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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 a.m. EST 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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[Edited 11/25/13 6:31am]

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.

That is probably the case... especially when it was said 3EG's first stop is London.

Wrong forum. Already posted in the Concerts forum http://prince.org/msg/12/403187