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rogifan

Inside Prince's last Australian tour

Wow he was planning to come back in November and one of the shows was going to be filmed. sad

http://www.dailytelegraph...f85ce31043
Paisley Park is in your heart
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Reply #1 posted 10/15/16 12:22pm

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This was a nice story, but now it just makes me sad.
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Reply #2 posted 10/15/16 12:45pm

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Melbourne shows I saw were just excellent. "Genius" truly is the right and only word. So pleased I got to see the genius at work and at his best one last time. Thank You Princeđź’ś
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rogifan said:

Wow he was planning to come back in November and one of the shows was going to be filmed. sad http://www.dailytelegraph...f85ce31043

Paywall restriction on the story unfortunately. sad

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Reply #4 posted 10/15/16 4:26pm

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Marrk said:



rogifan said:


Wow he was planning to come back in November and one of the shows was going to be filmed. sad http://www.dailytelegraph...f85ce31043


Paywall restriction on the story unfortunately. sad


Oh wow it worked for me this morning.
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Reply #5 posted 10/15/16 4:46pm

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More Prince info on Australia: This blows my mind. How the heck...? No offense to our fam in Oz but whassup with your shippig abilites ova deah?

The full story behind Prince’s Perth concert and the purple piano

THE full story behind Prince’s first and only Perth concert, his final in Australia before his shock death in April, has finally emerged.

Luke Hede, vice-president of Live Nation, revealed the musical genius personally requested to perform in WA as part of his Piano & A Microphone Tour.

“He wanted to go to Perth as he’d never been there,” Mr Hede said.

“We announced it on February 11 for a show on February 25.

“It was on sale for literally less than two weeks. That’s the fastest turnaround I’ve ever worked on.”

Prince’s purple piano on stage.

There was just one problem: the to-Prince’s-exact-specifications piano, that had been found in Melbourne and flown to Sydney and Auckland, couldn’t make it to Perth within the 24-hour turnaround.

“Prince could make the show on a private jet, he flew straight to Perth after the show in Auckland, but they couldn’t fit the piano on the jet,” Mr Hede said.

“So they got his purple piano from his studio at Paisley Park (in the US state of Minnesota) and sent it to Perth for that one show.”

Prince's purple piano was in Perth.

The solo show at Perth Arena was lauded by critics and music-lovers.

There was no sign of the 57-year-old’s rumoured hip issues.

“Prince was jumping around onstage and literally dancing on the piano,” Mr Hede said.

“After the concert, we got a call to take his piano to Crown Perth ... He’s renowned for doing these late-night shows/afterparties. At around 1am he got up onstage, got the venue to turn all the lights off and did remixes of his songs on the keyboard. It was incredible.

“That was technically his last Australian performance.”

Prince returned to the US for a string of solo shows – his concert in Atlanta on April 14 would be his last.

Just one week later he was found dead at Paisley Park after an accidental overdose of the opiod fentanyl.

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Reply #6 posted 10/15/16 6:55pm

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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/stellar/a-behindthescenes-look-at-princes-last-australian-tour/news-story/26f03d777dc59ee22bce58f85ce31043

**Is this the link you were wanting to see??

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Reply #7 posted 10/15/16 9:48pm

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Marrk said:



rogifan said:


Wow he was planning to come back in November and one of the shows was going to be filmed. sad http://www.dailytelegraph...f85ce31043


Paywall restriction on the story unfortunately. sad


Same here, but the cached version on google worked for me...

https://www.google.com/ur...bl0HvQE4tw
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