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Thread started 03/22/19 5:22am

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How would the "Battle of the Bands" Tour have taken place had it happened?

...back in '84?

Say things were copacetic between Morris Day and Prince and the Time stayed together or at least long enough to do the tour for Purple Rain, how would the whole Prince and The Revolution/The Time/Apollonia 6 Battle of the Bands Tour have played out?

P had the idea of having all 3 entities tour independently to play up the rival bands theme of the movie. How exactly would this have worked? Were The Time popular enough to sell out arenas? Who would back up Apollonia 6? Would all 3 groups be performing within the same region or scattered across the country?

It was a really elaborate plan that I can only imagine the spectacle of had things worked out as intended.
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Reply #1 posted 03/22/19 8:11am

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It already did on the 1999 Tour, food fights included.

Plot twist: The Time won.

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #2 posted 03/22/19 8:26am

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TrivialPursuit said:

It already did on the 1999 Tour, food fights included.

Plot twist: The Time won.

The PR Tour was originally supposed to comprise of Prince (and The Revolution), The Time and Apollonia 6 as separate touring bands unlike the 1999 Tour when they were all on the same bill.

That's how it seemed to be described in the PR Sessions book, at least.
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Reply #3 posted 03/22/19 11:18am

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would Apollonia 6 have been on the bill?

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Reply #4 posted 03/22/19 12:27pm

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OldFriends4Sale said:



would Apollonia 6 have been on the bill?




How do you post images from your phone?
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Reply #5 posted 03/24/19 9:36pm

PeteSilas

No doubt the time.
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