Star will perform at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut in December

By BLAINE MCEVOY

NOVEMBER 25, 2013 7:00 AM ET

Prince

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Over a career spanning nearly four decades, Prince has taken home seven Grammys and sold over 100 million copies of albums including Purple Rain and Sign "O" The Times. Now, the legend is announcing plans to bring his epic live show to the East Coast with a trio of gigs next month at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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The concerts kick off Friday, December 27th, followed with a Saturday, December 28th performance and finishing on Sunday, December 29th. Tickets for all three gigs go on sale Friday, December 6th at 10:00 a.m. through Ticketmaster.

The past 12 months have been eventful for the Minneapolis native. After a longstanding and highly public battle against the Internet, Prince joined Twitter in August and used the forum to share the artwork for his new single "Breakfast Can Wait," which features comedian Dave Chappelle's impersonation of the artist from Chappelle's Show. Six weeks later, nearly 2,000 fans lined an out-of-the-way block in suburban Minnesota to watch the artist jam at his Paisley Park studio. (They were treated to a ca...k blowout.) And just last week, he returned to Twitter and posted another single, "Da Bourgeoisie," a sparse, bass-thumping track about "kicking it with another girl."

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[Please do NOT post the pass code for tix, hint/ask for, etc. It is not fair to others - luv4u]

DrFunkenberry will probably post a link soon of info.

Something tells me that 3RD EYE GIRL won't be his backing band for these gigs. For one thing, one twitter, in response to a question about when fans will hear "Big City", Prince responded 26th, 27th, 28th. The dates for Connecticut gigs are from the 27th-29th. At the time, Prince did that Twitter interview, he might have still been in negotiations and settled on the 27th-29th. Obviosly, a tune like "Big City" you need a larger ensemble (NPG). Secondly, 3RD EYE GIRL has played mostly theaters and mid sized venues. I don't know if Prince has enough faith in them yet to have them back him in a 20,000 seat arena. This might be the last significant gig NPG does with Prince before going into full scale promo mode for 3RD EYE GIRL's album, if indeed, the album comes out.

bashraka said:

Something tells me that 3RD EYE GIRL won't be his backing band for these gigs. For one thing, one twitter, in response to a question about when fans will hear "Big City", Prince responded 26th, 27th, 28th. The dates for Connecticut gigs are from the 27th-29th. At the time, Prince did that Twitter interview, he might have still been in negotiations and settled on the 27th-29th. Obviosly, a tune like "Big City" you need a larger ensemble (NPG). Secondly, 3RD EYE GIRL has played mostly theaters and mid sized venues. I don't know if Prince has enough faith in them yet to have them back him in a 20,000 seat arena. This might be the last significant gig NPG does with Prince before going into full scale promo mode for 3RD EYE GIRL's album, if indeed, the album comes out.

3EG is still the core musicians on guitar and drums with the NPG..Why wouldnt he have faith..you sound ignorant..He had faith for Montreaux now all of a sudden its gone..

[Edited 11/25/13 9:07am]

bashraka said:

Something tells me that 3RD EYE GIRL won't be his backing band for these gigs. For one thing, one twitter, in response to a question about when fans will hear "Big City", Prince responded 26th, 27th, 28th. The dates for Connecticut gigs are from the 27th-29th. At the time, Prince did that Twitter interview, he might have still been in negotiations and settled on the 27th-29th. Obviosly, a tune like "Big City" you need a larger ensemble (NPG). Secondly, 3RD EYE GIRL has played mostly theaters and mid sized venues. I don't know if Prince has enough faith in them yet to have them back him in a 20,000 seat arena. This might be the last significant gig NPG does with Prince before going into full scale promo mode for 3RD EYE GIRL's album, if indeed, the album comes out.

Mohegan Sun via Twitter saying 3RDEYEGIRL will b performing

I just checked... the "cheap" tickets are $142 with fees.

I'll be in the area around then, and I would love to go... but that's a lot of money, and at the holidays too!

http://mohegansun.com/eve...rince.html

$195 & $125

Tickets On Sale: Friday, December 6, 2013 at 10:00am

Big City! PRINCE To Play 3 Special East Coast Shows In Late December!

PRINCE will be playing 3 special East Coast gigs December 27th, December 28th, and December 29th at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.

This news was first broken this morning by Rolling Stone.

In a live Twitter interview/Q&A on Friday, they (PRINCE/3RDEYEGIRL) hinted at gigs in late December.

This marks Prince's first performance since 2 late night gigs at his Paisley Park studio in Minneapolis in October along with a new album due in Early 2014, an appearance on Arsenio, plus many, many, many TV appearances.

The new album will feature all new material sans "FIXURLIFEUP" which was released earlier this year.

For ticket on sale dates ...lick here!

The tickets will go on sale Friday December 6th at 10 A.M. Eastern time onTicketMaster.com

According to the Mohegan Sun's official site, the ticket prices for each show at the 10,000 seat venue will be $195.00 and $125.00 each.

This will be PRINCE's only appearance on the East Coast and shows will start promptly at 8 P.M. each night.-DocFB

Diagnosis: Starting off 2014 a little early with the party of the year!

Damn, I was really looking forward to seeing this show! If the tickets really are $140 or more, I doubt I'd be able to go :/ Such a shame too, I wanted this to be my first time seeing him live! As soon as I heard about it I texted my buddies about it so we'd go together Oh well, I'm only 18. I'll wait until he plays closer to New Jersey and for lower prices lol.

i'm 21 and i wanted to do the last 2 shows if they were at least 100 a piece. but looks like i'll just be going to the last show. smh. this would be my first time seeing him since i've been a fan of 8 years.

well! I haven't logged on to the org in I dunno how long but look what brought me here!

I'm gonna have to go to at least one show...right? ugh! decisions decisions

Does anyone know anything about this "social/venue presale" that's on Ticketmaster? Says tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10AM, but you need a presale code. I called up Ticketmaster AND the Mohegan Sun to ask them what this was about, and they said Prince would be sending out the code through his mailing list. I told them no he wouldn't, Prince definitely doesn't have a mailing list lol.

If anyone finds out any information about this presale please let me know so I can try to score tickets tomorrow morning! This should be awesome.

ive done shows at this areana and its very small around 10,000 .plus they will let him practice there for a few days if he wants for free

rember its winter in the east coast and if it snows theres no way to get to the concert the roads will be a mess and not cleared for a while,just a heads up

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hotels are far and few and not that nice if you dont stay at the casino and are very expensive.i would book a hotel room asap and then cancel if you dont go to the show before they raise room rates

cheapest rooms at the casino hotel

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I can't speak on quality but...there are 5 hotels with in 2 miles and over 10 hotels with in 10 miles...

Shorty said:

I can't speak on quality but...there are 5 hotels with in 2 miles and over 10 hotels with in 10 miles...

thy get filled real qiuck and when a show gets announced they raise there prices alot.

yes there places ive stayed at a bunch there like one or 2 decent like a holiday inn or marriot ,then lower lever.

also if it snows really bad you will not get to the show from any hotel except the casino one as those roads are a mess and way off the highway.

i got caught in one a few years back and it was a mess.

im not going just trying to give heads up as ive been too and worked at that venue a few times

[Edited 11/25/13 10:58am]

Great news! And during the holidaze. Definitely going to at least one night.

lwr001 said:

bashraka said:

Something tells me that 3RD EYE GIRL won't be his backing band for these gigs. For one thing, one twitter, in response to a question about when fans will hear "Big City", Prince responded 26th, 27th, 28th. The dates for Connecticut gigs are from the 27th-29th. At the time, Prince did that Twitter interview, he might have still been in negotiations and settled on the 27th-29th. Obviosly, a tune like "Big City" you need a larger ensemble (NPG). Secondly, 3RD EYE GIRL has played mostly theaters and mid sized venues. I don't know if Prince has enough faith in them yet to have them back him in a 20,000 seat arena. This might be the last significant gig NPG does with Prince before going into full scale promo mode for 3RD EYE GIRL's album, if indeed, the album comes out.

3EG is still the core musicians on guitar and drums with the NPG..Why wouldnt he have faith..you sound ignorant..He had faith for Montreaux now all of a sudden its gone..

[Edited 11/25/13 9:07am]

If I sound ignorant then you sound sensitive. Take it down a notch.

bashraka said:

lwr001 said:

3EG is still the core musicians on guitar and drums with the NPG..Why wouldnt he have faith..you sound ignorant..He had faith for Montreaux now all of a sudden its gone..

[Edited 11/25/13 9:07am]

If I sound ignorant then you sound sensitive. Take it down a notch.

not sensitive at all.. just curious as to why folks tend to undercut the group when its obvious he is all in with them..Further, there is nothing to suggest otherwise

paperposter said:

your right there booking sceen likes to jump sorry there higher in december

lwr001 said:

bashraka said:

If I sound ignorant then you sound sensitive. Take it down a notch.

not sensitive at all.. just curious as to why folks tend to undercut the group when its obvious he is all in with them..Further, there is nothing to suggest otherwise

I believe 3RD EYE GIRL has the potential to be a great rock band lead by Prince. Even in a funk ensemble as NPG, the core musicians are good. I just expressed doubt in them playing an arena size venue similar to MSG or Joe Louis Arens as a 4 piece playing Prince's biggest pop hits like "Pop Life" or "I Wanna Be Your Lover". Certain songs need other players to bring out the fullness of the sound of the songs.

But also, if Prince is intent on promoting 3RD EYE GIRL and a 3RD EYE GIRL tour supporting Plectrum Electrum, it would make sense he would play these shows with NPG. Partly, to give NPG one more gig of significance for a while and to play "Big City" live.

lwr001 said:

bashraka said:

Something tells me that 3RD EYE GIRL won't be his backing band for these gigs. For one thing, one twitter, in response to a question about when fans will hear "Big City", Prince responded 26th, 27th, 28th. The dates for Connecticut gigs are from the 27th-29th. At the time, Prince did that Twitter interview, he might have still been in negotiations and settled on the 27th-29th. Obviosly, a tune like "Big City" you need a larger ensemble (NPG). Secondly, 3RD EYE GIRL has played mostly theaters and mid sized venues. I don't know if Prince has enough faith in them yet to have them back him in a 20,000 seat arena. This might be the last significant gig NPG does with Prince before going into full scale promo mode for 3RD EYE GIRL's album, if indeed, the album comes out.

3EG is still the core musicians on guitar and drums with the NPG..Why wouldnt he have faith..you sound ignorant..He had faith for Montreaux now all of a sudden its gone..

[Edited 11/25/13 9:07am]

Montreux, without an "a". You ignorant.

bashraka said:

lwr001 said:

not sensitive at all.. just curious as to why folks tend to undercut the group when its obvious he is all in with them..Further, there is nothing to suggest otherwise

I believe 3RD EYE GIRL has the potential to be a great rock band lead by Prince. Even in a funk ensemble as NPG, the core musicians are good. I just expressed doubt in them playing an arena size venue similar to MSG or Joe Louis Arens as a 4 piece playing Prince's biggest pop hits like "Pop Life" or "I Wanna Be Your Lover". Certain songs need other players to bring out the fullness of the sound of the songs.

But also, if Prince is intent on promoting 3RD EYE GIRL and a 3RD EYE GIRL tour supporting Plectrum Electrum, it would make sense he would play these shows with NPG. Partly, to give NPG one more gig of significance for a while and to play "Big City" live.

Fair enough.. i would agree if he has the NPG to make it the last shows with them and move forward with 3EG in the future.. I wonder if they are gonna differentiate who is playing before txts go on sale..If Bruner was the drummer liek the dakota shows I'd feel different.v

he needs to sell 10,000 plus tickets a nite and i know most off you arent going to like what i say but unless he does the hits he wont sell.i think 3eye girl is fine just notsure how they will go over withe casual fan.

i rember when they did the first shows ,the reviews where pretty bad and tickets sales where slow so he added in the sampler set.to make more people happy.

in a small club or theater he can do what he wants but selling areanas are a differnt thing.he needs to give people who bought a tickety purple rain and the other hits.,no differnt from any other major artist.

there where only 2 groups who could basicaly do what they want and sell out every nite,the grateful dead and now phish on a large scale

[Edited 11/25/13 11:40am]

I can't believe it ... finally in Connecticut!

First time since July 2004, and that venue (Hartford Civic Center) was nearly twice the size.

I will probably try for tix to the Friday and Sunday shows.

Just booked a room at the Marriott Courtyard in Norwich for Friday night. Rooms are $209 right now, but I had a free night to use before the end of the year so that part is set!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Big City! PRINCE To Play 3 Special East Coast Shows In Late December!

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PRINCE will be playing 3 special East Coast gigs December 27th, December 28th, and December 29th at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.

This news was first broken this morning by Rolling Stone.

In a live Twitter interview/Q&A on Friday, they (PRINCE/3RDEYEGIRL) hinted at gigs in late December.

This marks Prince's first performance since 2 late night gigs at his Paisley Park studio in Minneapolis in October along with a new album due in Early 2014, an appearance on Arsenio, plus many, many, many TV appearances.

The new album will feature all new material sans "FIXURLIFEUP" which was released earlier this year.

For ticket on sale dates ...lick here!

The tickets will go on sale Friday December 6th at 10 A.M. Eastern time onTicketMaster.com

According to the Mohegan Sun's official site, the ticket prices for each show at the 10,000 seat venue will be $195.00 and $125.00 each.

This will be PRINCE's only appearance on the East Coast and shows will start promptly at 8 P.M. each night.-DocFB

Diagnosis: Starting off 2014 a little early with the party of the year!

Looking Good...... if only I was closer I sure wouldn't miss this East Coast edition. Conneticut rocks.