is this the "press release"?????

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRINCE “MUSICOLOGY’ TOUR HITS
UNITED STATES -- “SCHOOL’S IN”

PRINCE CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF “PURPLE RAIN”
WITH NEW CD “MUSICOLOGY” AND CONCERT TOUR
PER4MING SOME OF HIS MOST WELL KNOWN HITS 4 THE LAST TIME

Los Angeles, CA—February 24, 2004---For the first time in six years, pop star Prince and the New Power Generation band are embarking on a coast-to-coast concert tour of the United States. These concerts will feature Prince per4ming some of his most well known hits live 4 the last time.

The tour comes on the heels of Prince’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and his heart-stopping Grammy opening performance with multiple-award-winner Beyonce. The launch of the tour also coincides with the release of Prince’s new CD, “Musicology.”

Prince has sold more than 100 million records and is regarded by fans and critics alike as a monumental force and influence in popular culture. During the '80s, Prince emerged as one of the most singular talents in the history of music, releasing a series of groundbreaking albums that both defined and captured the spirit of the times. With each successive album, Prince has shown remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, topics and genres. Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied.

The tour launches in Los Angeles on March 29th and continues throughout the spring and summer, hitting more than 38 of cities. The concert will be set up in the round, with a center stage, allowing for many more great seats in each venue. Tickets and information are available on Prince’s web site at www.npgmc.com and Ticketmaster and Tickets.com.

Each show will be one long dance party with Prince supplying the music! The production lives within the players themselves...no gimmicks, no pre-recorded music and no prisoners taken! Performing with Prince are New Power Generation band members John Blackwell (drums), Greg Boyer (trombone), Candy Dulfer (saxophone), Chance Howard (trumpet), Renato Neto (piano and synthesizers), Maceo Parker (saxophone), RAD. (vocals and keyboards), and Rhonda Smith (bass).

The concert itinerary with additional dates TBA:
All dates subject to change

March 29 Los Angeles Staples Center
March 31 Phoenix Glendale Arena
April 2 Dallas American Airlines Center
April 6 Oklahoma City Ford Center
April 7 Omaha Qwest Center
April 8 Ames Hilton Coliseum
April 10 Champaign Assembly Hall
April 12 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
April 13 Cincinnati U.S Bank Arena
April 14 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
April 16 Columbus Value City Arena,Schottenstein Center
April 17 Cleveland Gund Arena
April 18 State College Bryce Jordan Center
April 21 Columbia Colonial Center
April 22 Knoxville Thompson-Boling Arena
April 23 Raleigh RBC Center
April 25 Ft. Lauderdale Office Depot Center
April 26 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
April 27 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 29 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum
April 30 Atlanta Philips Arena
May 1 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
May 4 Kansas City Kemper Arena
May 5 St. Louis Savvis Center
May 6 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
June 12 Bossier City CenturyTel Center

Other cities slated for the tour include:

Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Houston
Las Vegas
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New York City
Philadelphia
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle



dont you think thats pretty boring? hopefully more info gleaned from the actual press release which we will hopefully get news on soon!

Well, it's good to know when he'll be playing in Indianapolis, but if this is what the press conference was all about, yawn-a-roonie.

ah, just some concert dates...thought he was publicly gonna ask for a sammich.

Hey, thanks.

I dont think that's all there was to the press conference, this is just a tour announcement, but we'll have to wait and see

Wow don't tell me peeps that you ain't happy again!!!

It's obvious this press conf. was going to confirm some expectations. It all goes "as some planned" so don't tel me ya'll are whinning again!!

I thought Chance Howard was another keyboard player.

Ever since 1993's Act II tour it's been "the last time" to hear the hits.
[This message was edited Tue Feb 24 12:46:45 2004 by Romance1600]

Anxiety said:

I'm sayin.'

HE'S COMING TO H-TOWN!!! KICKASS!!!

klaatu said:

not really. thing of it is that it seems like folks knew this (about the tour n'chit) already and figured the conference woulda announced sumfin else...it's kinda hard to be surprised if you're in the know awready.

Romance1600 said:

well, the masses probably don't know that, so this may be a good gimmick for the shows. If he plays up the PR 20th anniversary angle, this may turn out to be a success for him.

I'm just happy MPLS made the cut for the tour!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

endorphin74 said:

yeah...hopefully some of ya'll will pass through here and say hi or sumfin. i awready know that i ain't goin to see 'im....that, and he fickle as hell. i don' truss 'im.

CarrieMpls said:

i'm serious!

the whole "hits" thing, has been said time and again by people ont he org, prince has said to people at the meet and greets it promoter hype. as if this is the last time he's going to play his hits!!!

i personally think more info will be posted RE: press conference, and this is just a snippet for now. i fucking hope so anyway...

Well this did confirm that an album named "Musicology" is indeed coming at the end of March. I would think that's some pretty good news.

But yeah, I'm waiting to hear about which record company is putting out Musicology and the status of his back catalog getting remastered.

And he's coming back to North Carolina, kickass!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

It would be fun if people could come around here to see him. Lawd knows he couldn't even sell out the Orpheum in Mpls last time, so we might need the out of town guests to fill the auditorium.

Here's hoping he'll play sometime in June. And maybe take a week outta touring to stay home around that time.

This is from Housequake:

Knoxville, Tennessee.

Giggity, Giggity, Giggity . . . Alright!

Anxiety said:

yawn-a-roonie LOL on that one. EXACTLY. No whining...I figure SF is in the tour cue somewhere. But I don't know why he made a big deal about it as to even send out a special announcement to npgmc members. It seems that most of us are in the know...hence no surprise on the announcement. So, this is probably a big deal to to the general public. But still a tour announcement is not that big of a deal...he's always been "on tour" imo.

Was hoping for something a little more exciting...but o'well...used to it now, I guess.

COOL NEWS

Can someone post the ticket prices from the NPGMC site?
If it's "in the round" I wonder how presale tickets will be distributed.
I'm waiting to see if I need to join the damn club or if good seats will be available through ticketmonster...

I still can't see how he's going to be able to fill STAPLES CENTER
unless he advertises the shit out of this show. The best thing would be ongoing
radio adds to hype it all up. After all the prince-geeks and their guests buy
the tix I forsee a half-empty stadium. I hope I'm wrong. I also hope this is
not a medleys-show as I plan to take various friends in the "music biz"
who have no idea how incredible a Prince show can be.

April 25 Ft. Lauderdale Office Depot Center
April 26 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
April 27 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena


Three Florida dates WooHoo!!! Got my Jacksonville tickets...going to get my Fort Lauderdale tickets Sat!!!

CarrieMpls said:

yeah...but then again he's goin on an arena tour, seems like...think he'll try and play at the target center? if so, it'll be really hard for 'im to fill the place up, methinx.


somethin betta go on then, i miss everybody!!!!

Finally!
Back to Ft. Lauderdale.

That's where it all started for me back in 92 ya know?
Back then we had the sunrise music theater which was verly PLUSH. I heard the Jehova Witnesses bought it though. Now it's a convention hall or something like the other concert center accross the street from work. Marlin Manson was the last to play there, then the jw's swooped up and bought that one.

It's getting harder to see a concert in south florida anymore. I haven't been to the Office Depot center yet. Or have I? Places like that seem to change names more than Prince around these parts.

Cool. I guess I'll go and pull out the 'ol plastic this saturday then!

He's playing Vegas again May 29 for Tiger Woods' annual benefit concert.

http://www.mercurynews.co...029854.htm

I notice it is different prices every venue. Just my luck, I end up moving to the most expensive of all--Las Vegas..lol

Good to see he will play Cincinnati. He boycotted it last year.

endorphin74 said:

At least I have some time to save up some money since the MPLS date kinda looks to possibly be in the summer. I haven't seen him in a full blown concert since the Northrop Auditorium.

NCC2012 said:

I hope the he plays Target Center, and not Xcel. Better acoustics, in my book. I'll be pumped either way, though.