pre Show Rehearsal

1. Te Amo Corazon
2. Fury
3. Purple Rain
4. Let's Go Crazy

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince

NPG:

Támar ( Vocals)
The Twinz ( Background Vocals,Dance)
Morris Hayes ( Keyboards)
John Dunham ( Bass)
Cora Coleman Dunham ( Drums)

Great pics! Pretty sure you mean Josh Dunham. Maybe you were thinking of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham?

It's tough, but for me probably his best ever TV performance

I remember this on TV and to see Wendy & Lisa with Shelia E too i was

Bebop17 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince

NPG:

Támar ( Vocals)
The Twinz ( Background Vocals,Dance)
Morris Hayes ( Keyboards)
John Dunham ( Bass)
Cora Coleman Dunham ( Drums)

Great pics! Pretty sure you mean Josh Dunham. Maybe you were thinking of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham?

lol thank U

You reunited with Prince in 2006 at the Brit Awards Tell us a little bit about what led to that reunion and what it was like to rehearsing for the show. Also, the version of "Te Amo Corzon" played that night was very different, did you all work out that arrangement together?

Lisa:

Prince had been in touch with Wendy a little during that time and he asked us both if we would come play at the Brits with him. We hung out a couple of times and had dinner. We jammed... just the three of us. It was a BLAST! Then Sheila came and a few of us played around with Te Amo... we were just in his living room with a guitar and piano... congas? And it was really nice. So, yes, we worked out a little arrangement together.

http://www.starpulse.com/..._brit_awar

Prince Still Hasn't Decided on Brit Awards Performance

February 14th, 2006 9:55am EST

Prince hasn't decided whether he will play the Brit Awards tomorrow night. Organisers have been forced to leave a space on the running order in case the '80s pop superstar does turn up and wants to perform. If he shows, it will the Purple Rain singer's first live UK performance in almost a decade.

Prince - who flew into the UK yesterday - has also kept hotel bosses guessing by reserving suites at several locations around London. An insider told The Sun newspaper: "Prince had rooms booked at The Metropolitan Hotel, The Royal Garden in Kensington and The Dorchester.

"He had a greeting party waiting at the Royal Garden in Kensington at 3.30pm - the hotel pulled out all the stops."

The source added: "He planned to sweep into a car park and wait there until the paparazzi had gone away. But there were no photographers waiting at all. He then got cold feet and made a last minute decision to go to The Dorchester."

milesb said:

It's tough, but for me probably his best ever TV performance

I fucking love this performance!

I was looking forward to this so much at the time and had that slight apprehension - as probably many of us did at some point - that all my friends who knew I loved Prince would be watching, and what if Prince didn't deliver? Especially as he hadn't played anything super high profile in the UK for some time, seemingly not since he was

He so completely did deliver. I was getting texts while it was on: "He literally can play any style of music!" etc. Fury and Te Amo are so much better here than the studio versions, the classic false ending after Purple Rain before going in to Let's Go Crazy sent my oldest Prince fan pal into raptures. Shortly after in the pub with some non-prince fans told me how they couldn't believe he'd hurl a guitar as good as that up in the air and not catch it.

My favourite part is the very end where he blows a kiss to either side, his expression saying: "That's right. I just blew everyone tonight out of the water". Perhaps no big deal on the crappy Brits, but for once that show got something to be proud of.

My flatmate at the time demanded I get him a copy of the video which he'd play to his unimpressed and bored girlfriends.

OldFriends4Sale's photos of Wendy & Lisa show what an amazing deal this was, not that you really got that from the footage on the night, although seing Wendy play those opening chords to Purple Rain..

Thanks for the memories!

February 12, 2006
Earls Court 1, London

Prince

NPG:

Morris Hayes ( Keyboards)
Josh Dunham ( Bass)
Cora Coleman Dunham ( Drums)

Guests (Rev)Musicians:

Lisa Coleman (Keyboards,Vocals)

Sheila E. (Percussion/Drums,Vocals)

Wendy Melvoin (Guitar,Vocals)

1. Te Amo Corazon

At 42,000 feet above the sea
That's where U and I first came 2 be
From the dust of the earth and the knowledge tree
Te amo corazón

At last I can tell U what I've known so long
My heart's been crying out 2 sing this song
I don't care who knows it cuz there's nothing wrong
Te amo corazón

I'm so scared of losing U
I really don't know what I'd do
Can't bear the thought of another day apart
My heart, my heart... corazón

Wendy Sheila & Lisa in London

February 12, 2006
Earls Court 1, London

Prince

NPG:

Morris Hayes ( Keyboards)
John Dunham ( Bass)
Cora Coleman Dunham ( Drums)

the Twinz

Tamar

Guests (Rev)Musicians:

Lisa Coleman (Keyboards,Vocals)

Sheila E. (Percussion/Drums,Vocals)

Wendy Melvoin (Guitar,Vocals)

2. Fury

U must have heard it on the news this morning
Congratulations, a new star is born
Sun 2 shadow, rose 2 a thorn
But there ain't no fury like a woman scorned

Y'all musta dug it when U did your thang
It's like the song everybody wanna sang
When the music's over your ears'll ring
With a voice that says "Queen got no king"
Got no king, (No, she don't)

The entire performance is currently streaming on YouTube.
Grab it while ya can!