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Thread started 07/08/16 11:06am

DMarieIsMe

Why didn't Prince tour more in the USA south?

There are SO MANY fans in Texas. He literally NEVER comes here. I jumped out of my seat when he went to Louisiana. i just KNEW he was going to come to Texas. I wanted to see him in concert so bad. :/

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Reply #1 posted 07/08/16 11:17am

PurpleBabied

For much the same reasons he didn't really tour anywhere I lived while he was alive.

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Reply #2 posted 07/08/16 11:45am

DMarieIsMe

PurpleBabied said:

For much the same reasons he didn't really tour anywhere I lived while he was alive.

I don't know why someone edited my title. There isn't anything hard to understand. 'North, South, East & West' people.

Yeah, I wish he came here more. We anticpate on him ALL the time.

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Reply #3 posted 07/08/16 11:56am

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living in texas and him not touring in the south at all ... i havent been attached to him since 2005 ...

its like hes been gone ... when the 3rd eyed came along ,it has only been a few songs that have been worth a shit

dont get me wrong ... I wish he was still here with US ... ONE DAY WE WILL BE !!!

but NOW that hes gone ..

I have went to see alot more concerts ..have a new taste in music .. i kinda was just caught up in his style ... I have replaced some of his love for other artist

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Reply #4 posted 07/08/16 12:15pm

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DMarieIsMe said:

There are SO MANY fans in Texas. He literally NEVER comes here. I jumped out of my seat when he went to Louisiana. i just KNEW he was going to come to Texas. I wanted to see him in concert so bad. :/


Well we know that's simply untrue. He made multiple stops in Texas for many tours. Sometimes circling back around to the same city (Houston, Austin) on the same tour.

http://sites.google.com/site/princetourhistory/ Search ", TX" and look at the dates. Maybe you just kept missing him.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #5 posted 07/08/16 1:04pm

Dolphinking23

his last show was in Atlanta.. and Nashville was supposed to be the next Piano and Mic show after that..

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Reply #6 posted 07/08/16 1:53pm

DMarieIsMe

TrivialPursuit said:

DMarieIsMe said:

There are SO MANY fans in Texas. He literally NEVER comes here. I jumped out of my seat when he went to Louisiana. i just KNEW he was going to come to Texas. I wanted to see him in concert so bad. :/


Well we know that's simply untrue. He made multiple stops in Texas for many tours. Sometimes circling back around to the same city (Houston, Austin) on the same tour.

http://sites.google.com/site/princetourhistory/ Search ", TX" and look at the dates. Maybe you just kept missing him.

Dude, the last time Prince came here was in 2004 during the Musicology Era. I can safely say he NEVER comes here. The 80's doesn't even count. We never had heard of Prince coming to the south for a long while & even when he did he STILL managed to skip Texas.

Does he just hate it here or something? :/

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Reply #7 posted 07/08/16 1:55pm

DMarieIsMe

madison said:

living in texas and him not touring in the south at all ... i havent been attached to him since 2005 ...

its like hes been gone ... when the 3rd eyed came along ,it has only been a few songs that have been worth a shit

dont get me wrong ... I wish he was still here with US ... ONE DAY WE WILL BE !!!

but NOW that hes gone ..

I have went to see alot more concerts ..have a new taste in music .. i kinda was just caught up in his style ... I have replaced some of his love for other artist

biggrin

Thank you for understanding that he NEVER came here. I am GLAD someone from this state can attest to this. You won't find Prince walking around in this place. I find it increasingly harder to find Prince items here in the south. I don't get it.

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There's nothing greater, U and me.✿
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Reply #8 posted 07/08/16 2:01pm

TrivialPursuit

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DMarieIsMe said:

TrivialPursuit said:


Well we know that's simply untrue. He made multiple stops in Texas for many tours. Sometimes circling back around to the same city (Houston, Austin) on the same tour.

http://sites.google.com/site/princetourhistory/ Search ", TX" and look at the dates. Maybe you just kept missing him.

Dude, the last time Prince came here was in 2004 during the Musicology Era. I can safely say he NEVER comes here. The 80's doesn't even count. We never had heard of Prince coming to the south for a long while & even when he did he STILL managed to skip Texas.

Does he just hate it here or something? :/


Look at his tour history. He went very few US places at all. Vegas for that long stint, that some longer dates in Denver, and the midwest. Lots of stuff overseas: Australia, Canada, Europe, so the south is just part of what he missed post-Musicology. The Carolinas a coupe of times are the exceptions. And that's stretching it.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #9 posted 07/08/16 2:21pm

derrick31

I'm so happy I live in Los Angeles. He played here every year, whether it was on tour or a one off show. Last show I saw him at was at the Palladium in 2015.
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Reply #10 posted 07/08/16 2:31pm

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TrivialPursuit said:



DMarieIsMe said:




TrivialPursuit said:




Well we know that's simply untrue. He made multiple stops in Texas for many tours. Sometimes circling back around to the same city (Houston, Austin) on the same tour.

http://sites.google.com/site/princetourhistory/ Search ", TX" and look at the dates. Maybe you just kept missing him.



Dude, the last time Prince came here was in 2004 during the Musicology Era. I can safely say he NEVER comes here. The 80's doesn't even count. We never had heard of Prince coming to the south for a long while & even when he did he STILL managed to skip Texas.


Does he just hate it here or something? :/




Look at his tour history. He went very few US places at all. Vegas for that long stint, that some longer dates in Denver, and the midwest. Lots of stuff overseas: Australia, Canada, Europe, so the south is just part of what he missed post-Musicology. The Carolinas a coupe of times are the exceptions. And that's stretching it.


Heck in the 2000s he only played Minnesota (not including Paisley Park one offs) 3 times - 2001, 2004 and 2013. He really seemed to like NY, LA and Oakland.
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Reply #11 posted 07/08/16 2:53pm

CROWNS1

He came to Charleston in 1981 at a small venue, and then didn't come back for 30 years, to a larger venue.

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Reply #12 posted 07/08/16 3:14pm

PurpleBabied

DMarieIsMe said:

PurpleBabied said:

For much the same reasons he didn't really tour anywhere I lived while he was alive.

I don't know why someone edited my title. There isn't anything hard to understand. 'North, South, East & West' people.

Yeah, I wish he came here more. We anticpate on him ALL the time.

The Purple Army is international?

I mean, per this site he came to my hometown 10 times and for 9 of them I was literally too young to go.

[Edited 7/8/16 15:38pm]

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Reply #13 posted 07/08/16 3:40pm

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rogifan said:

TrivialPursuit said:



DMarieIsMe said:




TrivialPursuit said:




Well we know that's simply untrue. He made multiple stops in Texas for many tours. Sometimes circling back around to the same city (Houston, Austin) on the same tour.

http://sites.google.com/site/princetourhistory/ Search ", TX" and look at the dates. Maybe you just kept missing him.



Dude, the last time Prince came here was in 2004 during the Musicology Era. I can safely say he NEVER comes here. The 80's doesn't even count. We never had heard of Prince coming to the south for a long while & even when he did he STILL managed to skip Texas.


Does he just hate it here or something? :/




Look at his tour history. He went very few US places at all. Vegas for that long stint, that some longer dates in Denver, and the midwest. Lots of stuff overseas: Australia, Canada, Europe, so the south is just part of what he missed post-Musicology. The Carolinas a coupe of times are the exceptions. And that's stretching it.


Heck in the 2000s he only played Minnesota (not including Paisley Park one offs) 3 times - 2001, 2004 and 2013. He really seemed to like NY, LA and Oakland.

I'm sooooo thankful he loved the Bay!!!! nod
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Reply #14 posted 07/08/16 3:48pm

PurpleBabied

Yes, he pretty much stopped touring broadly in the US after Musicology.

C'est la vie.

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Reply #15 posted 07/08/16 4:08pm

DMarieIsMe

I feel sorry for all you who didn't have Prince come to your states ever or in awhile.

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Reply #16 posted 07/08/16 4:13pm

laytonian

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Prince didn't come to Utah until 1997, to open a new music-friendly arena (at that time, named The E-Center) in a suburb of Salt Lake City. The Jazz arena (Delta Center) was notorious for having poor accoustics....PLUS, WE ARE UTAH.

I've been to Texas quite a bit and Texas' weird laws are a lot like Utah's.

We looked like real hicks when Prince came in '97. Why? Because they cut his after-show jam at Salt Lake City's Bricks Club after only about 45 minutes. Why? Because of a law that said you can't dance after 2am!

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/841266/Let-them-dance-all-night-long-Rocky-says.html?pg=all

He did come back to Usana amphitheater....both appearances here when we were out of town for lengthy times.

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Reply #17 posted 07/08/16 4:15pm

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laytonian said:

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Prince didn't come to Utah until 1997, to open a new music-friendly arena (at that time, named The E-Center) in a suburb of Salt Lake City. The Jazz arena (Delta Center) was notorious for having poor accoustics....PLUS, WE ARE UTAH.

I've been to Texas quite a bit and Texas' weird laws are a lot like Utah's.

We looked like real hicks when Prince came in '97. Why? Because they cut his after-show jam at Salt Lake City's Bricks Club after only about 45 minutes. Why? Because of a law that said you can't dance after 2am!
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/841266/Let-them-dance-all-night-long-Rocky-says.html?pg=all

He did come back to Usana in 2004 (Musicology)....both times appearing here when we were out of town for lengthy times. sad
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Reply #18 posted 07/08/16 4:38pm

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laytonian said:

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Prince didn't come to Utah until 1997, to open a new music-friendly arena (at that time, named The E-Center) in a suburb of Salt Lake City. The Jazz arena (Delta Center) was notorious for having poor accoustics....PLUS, WE ARE UTAH.



I've been to Texas quite a bit and Texas' weird laws are a lot like Utah's.



We looked like real hicks when Prince came in '97. Why? Because they cut his after-show jam at Salt Lake City's Bricks Club after only about 45 minutes. Why? Because of a law that said you can't dance after 2am!


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/841266/Let-them-dance-all-night-long-Rocky-says.html?pg=all



He did come back to Usana amphitheater....both appearances here when we were out of town for lengthy times.


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[Edited 7/8/16 16:16pm]


Yea, that would do it. My boy loved an aftershow!
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Reply #19 posted 07/08/16 4:45pm

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He played 2 Jam of the Year tour dates in Houston within one year, the 2nd one being a New Years show with an after party concert.

Then he played two Musicology shows here. I saw both.

He played 6 Purple Rain shows in a row here.

There's an entire 1999 Houston concert on bootleg video

I saw him on his Lovesexy '88 tour here.

I also saw the Tamar concert with Prince as her guitarist at the grand opening of a small venue here in Houston.

And I was front row center to the ONA show he did here....

Oh yeah, he played the 2000 era Hit n Run show at the University of Houston. I couldn't believe it when he opened old school with Uptown.

He found a lot of band members around here too... Morris Hayes, Cora and Josh, Tamar.

He secretly booked recording time at a studio in Houston at one point as well.

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Reply #20 posted 07/08/16 4:57pm

PurpleBabied

Well, I'm jealous of all of you orgers who got to see Prince live in concert ever.

Hold on those memories with your last coherent firing synapses along with the best moments of your lives.

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Reply #21 posted 07/08/16 4:57pm

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I stay away fromthe South because of mosquitoes & humidity. Maybe he wa adverse to thoe conditions as well.

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