YES!! Now, what exactly is a Helpmann Award?

Can we vote?

Will the Peach & Black guys be covering this??

The Foos were amazing. Saw them twice here in Melbourne.

Saw Prince three times and he too was amazing.

P has been my No. 1 for most of my life but Ive grown to love and appreciate the Foos over the past 10 years (during Prince's worst). So its hard to seperate the two.

But value for money, Id have to give it to the Foos as their tickets were half the price and the shows were non stop for 2 hours plus, whereas with P, I do recall sitting down and thinking to myself, "why isn't Prince performing!?".

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Prince should win...hell Dave Grohl is such a huge fan that the Foo's win he'll probably decline and insist Prince gets it!

callimnate said:

The Foos were amazing. Saw them twice here in Melbourne.

Saw Prince three times and he too was amazing.

P has been my No. 1 for most of my life but Ive grown to love and appreciate the Foos over the past 10 years (during Prince's worst). So its hard to seperate the two.

But value for money, Id have to give it to the Foos as their tickets were half the price and the shows were non stop for 2 hours plus, whereas with P, I do recall sitting down and thinking to myself, "why isn't Prince performing!?".

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Very interesting and honest response. Just curious since I am in the US and did not atted these shows, when you say you had to ask yourself, "why isn't Prince performing", where was he? Did he turn things over to Shelby (yikes!) or someone else, maybe extended Renado solos which seem to go on and on sometimes? Just wondering

I saw some similar patterns back during the Hit and Run show that I saw and he would dissapear for long periods of time and let Najee play. One time per show, fine, but it was many and too many IMHO.

Very nice congrats Princey

I sure hope Prince wins!

I love the Foo Fighters, but I am sure Prince might take the cake on this! That 'Welcome 2 Australia' thing was HUGE! lol.. I would love for Sade, The Foo Foo Fighters, or Prince to win really.

They all are great artists!

EyeJester7 said:

I sure hope Prince wins!

I love the Foo Fighters, but I am sure Prince might take the cake on this! That 'Welcome 2 Australia' thing was HUGE! lol.. I would love for Sade, The Foo Foo Fighters, or Prince to win really.

They all are great artists!

4everyours said:

callimnate said:

The Foos were amazing. Saw them twice here in Melbourne.

Saw Prince three times and he too was amazing.

P has been my No. 1 for most of my life but Ive grown to love and appreciate the Foos over the past 10 years (during Prince's worst). So its hard to seperate the two.

But value for money, Id have to give it to the Foos as their tickets were half the price and the shows were non stop for 2 hours plus, whereas with P, I do recall sitting down and thinking to myself, "why isn't Prince performing!?".

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Very interesting and honest response. Just curious since I am in the US and did not atted these shows, when you say you had to ask yourself, "why isn't Prince performing", where was he? Did he turn things over to Shelby (yikes!) or someone else, maybe extended Renado solos which seem to go on and on sometimes? Just wondering

- The Renato (now Cassandra) stuff is part of the ´real music´ thing. Prince seems to be enjoying more the jazzy improvisations lately, and I love it (ok, maybe best for a Montreux fest than arena).

I was VERY disappointed when I saw George Michael´s Live in London DVD. It looked like a karaoke. The band was hidden in the back of the stage. But I understand that MOST people only want the hits and the presence of the pop star.

When it comes to Shelby, I agree. I like her, but I am already getting tired.

4everyours said:

callimnate said:

The Foos were amazing. Saw them twice here in Melbourne.

Saw Prince three times and he too was amazing.

P has been my No. 1 for most of my life but Ive grown to love and appreciate the Foos over the past 10 years (during Prince's worst). So its hard to seperate the two.

But value for money, Id have to give it to the Foos as their tickets were half the price and the shows were non stop for 2 hours plus, whereas with P, I do recall sitting down and thinking to myself, "why isn't Prince performing!?".

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Very interesting and honest response. Just curious since I am in the US and did not atted these shows, when you say you had to ask yourself, "why isn't Prince performing", where was he? Did he turn things over to Shelby (yikes!) or someone else, maybe extended Renado solos which seem to go on and on sometimes? Just wondering

I saw some similar patterns back during the Hit and Run show that I saw and he would dissapear for long periods of time and let Najee play. One time per show, fine, but it was many and too many IMHO.

Pretty much this. Although it wasn't as bad as the previous W2America shows. Which was a BIG relief.

But I do remember when the Prince-less band performed (most of) Love Thy Will Be Done, and I thought to myself "get this shit off and gimmie some Head FFS!!" hehe

Whereas with the Foos, even during David Grohls accoustic set, the whole place was going off.

And as someone mentioned before, this show also had Tenacious D which was great to watch as well.

SEXUALCHOCOLATE said:

Can we vote?

No, industry member only voting.

Well done Prince!

Now we just need to get you back for this!

www.facebook.com/prince21nightsinsydney

Like this page please people!

Ooo I don't know, Sade did a great tour too

naffi said:

DFUNK said:

naffi said:

No, industry member only voting.

That's a good thing in my honest opinion. Listening to some of the rediculous comments being made about fans regarding his Australian shows, thank Christ they can't have a say. Yes, there were a couple of points in the Melbourne shows where Prince turned the singing duties over to the girls, but for the most part he was still on stage playing guitar or at least moving about the stage playing with the audience. And what's wrong with tailoring a concert tour to the "casual" fan. Face facts. Princes absolute golden period was the 1980s. That's the songs people want to hear live. Even hardcore fans like myself. I don't mind a few obscure tracks being thrown in, but I like a good selection of hits too.

Funkin' AGREE!

I hope Sade wins. She deserves it more than the other nominees.

^ You're hilarious. Lay off the white stuff.

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NeonCraxx said:

^ You're hilarious. Lay off the white stuff.

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Sade had an awesome tour. IF you didn't like it, that's your opinion

aardvark15 said:

NeonCraxx said:

^ You're hilarious. Lay off the white stuff.

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Sade had an awesome tour. IF you didn't like it, that's your opinion

I'm sure she did, but to say it's better than the other acts. For me to disagree is a good opinion, in my opinion.

And the winner is Prince

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