Sexymf77 said:

I Always wanted to see prince since Lovesexy tour....but my parents then said "Hell naw" cus I was too young . So it was Jam of the Year tour 97 Hollywood Bowl,had the best time ever! Saw so many celebs that night.

It was freezing cold that night. But it was a lot of celebs in attendance. But it was just too damn cold....

gerhard12 said:

Even though being a fan since the release of the 1999 album the first time was 20/09/2007 in London!

How come you waited so long?

That gig on the 20th was the last time I saw him live. We had front row tier seats by the piano. Here's a blurry snap from after the blues on The One in that pink suit. Got some good little bits of video but only on a phone.

All day, all night; Paris 2009 (1st show only)

gerhard12 said:

Even though being a fan since the release of the 1999 album the first time was 20/09/2007 in London!

How come you waited so long?

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

live live was:

august 17, 1986 Parade Tour, Rotterdam

TV live

March 31, 1985 Syracuse

Praxis said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Feb 12, 1982

The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

"Controversy' Tour...It changed my life 4ever....

Goodness, he was soo young then.

Ooooo

I wasn’t old enough to see Prince until the 2001 Hit-N-Run tour. It was in a college basketball arena (Patriot Center) so the acoustics were crap, but the show was excellent otherwise. That was the last tour before the Witnesses convinced Prince to stop singing Darling Nicki and humping the dancers, so at least I got that.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Sexymf77 said:

I Always wanted to see prince since Lovesexy tour....but my parents then said "Hell naw" cus I was too young . So it was Jam of the Year tour 97 Hollywood Bowl,had the best time ever! Saw so many celebs that night.

It was freezing cold that night. But it was a lot of celebs in attendance. But it was just too damn cold....

Right! it was freaking cold . I had on a purple sleeveless turtle neck and purple jeans and boots,and wrote damn u and facedown on my right and left cheeks.

'85 Syracuse, Ny - Purple Rain Tour

I was at this show. My first time seeing Prince live too. Great show!

timmie said:

Purple Rain Tour - Hartford Connecticut 1985 - the night after he won the academy award for the film

I have been a fan for 25+ years, but hadn't seen him until last year. Either I didn't have the money, or was in a wedding, or something.

I heard on the Org about the LA ocncerts. I live in Colordao. I went on Ticket Master on a Tuesday and just wanted to SEE the prices and location of seats. The seats that came up were really good and I got excited knowing I had the money. Thinking the concert was for the following week, I decided to be impulsive and bought 2 tickets. I saw the airliine tickets were not too bad. All I had to do was explain to hubby that we were headed to LA in a week.

Printed the tix and they were for the opening night on THURSDAY. Couldn't even afford plan tickets for that soon. Call my husband and told him we were both taking the next 2 days off, and we were road tripping it to CA and seeing Prince.

He thought I was kidding. Best Trip. Ever.

Sexymf77 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It was freezing cold that night. But it was a lot of celebs in attendance. But it was just too damn cold....

Right! it was freaking cold . I had on a purple sleeveless turtle neck and purple jeans and boots,and wrote damn u and facedown on my right and left cheeks.

Wow! U a real fan.....

rnljs said:

I have been a fan for 25+ years, but hadn't seen him until last year. Either I didn't have the money, or was in a wedding, or something.

I heard on the Org about the LA ocncerts. I live in Colordao. I went on Ticket Master on a Tuesday and just wanted to SEE the prices and location of seats. The seats that came up were really good and I got excited knowing I had the money. Thinking the concert was for the following week, I decided to be impulsive and bought 2 tickets. I saw the airliine tickets were not too bad. All I had to do was explain to hubby that we were headed to LA in a week.

Printed the tix and they were for the opening night on THURSDAY. Couldn't even afford plan tickets for that soon. Call my husband and told him we were both taking the next 2 days off, and we were road tripping it to CA and seeing Prince.

He thought I was kidding. Best Trip. Ever.

Blinding. That's living. Can't beat a bit of spontaneity.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Sexymf77 said:

Right! it was freaking cold . I had on a purple sleeveless turtle neck and purple jeans and boots,and wrote damn u and facedown on my right and left cheeks.

Wow! U a real fan.....

yes i'am since I was a little girl.

December 2003.

Then after that I only saw him hiding behind bushes spying on me.

1988 LOVESEXY TOUR MSG IN NYC!

Wanted to go see Prince really bad in the 80s, but was too broke and couldn't get to his shows where I lived... So, 2010-2011 were not only my first shows, but my son's also. Great experiences for both of us.

rgsince81 said:

Question, Was anybody at Flippers on 81?

I would love to see footage from that show. I heard he was nasty & funky....

rgsince81 said:

Question, Was anybody at Flippers on 81?

I had just moved to Los Angeles in 1981, when a month or two later I learned that Prince would be performing at Flippers. Being new to the city, I didn't know where Santa Monica Blvd. & La Cienega was (...which is where Flippers was located at the time), nor did I know how to get there by public transportation. I had an older brother who had also just moved to the LA area a few years prior, so I asked him how to get there. I explained to my brother how awesome a performer Prince was, that I had just seen him the year before opening for Rick James on his "Fire It Up" tour, and suggested to my brother that he should even come along with me to Flippers to see Prince perform live. I rarely, if ever, asked my brother for anything, and it was apparent that I really wanted to go see Prince again in concert, as I was practically pleading with my brother to come along and show me the way. My brother's response to me? "I'm not taking you to go see that FAGGOT!"

Nearly 20 years later, my brother finally apologized and admitted to me that he had made a mistake. He said that he should have gone with me to see Prince at Flippers, and that if he had; he would have had the opportunity to have seen a legend in the making.

My only response to him was: "...yeah well, I told you".

Prince's next LA area concert subsequent to his Flippers appearance was at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1982. I knew my way around town by that time, the album "Controversy" had just dropped about 3 months prior, and there was no way in Hell I was missing THAT Prince concert!

PDogz said:

rgsince81 said:

Question, Was anybody at Flippers on 81?

I had just moved to Los Angeles in 1981, when a month or two later I learned that Prince would be performing at Flippers. Being new to the city, I didn't know where Santa Monica Blvd. & La Cienega was (...which is where Flippers was located at the time), nor did I know how to get there by public transportation. I had an older brother who had also just moved to the LA area a few years prior, so I asked him how to get there. I explained to my brother how awesome a performer Prince was, that I had just seen him the year before opening for Rick James on his "Fire It Up" tour, and suggested to my brother that he should even come along with me to Flippers to see Prince perform live. I rarely, if ever, asked my brother for anything, and it was apparent that I really wanted to go see Prince again in concert, as I was practically pleading with my brother to come along and show me the way. My brother's response to me? "I'm not taking you to go see that FAGGOT!"

Nearly 20 years later, my brother finally apologized and admitted to me that he had made a mistake. He said that he should have gone with me to see Prince at Flippers, and that if he had; he would have had the opportunity to have seen a legend in the making.

My only response to him was: "...yeah well, I told you".

Prince's next LA area concert subsequent to his Flippers appearance was at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1982. I knew my way around town by that time, the album "Controversy" had just dropped about 3 months prior, and there was no way in Hell I was missing THAT Prince concert!

Great story! But u never explained his per4mance there. It was a rumor going around at the time that Prince didn't like per4rming in La after he was booed off stage at the Rolling Stones opening. It maybe true. Because he rarely came to La to per4rm back then & when he did it was very short sets. Fast 4ward 30 years later he pe4rms here more than any other state...