I've always wondered why he's never done a US stadium tour? He is one of the few acts that could probably pull it off without the help of an opening acts (s) due to his extensive catalog.

I thought he should have done a Purple Rain Tour Pt. 2 in stadiums becuase that tour was just bogging down with six,seven, eight arenas dates in cities.

There are challenges for doing a tour of this type one being wil there be enough demand. my answer is yes but I doubt he would approve of :" Prince Does All the Hits Tour live at MetLife Stadium".

He could do also multi city venue tour like the Stones did a few years back. One show in a stadium, another in an arena and a final in a small club or theater in the same city. Tailor each show to an era of his catalog.

Would love to see him attempt this in the United States and then elsewhere.

Forgive me if this idea has been posted before.

Stadium shows suck. No.

Stadium tour in the USA? He wouldn't sell out unless the tickets were $5 for 40,000 of the seats, and $20 for 20,000 and maybe $200 for 1000 of them for the diehards. If he hadn't sabotaged his career, he might be playing stadiums...but oh about 250 bad career decisions led to him only being an Arena draw. And his live shows can be either legendary like 2002 ONA, 2004 Musicology...or a mixed bag, like the 2011 Welcome 2 The Shelby Put Your Hands Up Tour. MUCH of the 3rd Eye Girl 2013-14 tour was either awesome or close to it, but the NPG shows with both bands were inconsistent.

Could you imagine him playing a show like Musicology or SOTT in a stadium? It would rock. But if he did a show with 10 cover songs and a 40 minute version of Play That Funky Music...it would hurt his reputation...

But he doesn't have a reputation to get a stadium tour. Nobody would promote it.

I don't think Prince could sellout stadiums,could he? I know he's a popular live act,but there are only a handful of artists and bands who could do a successful tour of stadiums (U2 and the Rolling Stones come to mind).

SoulAlive said:

I don't think Prince could sellout stadiums,could he? I know he's a popular live act,but there are only a handful of artists and bands who could do a successful tour of stadiums (U2 and the Rolling Stones come to mind).

and Kid Rock. In fact Kid Rock just sold out 20 shows in Detroit at Comerica Park. Granted his tickets were only $20 but still thats alot of people and alot of shows. If Prince charged $20 he could probably do it. However I would rather see him in smaller theaters and play new material and obscurities. If he played stadiums it would be that same garbage show of the past 10 years of the same 13 hits over and over which is really gotten tired. I want to see some newer fresher material however I just wonder if Prince has any desire to play anything past 1987. IT sure doesn't seem like it based off of those Louisville shows. I would love to see another Rainbow Children esqe tour where he played newer material and a few rarer old songs. The hits are lame nowadays!!

A stadium tour.

Are you in a parallel universe or were youdrinking, smoking, sniffing?

A stadium of fairly decent size (40K plus...) requires planning to book and sell out.

Planning abilities is what mr Prince lacks severely.

Yes, he mostly did sell out the Stade de France in 2011 or so, but that is probably an exception.

Others can fill in the details on locations, capacities, amounts of fans and break even ticket prices.

The dude is less than 5ft tall. Stadiums arent for him.

antonb said:

Ofcouse he could do a stadium tour, keep the prices down for the ticket, make it an out and out hits tour.

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Yeah! Another hits tour.

We did not hear the hits enough the last few years.

udo said:

No to stadiums, imho:


I am not going anymore to the big stadiums / arenas,

I have a problem to be around huge crowds, I gets easily exhausted (I am after all 49... lol),

But a smaller venue with chairs / seats, then I might go..

^ Ps)

For personal reasons, I was not at the big Prince-concerts recently in Denmark.

1. Smukfest, Skanderborg --- no.

2. Roskilde Festival --- no.

3. NPG Festival at 10-Øren, Amager Copenhagen --- no.

I would love to go, to the smaller venues like Falkoner Salen, indoor with nice seats. Like ONA, Live in 2002.

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No

Stadium Concerts = Hits and medleys

stillwaiting said:

Stadium tour in the USA? He wouldn't sell out unless the tickets were $5 for 40,000 of the seats, and $20 for 20,000 and maybe $200 for 1000 of them for the diehards. If he hadn't sabotaged his career, he might be playing stadiums...but oh about 250 bad career decisions led to him only being an Arena draw. And his live shows can be either legendary like 2002 ONA, 2004 Musicology...or a mixed bag, like the 2011 Welcome 2 The Shelby Put Your Hands Up Tour. MUCH of the 3rd Eye Girl 2013-14 tour was either awesome or close to it, but the NPG shows with both bands were inconsistent.

Could you imagine him playing a show like Musicology or SOTT in a stadium? It would rock. But if he did a show with 10 cover songs and a 40 minute version of Play That Funky Music...it would hurt his reputation...

But he doesn't have a reputation to get a stadium tour. Nobody would promote it.

He would have his choice of promoters lining up to promote it. I think he could do it major markets: NYC ,LA, DC, ATL, Detroit , Boston, HOU ,MIA.

The Police hand't toured for almost twenty five years and returned to do an strong stadium/arena tour. It can be done.

2funkE said:

No

Stadium Concerts = Hits and medleys

Apparently small theaters do too. Have you seen the setlists from Louisville?

He could have pulled it off in 1984...and 2004...now?

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No. I like him in the smaller places...but he would sell out with no problem.

I've never seen a concert in a stadium and I wouldn't want to.I prefer arenas.

antonb said:

Wembley stadium in particular I have fond memories of.

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See http://princevault.com/in...July,_1993

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I was there.

Not in the very front but close enough to really enjoy that show.

The experience might have been different for people in other locations.

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(Marco and Theo, if you read this please contact me)

Made an impact in Sweden. On an outside festival, Way Out West. Criticts named it one of the best in Swedish history. With no promotion album in 2011. He'll sell out there for sure.

trax said:

SoulAlive said:

I don't think Prince could sellout stadiums,could he? I know he's a popular live act,but there are only a handful of artists and bands who could do a successful tour of stadiums (U2 and the Rolling Stones come to mind).

and Kid Rock. In fact Kid Rock just sold out 20 shows in Detroit at Comerica Park. Granted his tickets were only $20 but still thats alot of people and alot of shows. If Prince charged $20 he could probably do it. However I would rather see him in smaller theaters and play new material and obscurities. If he played stadiums it would be that same garbage show of the past 10 years of the same 13 hits over and over which is really gotten tired. I want to see some newer fresher material however I just wonder if Prince has any desire to play anything past 1987. IT sure doesn't seem like it based off of those Louisville shows. I would love to see another Rainbow Children esqe tour where he played newer material and a few rarer old songs. The hits are lame nowadays!!

These people sell out coz they write for stadiums. You go along to these acts like a festival-the crowd itself is the biggest pull itself I think. For that general audience the actual pop stars could stay at home and pay a tribute act to go on stage. It would probably still sell out!