live band - calling on instruments to drop in and out, while issuing instructions to off-stage technicians and sound engineers.

Freakishly nimble

All the while, he was mindful of the audience - extolling them to chant "soundcheck" as the work continued.

With the formalities finally out of the way, a clap of thunder echoed around the park and Prince launched into Let's Go Crazy, swiftly followed by Delirious, setting the tone for an upbeat, hit-fuelled set.

Highlights included a steamy, blues-infused run-through of Little Red Corvette, and the coda of Kiss, during which the musician turned his back to the audience and performed a cheeky, rump-shaking dance.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Prince seems untouched by age.

His falsetto still soars to the high-notes - in stark contrast to Bono and Paul Simon's fractured vocals at Glastonbury last week.

And he remains freakishly nimble, sprinting from one side of the stage to the other, dressed all the while in towering designer heels.

Indeed, his only concession to advancing years was the absence of his once-trademark splits.

Piano dance

His sense of humour is undiminished, however...

A glitzy rendition of Nothing Compares 2U elicited huge cheers - until Prince slyly announced, "I didn't write that song. That's Sinead O'Connor's song [O'Connor made the song famous, after Prince donated it to one of his ill-fated 1980s side projects, The Family]."

As applause turned to boos, a grin spread across the artist's face.

"Aww, come on," he protested. "I bought me a house with that song."

The night ended with Prince dancing on top of his purple baby grand piano to 1987's If I Was Your Girlfriend, which segued into a triumphant, accelerated version of Baby, I'm A Star.

"It was amazing," said David Moore, from Oxford, who had just seen his first ever Prince concert.

"The guitar solo in Purple Rain took my breath away."

"I cried. It was life-changing," said Sophie Colbert from Brighton.

"A beautiful performance from a seasoned professional."

Prince now goes on to play a number of festivals across Europe, including Belgium's Sint-Puetersplein on Tuesday and Ireland's Malahide Castle on 30 July.

Lol. I hate the Sun, it's full of bullshit.

If it's true, who fucking cares, he is not the only one.

But I remember that on Lopez Tonight, he had actually just 2 or 3 requests.. So I don't know.

It's so not important 2 me.

[Edited 7/3/11 23:41pm]

lol i hope it's true about the limo. 80 feet is a long way to trudge through that cow field. it ruins the mood and is highly inconvenient for the shoes and the feet and the hair lol

I hope it's true. If I "like" the alleged actions or not is irrelevant. Eccentric superstars should be divas. I wanna hear Prince having tantrums over insignificant things like "Not enough purple M&M's" or "Not enough purple fur on the toilet seat" or something else silly. And this is the good kind of Diva-ness, unlike some other (also alleged) recent Diva-ness.

[/end pointless comment]

[Edited 7/4/11 1:42am]

Savage said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-14009720

Prince has played his first UK festival, with a two-and-a-quarter-hour set at the Hop Farm Festival.

Playing to 30,000 fans in rural Kent, he stormed through hits like Purple Rain, U Got The Look, 1999 and Kiss.

The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.

"I wish there wasn't no such thing as a curfew. Parties are supposed to go on 'til everyone's asleep," he announced.

Instrumental jams

The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life - unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".

Appropriately, Raspberry Beret got a brief airing on Sunday night, in one of several medleys that took their cue from his Vegas-style shows at the O2 four years ago.

But other aspects of the gig felt more like his infamous "aftershow" parties, with extended instrumental jams featuring an athletic seven-piece band.

The show even opened with a five-minute funk workout - a lightly-borne necessity, as Prince and his band endeavoured to set their sound levels after previous acts, including Tinie Tempah and Larry Graham, suffered from distorted bass and indistinct mixing.

It was a fascinating insight to how the fastidious musician organises his live band - calling on instruments to drop in and out, while issuing instructions to off-stage technicians and sound engineers.

Freakishly nimble

All the while, he was mindful of the audience - extolling them to chant "soundcheck" as the work continued.

With the formalities finally out of the way, a clap of thunder echoed around the park and Prince launched into Let's Go Crazy, swiftly followed by Delirious, setting the tone for an upbeat, hit-fuelled set.

Highlights included a steamy, blues-infused run-through of Little Red Corvette, and the coda of Kiss, during which the musician turned his back to the audience and performed a cheeky, rump-shaking dance.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Prince seems untouched by age.

His falsetto still soars to the high-notes - in stark contrast to Bono and Paul Simon's fractured vocals at Glastonbury last week.

And he remains freakishly nimble, sprinting from one side of the stage to the other, dressed all the while in towering designer heels.

Indeed, his only concession to advancing years was the absence of his once-trademark splits.

Piano dance

His sense of humour is undiminished, however...

A glitzy rendition of Nothing Compares 2U elicited huge cheers - until Prince slyly announced, "I didn't write that song. That's Sinead O'Connor's song [O'Connor made the song famous, after Prince donated it to one of his ill-fated 1980s side projects, The Family]."

As applause turned to boos, a grin spread across the artist's face.

"Aww, come on," he protested. "I bought me a house with that song."

The night ended with Prince dancing on top of his purple baby grand piano to 1987's If I Was Your Girlfriend, which segued into a triumphant, accelerated version of Baby, I'm A Star.

"It was amazing," said David Moore, from Oxford, who had just seen his first ever Prince concert.

"The guitar solo in Purple Rain took my breath away."

"I cried. It was life-changing," said Sophie Colbert from Brighton.

"A beautiful performance from a seasoned professional."

Prince now goes on to play a number of festivals across Europe, including Belgium's Sint-Puetersplein on Tuesday and Ireland's Malahide Castle on 30 July.

...Pics or it didn't happen.

No, seriously. Pics, cuz I really want to see that.

armpit said:

Savage said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-14009720

Prince has played his first UK festival, with a two-and-a-quarter-hour set at the Hop Farm Festival.

Playing to 30,000 fans in rural Kent, he stormed through hits like Purple Rain, U Got The Look, 1999 and Kiss.

The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.

"I wish there wasn't no such thing as a curfew. Parties are supposed to go on 'til everyone's asleep," he announced.

Instrumental jams

The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life - unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".

Appropriately, Raspberry Beret got a brief airing on Sunday night, in one of several medleys that took their cue from his Vegas-style shows at the O2 four years ago.

But other aspects of the gig felt more like his infamous "aftershow" parties, with extended instrumental jams featuring an athletic seven-piece band.

The show even opened with a five-minute funk workout - a lightly-borne necessity, as Prince and his band endeavoured to set their sound levels after previous acts, including Tinie Tempah and Larry Graham, suffered from distorted bass and indistinct mixing.

It was a fascinating insight to how the fastidious musician organises his live band - calling on instruments to drop in and out, while issuing instructions to off-stage technicians and sound engineers.

Freakishly nimble

All the while, he was mindful of the audience - extolling them to chant "soundcheck" as the work continued.

With the formalities finally out of the way, a clap of thunder echoed around the park and Prince launched into Let's Go Crazy, swiftly followed by Delirious, setting the tone for an upbeat, hit-fuelled set.

Highlights included a steamy, blues-infused run-through of Little Red Corvette, and the coda of Kiss, during which the musician turned his back to the audience and performed a cheeky, rump-shaking dance.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Prince seems untouched by age.

His falsetto still soars to the high-notes - in stark contrast to Bono and Paul Simon's fractured vocals at Glastonbury last week.

And he remains freakishly nimble, sprinting from one side of the stage to the other, dressed all the while in towering designer heels.

Indeed, his only concession to advancing years was the absence of his once-trademark splits.

Piano dance

His sense of humour is undiminished, however...

A glitzy rendition of Nothing Compares 2U elicited huge cheers - until Prince slyly announced, "I didn't write that song. That's Sinead O'Connor's song [O'Connor made the song famous, after Prince donated it to one of his ill-fated 1980s side projects, The Family]."

As applause turned to boos, a grin spread across the artist's face.

"Aww, come on," he protested. "I bought me a house with that song."

The night ended with Prince dancing on top of his purple baby grand piano to 1987's If I Was Your Girlfriend, which segued into a triumphant, accelerated version of Baby, I'm A Star.

"It was amazing," said David Moore, from Oxford, who had just seen his first ever Prince concert.

"The guitar solo in Purple Rain took my breath away."

"I cried. It was life-changing," said Sophie Colbert from Brighton.

"A beautiful performance from a seasoned professional."

Prince now goes on to play a number of festivals across Europe, including Belgium's Sint-Puetersplein on Tuesday and Ireland's Malahide Castle on 30 July.

...Pics or it didn't happen.

No, seriously. Pics, cuz I really want to see that.

me 2 i want to c that!!!!!

thisisit said:

lol i hope it's true about the limo. 80 feet is a long way to trudge through that cow field. it ruins the mood and is highly inconvenient for the shoes and the feet and the hair lol

Uh, 80ft isn't that far... unless you've had hip replacement surgery or something.

More likely Princey-poo was scared his high heels would sink into the ground and get stuck.

how come he never plays baby im a star when im at his concerts?

Prince: Let’s go lazy

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PAMPERED, posing pop stars don't come much bigger, or smaller, than Prince.

The pint-sized singer put divas like MARIAH CAREY and WHITNEY HOUSTON to shame with his antics at the Hop Farm Music Festival this weekend.

The purple pillock presented organisers with a list of demands taller than him ahead of his performance in Kent.

Top of his requirements was a dressing room built to exact specified measurements.

Banning

Backstage crews were forced to rebuild the pod three times because they hadn't got it down to the closest centimetre.

Lackeys were told to paint it purple and fill it with matching furniture including chairs, tables and wall hangings.

And just in case all that violet tired him out, Prince also ordered a limo to ferry him the 80ft between his dressing room and the main stage.

His limo habit could make doing his Jehovah's Witness doorstep calls a long-winded business. He's a forward-planning fella though. The singer avoided any glares from disgruntled stagehands by banning anyone from looking him in the eye.

This isn't the first time he's unleashed his inner monster.

For his 2007 London concerts, his demands included a black M&Ms chocolate machine and oxygen bar. And he wanted a new house built next to the O2, where he was performing.

He must have enjoyed this year's perfectly proportioned dressing room, because he was 35 minutes late getting onstage at the Hop Farm last night.

And he couldn't resist a dig at his pop rivals, crowing: "You can't do this with a machine!" During Little Red Corvette, he boasted: "I've got 50,000 people singing this song. Ain't nobody else done that."

Pampered ... our mock-up of Prince's Hop Farm 'journey'

A rendition of Nothing Compares 2 U with his backing singer swiftly followed.

It was Prince's first ever festival gig and he pulled out all of the stops with his two-and-a-half-hour set. He originally wanted to do three hours but organisers vetoed that.

His limo driver would have needed a regulation tea break if he'd had to wait that long.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/s...z1R8CBxHlZ

armpit said:

Savage said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-14009720

Prince has played his first UK festival, with a two-and-a-quarter-hour set at the Hop Farm Festival.

Playing to 30,000 fans in rural Kent, he stormed through hits like Purple Rain, U Got The Look, 1999 and Kiss.

The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.

"I wish there wasn't no such thing as a curfew. Parties are supposed to go on 'til everyone's asleep," he announced.

Instrumental jams

The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life - unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".

Appropriately, Raspberry Beret got a brief airing on Sunday night, in one of several medleys that took their cue from his Vegas-style shows at the O2 four years ago.

But other aspects of the gig felt more like his infamous "aftershow" parties, with extended instrumental jams featuring an athletic seven-piece band.

The show even opened with a five-minute funk workout - a lightly-borne necessity, as Prince and his band endeavoured to set their sound levels after previous acts, including Tinie Tempah and Larry Graham, suffered from distorted bass and indistinct mixing.

It was a fascinating insight to how the fastidious musician organises his live band - calling on instruments to drop in and out, while issuing instructions to off-stage technicians and sound engineers.

Freakishly nimble

All the while, he was mindful of the audience - extolling them to chant "soundcheck" as the work continued.

With the formalities finally out of the way, a clap of thunder echoed around the park and Prince launched into Let's Go Crazy, swiftly followed by Delirious, setting the tone for an upbeat, hit-fuelled set.

Highlights included a steamy, blues-infused run-through of Little Red Corvette, and the coda of Kiss, during which the musician turned his back to the audience and performed a cheeky, rump-shaking dance.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Prince seems untouched by age.

His falsetto still soars to the high-notes - in stark contrast to Bono and Paul Simon's fractured vocals at Glastonbury last week.

And he remains freakishly nimble, sprinting from one side of the stage to the other, dressed all the while in towering designer heels.

Indeed, his only concession to advancing years was the absence of his once-trademark splits.

Piano dance

His sense of humour is undiminished, however...

A glitzy rendition of Nothing Compares 2U elicited huge cheers - until Prince slyly announced, "I didn't write that song. That's Sinead O'Connor's song [O'Connor made the song famous, after Prince donated it to one of his ill-fated 1980s side projects, The Family]."

As applause turned to boos, a grin spread across the artist's face.

"Aww, come on," he protested. "I bought me a house with that song."

The night ended with Prince dancing on top of his purple baby grand piano to 1987's If I Was Your Girlfriend, which segued into a triumphant, accelerated version of Baby, I'm A Star.

"It was amazing," said David Moore, from Oxford, who had just seen his first ever Prince concert.

"The guitar solo in Purple Rain took my breath away."

"I cried. It was life-changing," said Sophie Colbert from Brighton.

"A beautiful performance from a seasoned professional."

Prince now goes on to play a number of festivals across Europe, including Belgium's Sint-Puetersplein on Tuesday and Ireland's Malahide Castle on 30 July.

...Pics or it didn't happen.

No, seriously. Pics, cuz I really want to see that.

You can see video of it (for now)! Have a look (except its titled "Prince - you don't have to be rich" )

Ignore the Sun - its trash. Gordon Smart is probably just pissed he didn't get an exclusive interview. Every other publication has focussed on how amazing the concert was and the music! The Sun? Gutter "journalism" about his apparent rider.....FFS!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/04/hop-farm-festival-prince-review

Mindflux said:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/04/hop-farm-festival-prince-review

Excellent.

Hope that puts the kibosh on The Guardian's so-called 'agenda'.

jtfolden said:

thisisit said:

lol i hope it's true about the limo. 80 feet is a long way to trudge through that cow field. it ruins the mood and is highly inconvenient for the shoes and the feet and the hair lol

Uh, 80ft isn't that far... unless you've had hip replacement surgery or something.

More likely Princey-poo was scared his high heels would sink into the ground and get stuck.

lol yes thats what i meant about the shoes. walking around in a paddock all dressed up to the nines is all kinds of wrong lol - hope they rolled out some red carpet for him to make it to the stage at the other end lol

xLiberiangirl said:

Lol. I hate the Sun, it's full of bullshit.

If it's true, who fucking cares, he is not the only one.

But I remember that on Lopez Tonight, he had actually just 2 or 3 requests.. So I don't know.

It's so not important 2 me.

[Edited 7/3/11 23:41pm]

the sun sucks....

the Sun

I would't even wipe my arse with it.

catpark said:

the Sun

I would't even wipe my arse with it.

The Sun is a British institution.

Like piss smelly phone boxes, overcrowded public transport, shite summers and paedophile rock stars.

..cnts!

[Edited 7/4/11 6:23am]

Savage said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-14009720

Prince has played his first UK festival, with a two-and-a-quarter-hour set at the Hop Farm Festival.

Playing to 30,000 fans in rural Kent, he stormed through hits like Purple Rain, U Got The Look, 1999 and Kiss.

The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.

"I wish there wasn't no such thing as a curfew. Parties are supposed to go on 'til everyone's asleep," he announced.

Instrumental jams

The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life

- unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".

Really? I swear I thought he was a familiar!

carinemjj said:

Savage said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-14009720

Prince has played his first UK festival, with a two-and-a-quarter-hour set at the Hop Farm Festival.

Playing to 30,000 fans in rural Kent, he stormed through hits like Purple Rain, U Got The Look, 1999 and Kiss.

The 53-year-old star came back for three encores in what was his first open air gig in England since 1993, despite years of Glastonbury rumours.

"I wish there wasn't no such thing as a curfew. Parties are supposed to go on 'til everyone's asleep," he announced.

Instrumental jams

The Minneapolis musician does not have a strong association with agricultural life

- unless you count the time he took a girl in a raspberry beret "down by Old Man Johnson's Farm".

Really? I swear I thought he was a familiar!

i love the muppets

Hmmm, I smell BS. They've thrown in a reference to demands for 'no eye contact' and M&M's, just like every other story about a star's backtage demands.....

ReddishBrownOne said:

Hmmm, I smell BS. They've thrown in a reference to demands for 'no eye contact' and M&M's, just like every other story about a star's backtage demands.....

Yeah, the UK shitepaper press has been throwing the "no eye contact" thing about for years, they can't think of anything else.

"Ooh...Prince is a bit mad, ooh Prince sticks purple candles up his arse and likes his dressing room flowers dyed peach" and all the other such gutter shite the UK press dreams up.

It's great.

It's more entertaining than reading about how bad the internet is and how funky he is and lord Jehovah and all that fambile.

[Edited 7/4/11 12:36pm]

TheDigitalGardener said:

ReddishBrownOne said:

Hmmm, I smell BS. They've thrown in a reference to demands for 'no eye contact' and M&M's, just like every other story about a star's backtage demands.....

Yeah, the UK shitepaper press has been throwing the "no eye contact" thing about for years, they can't think of anything else.

"Ooh...Prince is a bit mad, ooh Prince sticks purple candles up his arse and likes his dressing room flowers dyed peach" and all the other such gutter shite the UK press dreams up.

It's great.

It's more entertaining than reading about how bad the internet is and how funky he is and lord Jehovah and all that fambile.

[Edited 7/4/11 12:36pm]

Quite,

However, at least it has remained solely with The Sun (and about 2 others I've seen who have merely said "The Sun was quoted as saying...."). The rest of the press have been universal in their acclaim for what was a wonderful concert.

Mindflux said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Yeah, the UK shitepaper press has been throwing the "no eye contact" thing about for years, they can't think of anything else.

"Ooh...Prince is a bit mad, ooh Prince sticks purple candles up his arse and likes his dressing room flowers dyed peach" and all the other such gutter shite the UK press dreams up.

It's great.

It's more entertaining than reading about how bad the internet is and how funky he is and lord Jehovah and all that fambile.

[Edited 7/4/11 12:36pm]

Quite,

However, at least it has remained solely with The Sun (and about 2 others I've seen who have merely said "The Sun was quoted as saying...."). The rest of the press have been universal in their acclaim for what was a wonderful concert.

Aye I agree, lets face it, The Sun never even attended.

ReddishBrownOne said:

Hmmm, I smell BS. They've thrown in a reference to demands for 'no eye contact' and M&M's, just like every other story about a star's backtage demands.....

The bit about no eye contact is true if you're not spoken to by Prince.