This comes from the dawn experience newsletter. I know some of it is already known on this site, but the E4 TV times of the grammys are listed also for those in the UK who have Sky/cable.

Latest Prince News Updates from The DAWN Experience
http://www.thedawnexperience.co.uk
Update for 7th February 2004



Experience - Purple Reign UK Prince Fan Parties 2004 - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT EXCLUSIVE

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND...!!! Europe's biggest and best PRINCE FAN PARTY returns!!! We were planning a party boat cruise along the River Thames... but a lot of you were more in favour of the more traditional venue for our parties... Therefore, by popular request, the DAWN Experience are proud to announce not one... but TWO special nights of purple party funk...!!!

VENUE
Extra Time Bar
1 Long Lane
Barbican,
London EC1A 9HN

DATES
Saturday 29th May - Purple Reign Party Part 1 - Musicology Nite!!!
We will be celebrating Prince's birthday in style...with new and classic Prince jams all nite. Request your all time top 3 purple party jams (for a chance to win a prize - full details on the DE website) and we'll make sure our DJ adds them to his playlist.

Saturday 25th September - Purple Reign Party Part 2 - Purple Rain Tribute Xtravaganza Nite!!!
We will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Prince classic Purple Rain. Including a very special live performance from Europe's No.1 Prince tribute band - GlamSlam.

Classic Prince party jams old & new all nite long!!!
Rarely seen Prince & associates music videos viewed on multiple screens in licensed bars!!!
Madhouse Music stall for rare, hard-to-find collectables!!!
FREE Exclusive Purple Reign Party Mix CD given to the 1st 50 people thru the doors!!!


TICKETS: (Over 18's only)
£10 per night per person in advance (there is an additional £3 booking/handling fee for credit card orders)
£15 on the door

MAIL ORDER
Advance tickets for both Purple Reign Party nights (May 29th and September 25th) are available NOW by mail order. When booking please remember to state which date you are ordering tickets for. Advance tickets are NOT available at the venue.

Send your name and mailing address (including a daytime contact number/e-mail address), along with a cheque or postal order/IMO made payable to 'THE DAWN PRODUCTIONS' to:

The Dawn Productions
Suite 3
229 Elgin Avenue
London W9 1NH
England

Please allow two weeks for delivery. It is not recommended that you send cash via the post... but if you do your post must be by recorded/registered delivery.

CREDIT CARD BOOKINGS:
You can order your tickets by credit card from Madhouse Music by calling 01782 - 836899 or online by visiting their website... http://www.madhousemusic....arties.htm PLEASE NOTE: There is an additional booking/handling fee charge per ticket for credit card orders.

We anticipate a heavy demand for tickets, so book early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are non-refundable. Refunds will only be given if the event is cancelled for any reason.
For further info e-mail: Freedomatthedawn@hotmail.com
Information hotline: 07984 481749 (Line open Sat/Sun 9am - 9pm GMT only). This line is strictly for enquires only. Tickets cannot be ordered or reserved on this line.

For latest party news and updates go to http://www.thedawnexperie...ty2004.htm



Experience - Prince To Perform At The Grammy's

Among the latest performances announced for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards telecast are Prince, The Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake, and Beyonce. The music industry's premier event will take place on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Grammy and Oscar-winning recording artist Prince will perform on the telecast. He is currently nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album (N.E.W.S.).

AfterGrammy Jam @ The House Of Blues!!! - Prince & The NPG will be performing at the House of Blues, Los Angeles on the night of Sunday, February 8th at midnite - After Grammy Jam!

Grammy Award show on UK TV Day/Times on E!, E4 and E4+1...
E! -The Entertainment Channel
Live on the red carpet (Pre-Grammy Awards Show) Sunday 8th Feb 23:00 - 01:00

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards
Starting: 23:00 on Thursday 12th February. Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Showing on E4.

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards
Starting: 00:00 on Friday 13th February. Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Showing on E4 Plus 1.

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards
Starting: 01:10 on Sunday 15th February. Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Showing on E4.

The 46th Annual Grammy Awards
Starting: 02:10 on Sunday 15th February. Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Showing on E4 Plus 1.


Experience - Prince DVD Releases From Warner Due For 2004

Warner hit a real purple patch in August 2004 with a trilogy of Prince musicals including a two disc special edition of the mega-hit Purple Rain, based on his best-selling album plus it's sequels Under the Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge.
Rumoured release date for the U.K is AUG.17,2004, release date for the USA is JULY 30,2004. Both Graffiti Bridge & UTCM will be one disc. UTCM will be widescreen (with a colour cover!?!), Graffiti Bridge will be in standard format.

Purple Rain will feature two discs:
-Disc 1 widescreen feature with original trailer
-Disc 2 "PURPLE RAIN: THE TRUTH" A 60 min documentary on making of Purple Rain with comments from AL MAGNOLI, JOE RUFFALO, JILL JONES, ALAN LEEDS and MORRIS DAY.


Experience - New Rosie Gaines CD

UK indie R&B label Dome Records are set to release a brand new album from Rosie Gaines.

Rosie Gaines resumes her recording career with a new self-produced collection 'You Gave Me Freedom'. It's her first major album since her Motown 'Closer Than Close' release - the album which led to her 250,000-selling remix single of the title track in 1998. 'Freedom' is a 14-song set written, arranged, performed and produced by Rosie.

The California-based vocalist and keyboard player, who established herself as a key member of Prince's New Power Generation with her powerful vocals on such songs as 'Diamonds and Pearls' and 'Nothing Compares 2 U', has been writing constantly over the past five years. She has written a Grammy Award-winning song for Patti Labelle and has also written material for Mavis Staples.

She was featured as a guest with Snoop Dogg on the 2002 Bootsy Collins album 'Play With Bootsy', and several of the tracks on the new album have a definite P-funk influence.

In recent months the opening cut from the album, 'I Can't Get You Off My Mind', has become a firm favourite of UK soul DJs following its inclusion on the Hidden Beach compilation 'Hidden Hits'.

The album, which is licensed to Dome via Rosie's own production company Dredlix Music, is attracting airplay on a number of cuts, including the exquisitely soulful 'Honeychild' and the steamy sexuality of 'Wanna Be'. Also featured is Rosie's own take on 'My Man', the classic song long associated with Billie Holiday.

What the press have been saying...

'...A number of tracks here surpass anything she's cut before. Chief among these is a searingly sensuous ballad "Wanna Be"...the middle section of the song is a truly erotic countdown and if you're not moved, you've a heart of stone. Countdown to ecstasy indeed!'

'..."I Can't Get You Off My Mind" is a classic example of modern, sophisticated soul...yet it's only one very good track on a superb album that gets 2004 off to a real flyer. Dome have triumphed again!' - Bill Buckey, Blues & Soul 5/5



'BEEN THERE (with Prince), DONE THAT (with Motown). Now Rosie Gaines is back...and how! A soul masterpiece!' - Terry Jones, Urban Essentials



'"In Spirit" has to be one of the best things she's ever done - a glorious, echingly poignant six-minutes-plus soul ballad that would sound amazing in any musical era' - Chris Wells, Echoes


The album will be released on 16th February and can be pre-ordered via Dome Records website http://www.domerecords.co.uk. or http://www.hmv.co.uk


ROSIE GAINES: 'YOU GAVE ME FREEDOM' Dome CD 48
Also available: I CAN'T GET YOU OFF MY MIND (Long version)/GET INTO THIS GROOVE 12" Dome 187

Tracklisting:
01. I Can't Get You Off My Mind, 02. Wanna Be, 03. New Beginning, 04. I'm A Woman, 05. Give It To Me, 06. Run To My Heart, 07. In Sprit, 08. It's Been A Long Time, 09. What The World Needs Now, 10. Honeychild, 11. My Man, 12. Get Into This Groove, 13. So In Love With You, 14. You Are My Friend



Experience - New Short Book on Sign O' The Times

33 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Focusing on one album rather than an artist's entire output, the books dispense with the standard biographical background that fans know already, and cut to the heart of the music on each album. The authors provide fresh, original perspectives - often through their access to and relationships with the key figures involved in the recording of these albums.
By turns obsessive, passionate, creative, and informed, the books in this series demonstrate many different ways of writing about music. (A task which can be, as Elvis Costello famously observed, as tricky as dancing about architecture.) What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen.

Sign O' the Times by Michaelangelo Matos publication date:
-in the US and Canada March 15, 2004
-the rest of the world after May 2004

US Paperback: ISBN: 0826415474 $9.95
UK Paperback: ISBN: 0826415474 £6.99

http://www.continuumbooks...?bid=12374



Experience - Prince Salute - Hits B-Sides & N.E.W.S.

Prince Salute is a tribute show at BB Kings Blues Club & Grill in New York on 15th March 2004 @ 7:30pm. Celebrating his induction into the rock & roll hall of fame, the PRINCE salute features a marathon set of music of PRINCE performed by Kregg Ajamu, Rhythm Republik, Everyandthing, and many more artists.
Tickets $10 available at http://www.ticketmaster.com




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