Vannormal said:

I missed the one show he did in Poland, in Gdynia (Beautiful ciy btw).

The reviews were mostly very positive, but that was probably because he did not perform live in Poland very often when he came to Europe.

This was the only concert ever in poland. He never performed there before or after.

Vannormal said:

JorisE73 said:

Mine was one of the Vegas shows (i think it was) where Prince had diahrea or something because he kept on letting Renato/the band noodle on stage while he pased around doing nothing and then every coupole of minutes move back backstage to do whatever.

... Prince in his assless pants sitting on a bucket backstage,

and a crew member handing him paper.

Prince in falsetto, loud : “turn around, and make some noise”

The image alone

LOL

Can't be. He told George lopez that the best way to avoid stomach issues is to become a vegetarian like him.

ludwig said:

Vannormal said:

I missed the one show he did in Poland, in Gdynia (Beautiful ciy btw).

The reviews were mostly very positive, but that was probably because he did not perform live in Poland very often when he came to Europe.

This was the only concert ever in poland. He never performed there before or after.

There ya go.

Didn't know that.

Thanks.

paisleyparkgirl said:

Vannormal said:

... Prince in his assless pants sitting on a bucket backstage,

and a crew member handing him paper.

Prince in falsetto, loud : “turn around, and make some noise”

The image alone

LOL

Can't be. He told George lopez that the best way to avoid stomach issues is to become a vegetarian like him.

Believe me, Vegie or not.

I'm a vegetarian, and you can have diahrrea from anything, even from a bucket filled with squirreled meat.

JorisE73 said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Still, I find it interesting that we haven't heard about a single bad show from the 80's. I've read that some of his Nude tour shows weren't that great.

Those were pretty lame after a few dates, that was a bad way to start the 90s.

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Not great concerts, but the opening section was fantastic and had me going "oh, he kinda understands dance music" (and then he never came anywhere close to that again). And The Question Of U was out of this world.

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There were still flashes of brilliance in the show, but too often the attention went to people who shouldn't be on that stage: Game Boyz and in particular Rosie Gaines. And those endless jams at the end were a borefest.

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So many elements of this show later returned over and over again: untalented dancers, over-presence of mediocre vocalists, endless jams,...

bizzie said:

JorisE73 said:

Those were pretty lame after a few dates, that was a bad way to start the 90s.

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Not great concerts, but the opening section was fantastic and had me going "oh, he kinda understands dance music" (and then he never came anywhere close to that again). And The Question Of U was out of this world.

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There were still flashes of brilliance in the show, but too often the attention went to people who shouldn't be on that stage: Game Boyz and in particular Rosie Gaines. And those endless jams at the end were a borefest.

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So many elements of this show later returned over and over again: untalented dancers, over-presence of mediocre vocalists, endless jams,...

Rosie Gaines a mediocre vocalist?

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Agree with you on the whole about these shows though.

Manchester Maine Road in 1990 was really bad and seemed to be cut short.

Any of the Third Eye Girl shows, Prince had changed from the Strat to Vox and it just didn't have the same sound. Also, the other band members (apart from Ida) were pretty average.

Just my opinion

Andy

DaysOfWyld2024 said:

Manchester Maine Road in 1990 was really bad and seemed to be cut short.

Any of the Third Eye Girl shows, Prince had changed from the Strat to Vox and it just didn't have the same sound. Also, the other band members (apart from Ida) were pretty average.

Just my opinion

Andy

Fully agree. I wasn't impressed by them but they were kind of fun but it was the first time ever during a Prince concert that I xchecked my watch for it to be over and the subpar talent of Donna and Hannah on there instruments was also kind of shit.

JorisE73 said:

DaysOfWyld2024 said:

Manchester Maine Road in 1990 was really bad and seemed to be cut short.

Any of the Third Eye Girl shows, Prince had changed from the Strat to Vox and it just didn't have the same sound. Also, the other band members (apart from Ida) were pretty average.

Just my opinion

Andy

Fully agree. I wasn't impressed by them but they were kind of fun but it was the first time ever during a Prince concert that I xchecked my watch for it to be over and the subpar talent of Donna and Hannah on there instruments was also kind of shit.

To counter, I thought the 3EG shows (before they started playing 'the hits') were a breath of fresh air, with fantastic reworkings of old songs.

leecaldon said:

JorisE73 said:

Fully agree. I wasn't impressed by them but they were kind of fun but it was the first time ever during a Prince concert that I xchecked my watch for it to be over and the subpar talent of Donna and Hannah on there instruments was also kind of shit.

To counter, I thought the 3EG shows (before they started playing 'the hits') were a breath of fresh air, with fantastic reworkings of old songs.

Indeed!

I also felt Prince reinvigorated. In 2013, 3EG were actually an exciting project and I have no complaints whatsoever on the shows I have witnessed or heard on boots. The following year the shows were a mixed bag and the hits were more and more prominent -probably a wise move thinking of the masses, but definetely not up to the standards we've been used to with previous line-ups.

psyche2 said:

leecaldon said:

To counter, I thought the 3EG shows (before they started playing 'the hits') were a breath of fresh air, with fantastic reworkings of old songs.

Indeed!

I also felt Prince reinvigorated. In 2013, 3EG were actually an exciting project and I have no complaints whatsoever on the shows I have witnessed or heard on boots. The following year the shows were a mixed bag and the hits were more and more prominent -probably a wise move thinking of the masses, but definetely not up to the standards we've been used to with previous line-ups.

When 3EG reworked old songs (e.g. Let's Go Crazy, She's Always in My Hair, Something in the Water) they were superb. When they later added the obvious hits in a more standard way (e.g. Take Me With U/Raspberry Beret), they were very much by-the-numbers.

paisleyparkgirl said:

Seems like 2010 was a bad Prince year.

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He had the hip surgery earlier in 2010 afaik. Not sure if he was in the best shape to tour...

Kares said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Seems like 2010 was a bad Prince year.

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He had the hip surgery earlier in 2010 afaik. Not sure if he was in the best shape to tour...

Honestly, what do we actually know aoubt his hip surgery?

There were the 'strange' shoes, but his dancing was still nice.

Obviously you don't do splits and twists at that age.

Bt his choice for (cover) songs, and jams were often easy play, knowing how good he was.

Was probably also a money thing, no?

Touring for income.

Vannormal said:

We're all always full of Prince's live performances,

but I've seen him many many times live,

and there were some very dissapointing performances as well.

Which was yours and why?

[Edited 2/4/26 11:17am]

1995 Wembley Arena - partly too many new songs and partly I was ill

but the one I am non-plussed about was 2011 Hop Farm, his only ever UK festival gig and after the 2007 shows and aftershows at the O2 and time gap, it was lame IMHO

JorisE73 said:

DaysOfWyld2024 said:

Manchester Maine Road in 1990 was really bad and seemed to be cut short.

Any of the Third Eye Girl shows, Prince had changed from the Strat to Vox and it just didn't have the same sound. Also, the other band members (apart from Ida) were pretty average.

Just my opinion

Andy

Fully agree. I wasn't impressed by them but they were kind of fun but it was the first time ever during a Prince concert that I xchecked my watch for it to be over and the subpar talent of Donna and Hannah on there instruments was also kind of shit.

wow - not sure which 2014 gigs you got to see, but I witnessed the 2 Koko in Camden ones one long Sunday, one after the other and they were stunningly good IMHO.

I was also lukcy enough to get to see the 2 x Autism Rocks charity gigs, one at Cafe De Paris in 2014 and again at Koko in 2015, which truned out to be his last ever UK gig, they were more hits focused but still a lot of fun!

mattosgood said:

JorisE73 said:

Fully agree. I wasn't impressed by them but they were kind of fun but it was the first time ever during a Prince concert that I xchecked my watch for it to be over and the subpar talent of Donna and Hannah on there instruments was also kind of shit.

wow - not sure which 2014 gigs you got to see, but I witnessed the 2 Koko in Camden ones one long Sunday, one after the other and they were stunningly good IMHO.

I was also lukcy enough to get to see the 2 x Autism Rocks charity gigs, one at Cafe De Paris in 2014 and again at Koko in 2015, which truned out to be his last ever UK gig, they were more hits focused but still a lot of fun!

Went to the second Koko show, all 3 Boitanique Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris Zenith shows. All not that impressive for a Prince show.

So basically no one disliked any of the pre-1989 concerts ?... amazing!

Vannormal said:

So basically no one disliked any of the pre-1989 concerts ?... amazing!

I liked the Lovesecxy tour and didn't love it like the previous tours I seen.

To me, the Lovesexy tour was powerful and theatrically impressive, musically loud, but the best experience ever (in the end).

First performance i've seen a live show was 1986, and then four 1987 shows (plus the Purple Rain tour live show on TV). Then came the Lovesexy circus.

Prince had to run so hard, to make himself visible at all sides, but i do remember i was blown away as a full 22 yo fan with the first show i've seen in Paris.

The break during the live show was a bit strange to me, but not disturbing.

The first part as one medley and also felt a bit strange.

After the whole show, and with reading the first reviews, i understood the idea of the bad and the good part split up in two parts.

And I've seen in total 5 Lovesexy shows over Europe.

In the end I was absolutely blown away and totally crazy about it all.

After that, the Nude tour cooled it all down a lot for me.

Did also 4 shows of this tour, but it felt a bit 'simplified'.

1987 shows were by far on all levels the best for me.

Vannormal said:

To me, the Lovesexy tour was powerful and theatrically impressive, musically loud, but the best experience ever (in the end).

First performance i've seen a live show was 1986, and then four 1987 shows (plus the Purple Rain tour live show on TV). Then came the Lovesexy circus.

Prince had to run so hard, to make himself visible at all sides, but i do remember i was blown away as a full 22 yo fan with the first show i've seen in Paris.

The break during the live show was a bit strange to me, but not disturbing.

The first part as one medley and also felt a bit strange.

After the whole show, and with reading the first reviews, i understood the idea of the bad and the good part split up in two parts.

And I've seen in total 5 Lovesexy shows over Europe.

In the end I was absolutely blown away and totally crazy about it all.

After that, the Nude tour cooled it all down a lot for me.

Did also 4 shows of this tour, but it felt a bit 'simplified'.

1987 shows were by far on all levels the best for me.

Agree, 87 was amazing and imo his best tour. He did amazing shows after that but those were aftershows.