So... Donna, Hannah, Ida and Trevor Guy have all apologised for the fuck up confusion surrounding the non-existant Toronto gig but on the 3rdeyegirl twitter there is nothing. Am I the only one to find this a bit strange?

Let's hope this motivates Prince to do a normal tour and advertise his dates well in advance of the concerts so that we can make plans. It doesn't mean that we love him less, it just means that we are all getting to old to be finding fluffy.

Well there was this on Billboard's website...

http://www.billboard.com/...ce=twitter

but ummm, it really doesn't make it seem any less of total clusterfuck.

JFC...he's way too old to be pulling this sort of shit. I feel bad for the girls.

They really have nothing to apologize for. As far as I know, nothing official came from his camp that there would be a performance. Disappointing for those there, I'm sure, but the Toronto media should be the ones taking the blame for blowing it up before they had confirmation.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Well there was this on Billboard's website...

http://www.billboard.com/...ce=twitter

Prince's band 3RDEYEGIRL released an apology to their fans regarding a rumored Prince show in Toronto on Tuesday (Nov. 4) that saw hundreds line up in the cold and rain with the hopes of obtaining a ticket for a secret concert at Massey Hall.

"We are thankful for the outpouring of love and support and apologize for any confusion surrounding the anticipated performance tonight," reads the statement sent to Billboard from Schure Media Group.

"Our technical crew is set up in Toronto to rehearse lighting and sound for possible future performances. As Live Nation and Massey Hall announced earlier today, there is not a scheduled performance tonight; there was never confirmation of a show.

"We love and thank our fans in Toronto. To all those who lined up and travelled in to the city for tickets, we hope to see you soon and are looking forward to bringing our show to Toronto in the future."

On Monday night, in the early morning hours, 3RDEYEGIRL had tweeted "4th day of November, we need a purple high: OTNOROT [Toronto spelled backwards] CALLING…" A page for a Prince show on Nov. 4 had shown up on the Ticketmaster website, and fans saw furniture and white flowers pass through the venue doors Tuesday. Massey Hall even put out barricades on the sidewalk to keep fans in an orderly line. A few people, likely from the crew, sent photos of the 3RDEYEGIRL drum kit set up on the stage, which circulated on social media. But no confirmation was ever given. Some fans lined up for 12 hours, with no one in authority telling them they were wasting their time despite all the media coverage, social media and email enquiries.

Finally, Live Nation tweeted, "Sorry, Prince will not be performing tonight or tomorrow night." The crowd was told to go home at 3:30 p.m., but some still stuck around until 6 hoping the box office would open. It didn't.

but ummm, it really doesn't make it seem any less of total clusterfuck.

Yes...exactly... that's my point. That apology was on Billboards website and yet there wasn't a peep on the 3rdeyegirl twitter. Once again it's the Prince fans that get mugged off and P can't even be bothered to copy and paste any of the several apologies to his official page. total clusterfuck indeed.

If there was no show then why would the 3rd eye twitter account post - 4th day of novmber we need a.... Toronto

Such BS

motherfunka said:

They really have nothing to apologize for. As far as I know, nothing official came from his camp that there would be a performance. Disappointing for those there, I'm sure, but the Toronto media should be the ones taking the blame for blowing it up before they had confirmation.

I'm pretty sure the staff at Massey Hall wouldn't have just let a couple of hundred or so people stand around outside of their venue - waiting for hours - for absolutely no reason at all. Something was supposed to happen, it obviously fell through, to save face (their own), all parties concerned went the "since we never actually confirmed it, let's pretend it was never going to happen" route and it's the fans that looked foolish for jumping through hoops based on some random cryptic Tweet, in the first place.

It's not rocket science, just Princeology 101.

No Prince concert? *sigh* ...Gee...thanks Obama. *I joke, I kid*

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HatrinaHaterwitz said:

TwiliteKid said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I'm pretty sure the staff at Massey Hall wouldn't have just let a couple of hundred or so people stand around outside of their venue - waiting for hours - for absolutely no reason at all. Something was supposed to happen, it obviously fell through, to save face (their own), all parties concerned went the "since we never actually confirmed it, let's pretend it was never going to happen" route and it's the fans that looked foolish for jumping through hoops based on some random cryptic Tweet, in the first place.

It's not rocket science, just Princeology 101.

There were way more than couple hundred people there. The line stretched from Shuter down to a Queen and around the corner, and we were 3-4 deep in most spots. I got there at 9:30, and was maybe 30 people back from the front. As for the claim that it "was the media's fault": There were rumours about the show floating around the night before, a 3rdEyeGirl tweet the morning of that mentioned Toronto and the date, a photo of Hannah's drums on the Massey stage, a Ticketmaster page for the event, and Massey had security and barricades in place to control the line. All signs pointed to yes.

That just makes it all the more of the damn shame that it really is. But hey, there can always be better luck next time, right?

TwiliteKid said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I'm pretty sure the staff at Massey Hall wouldn't have just let a couple of hundred or so people stand around outside of their venue - waiting for hours - for absolutely no reason at all. Something was supposed to happen, it obviously fell through, to save face (their own), all parties concerned went the "since we never actually confirmed it, let's pretend it was never going to happen" route and it's the fans that looked foolish for jumping through hoops based on some random cryptic Tweet, in the first place.

It's not rocket science, just Princeology 101.

There were way more than couple hundred people there. The line stretched from Shuter down to a Queen and around the corner, and we were 3-4 deep in most spots. I got there at 9:30, and was maybe 30 people back from the front. As for the claim that it "was the media's fault": There were rumours about the show floating around the night before, a 3rdEyeGirl tweet the morning of that mentioned Toronto and the date, a photo of Hannah's drums on the Massey stage, a Ticketmaster page for the event, and Massey had security and barricades in place to control the line. All signs pointed to yes.

The photo of Hannah's drum kit was from the media, right? I just saw a few of the news clips posted on the other thread. I agree that all signs did point to yes, but he must of changed his mind mid afternoon. I'm totally not buying that they just rented the space to practice setting up the equipment and lighting. They can do that at Paisley Park for free. Believe me, I've had many false alarms living in Minneapolis. Very frustrating!

We know ............ http://prince.org/msg/12/412039


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