I would go back to the Lovesexy show I saw in Los Angeles. It was magic.

I would go back to one of the 2 Paris Act II shows I saw, if only because I was front row on both.

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But to be fair, it would still be great but it probably wouldn't be the same mindblowing experience it was unless I could also be 16 again.

P & M show, when Vanity died.

I'm fortunate enough to have been to many shows, including lots of the famous ones, but If I could go back, it would be the last time I saw him (Private Autisim Rocks gig - London), simply to soak it up and appreciate that this was the 'final call'.

FragileUndertow said:

SoulAlive said:

FragileUndertow said:

Lovesexy : Oakland, CA. Nov. 10th? 1988 My first prince show.

I was at the Friday (November 11,1988) show best concert I have ever seen!

Mine was Sunday, November 6, at the Memorial Sports Arena.

I was in San Diego in the Navy on Coronado Island. Took a bus to L.A. to stay w/ my aunt & uncle, bought a ticket ($75!) plus some new clothes at International Male in West Hollywood. Then after the show, got back on a bus to San Diego to be up and at work on my ship by 7am.

Totally worth it.

SoulAlive said:

FragileUndertow said:

Lovesexy : Oakland, CA. Nov. 10th? 1988
My first prince show.

I was at the Friday (November 11,1988) show best concert I have ever seen!

TrivialPursuit said:

FragileUndertow said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Mine was Sunday, November 6, at the Memorial Sports Arena.

I was in San Diego in the Navy on Coronado Island. Took a bus to L.A. to stay w/ my aunt & uncle, bought a ticket ($75!) plus some new clothes at International Male in West Hollywood. Then after the show, got back on a bus to San Diego to be up and at work on my ship by 7am.

Totally worth it.

I'm sure I've told my story here before. I was 15 and bought one ticket to the show on my own. All I remember was my mother telling me "How are you going to get there!?" I had no way there 😂 Oakland is at least a 40 minute drive. Anywho my uncle bought a ticket and took me to the show. But he was not able to get a seat near me. He was a section or 2 away. But it didnt matter to me 🤩

That's bold for a 15 year old. haha

TrivialPursuit said:

FragileUndertow said:

SoulAlive said:

I was at the Friday (November 11,1988) show best concert I have ever seen!

Here the set list to the Nov 10th show https://princevault.com/i...ember_1988

Here is the 11th https://princevault.com/i...ember_1988

Nov 6th https://princevault.com/i...ember_1988

Oooh, this is a hard choice between two of my favourite shows.

There's the first of the 1987 Galgenwaard Sign "O" The Times concerts, which was SUCH an amazing show, made magical because of many, many reasons, but the moment where all the lighters flashed to the beat of the intro of Forever In My Life, like a wave of light, pulsating towards the darkening summer sky. Made quite an impression and probably the moment I became die-hard fan.

And then there's the 2002 Bataclan aftershow, when he lay down on the stage and I shouted to my friend Bram "This is going to be a legendary show!" And it was; he was in such a good mood; he used all the different voices that I love so well and he swept me off my feet.

If I had the choice... I'd chose 2002, I think...

The final purple rain show at the Orange bowl in Miami if I knew then what I know now I would've found someway to get into that sound check

SoulAlive said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Mine was Sunday, November 6, at the Memorial Sports Arena.

I was in San Diego in the Navy on Coronado Island. Took a bus to L.A. to stay w/ my aunt & uncle, bought a ticket ($75!) plus some new clothes at International Male in West Hollywood. Then after the show, got back on a bus to San Diego to be up and at work on my ship by 7am.

Totally worth it.

Incredible shows,huh?

I always value the Lovesexy shows not just because it's the only one I've been able to attend. But also because it's the last time Prince really fleshed out a conceptual tour. Up through Purple Rain, the tours were recreations of videos, (or the movie), and some quasi-religious banter. But SOTT had a bit more of a storyline in some regards - at least visually. Lovesexy had a full on evil vs. good narrative, from being tempted by Spooky Electric in the first act, to being reborn out of the earth in a figurative garden of Eden in the second act.

Subsequent tours were focused on performace again. Nude Tour's biggest drama was incorporating kanji symbols and Batman symbology. D&P and focused more on Diamond and Pearl, plus Mayte, and the pseudo-Princess of Egypt thing, but it was peppered in at most. After that, he was disavowing anything Prince for a while, then focusing on his freedom. Later tours were "real music by real musicians."

So Lovesexy was a very special time. While all his shows are just amazing, Lovesexy was an arch in his story as a creative mind to make music visual and interactive. More than anything MTV ever hoped to accomplish.

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Thisis not fair.

Impossible to choose.

But if a pistol being hold to my head, it'll be (bold)

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Parade Tour in Vorst Nationaal Brussels.

Sign O The Times Tour in SportPaleis Antwerp.

Lovesexy Tour in SportPaleis Antwerp.

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Very difficult but ....

first time live for me: 14 August, 1986 - Wembley Arena, London

http://www.princevault.co...ugust_1986

While I sadly never got to see him live, one performance I have always returned to since becoming a fan (8 years ago) is the 31st August show at the Tokyo Dome during the Nude tour. It's gotta be one of my favourite Prince shows ever, and I often call it "the greatest show I never attended"

While I sadly never got to see him live, one performance I have always returned to since becoming a fan (8 years ago) is the 31st August show at the Tokyo Dome during the Nude tour. It's gotta be one of my favourite Prince shows ever, and I often call it "the greatest show I never attended"

if I had to choose any one it would be 25th February 2008 at 77 Beverly Park Lane. I was not there that (or any other) night, but it would really be something to see Prince and Stevie Wonder AND Maceo Parker AND Beverley Knight share the stage with some of the best musicians P ever played with.

It would be perfect if Mono Neon, Lisa Coleman, Fred Yonnet, and Chaka Kahn were in the band too, but that only happened in my dreams

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LoveGalore said:

Small Club or the Glam Slam Miami Bday show. They're far and away my favorite live shows of his and I would straight up cry my eyes out prob.

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Damn yes !!!

Small club.

That's it.

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I've been to a lot, so can't pick just one.

Purple Rain tour April 1, 1985 - My first Prince show

Lovesexy tour September 19, 1988 - My first face to face interaction with Prince and the show was amazing

The Beautfiul Experience February 12, 1994 - Awesome party and performance at Paisley Park

Mayte's 21st Birthday Party November 12, 1994 - One of the very few times Prince perfromed in the atrium at Paisley Park and he handed me a tambourine

Piano and a Microphone both shows at Paisley Park January 21, 2016