3rdeyedude said:

Check out the photo Ron Wood tweeted on April 21. Never seen this one.

https://twitter.com/ronni...7664265217

Thx 3rdeyedude!! U just made my day!!

3rdeyedude said:

Check out the photo Ron Wood tweeted on April 21. Never seen this one.

https://twitter.com/ronni...7664265217

That'll be the last night at Wembley in 86. It was my first Prince concert. What a great night. I remember seeing this picture a few times in the British press back then.

"people are jumping to conclusions by throwing the race-card on the table"....."very much doubt that Prince's skin color had much of anything"...............The OP said; "a school aquaintance's older brother's and uncle threw dog poop and lots of 'N' words about".........Sorry, but I believe the OP. The male rock and rollers I went to school with used to call P all kinds of homophobic and racist names during that era. ...."Prince came out dressed in bikini briefs"............It's still never been confirmed that he still wore that look opening for the Stones. He has black pants and boots in the pics...He was probably wearing the outfit he rocked in the "Controversy" video that the male Stones fans weren't trying to deal with.......which is still weird considering that Mick Jagger wore lipstick, eye shadow and gender bended in the 70's on and offstage.

SPYZFAN1 said:

"people are jumping to conclusions by throwing the race-card on the table"....."very much doubt that Prince's skin color had much of anything"...............The OP said; "a school aquaintance's older brother's and uncle threw dog poop and lots of 'N' words about".........Sorry, but I believe the OP. The male rock and rollers I went to school with used to call P all kinds of homophobic and racist names during that era. ...."Prince came out dressed in bikini briefs"............It's still never been confirmed that he still wore that look opening for the Stones. He has black pants and boots in the pics...He was probably wearing the outfit he rocked in the "Controversy" video that the male Stones fans weren't trying to deal with.......which is still weird considering that Mick Jagger wore lipstick, eye shadow and gender bended in the 70's on and offstage.

3rdeyedude said:

SpinsterSister said:

I so remember this distinctly. Although I did not attend the concert, it was in my direct area and all my school friends were going and they HATED Prince! Hated him before his appearance with the Stones and made major fun of me and my choice of musician. Holy cow it was way worse after the concerts - I knew LA in that time frame and for Prince to open up for the rock band showed he had a lot of guts to go through with it. I rememeber the local rock stations (KMET primarily) absolutely not allowing any Prince "rock" music and for at least one week afterward his appearance was fodder for their jokes and editorial comments regarding the death of "classic rock"......yep, it was like that in liberal L.A. in the early 80s, I am glad you started the thread, it's good to remember that not everybody thought Prince had talent or even right to perform with other artists. It just goes to show how determined, talented and goodness, balls he really had. Too bad today's "artists" are not of the same caliber.

This is really interesting, I'd assumed that Prince would have been largely unknown at that point, probably because, at that time, I was living in the UK where he would remain very obscure until at least a year later. Maybe a lot of the people there that day had already made up their minds to give him a hard time.

You're absolutely right about his determination. That's a lesson for us all. If you believe in yourself and what you're doing, one day you'll earn respect and recognition.

KingSausage said:

3rdeyedude said:

Check out the photo Ron Wood tweeted on April 21. Never seen this one.

https://twitter.com/ronni...7664265217

What an awesome photo!

its from august 14 1986 it was first used in rolling stone magazine . I went to the concert on august 13 .

I wonder if the Stones recorded the support acts, because if they did, they have a goldmine of music. I know for the "Get Yer Ya Yas Out" reissue, that was the case.

dalsh327 said:

Where did those of pics of Prince onstage opening from the Stones come from?