Prince

[Guest]

i did and he was just mindblowingly good. Have seen him before and been to 400+ gigs but this was definitely up there amongst the best. went to the late show, queued in the pissing rain for an hour to wait for the earlier show to clear, but all worth it. awesome setlist, and his appeal for no photos worked so for a change a gig not viewed through 100s of phones screens (absolute pet hate of mine). Played everything you could wish for in the main gig, then reappeared another 4 times or so and eventually finished at way past the curfew.

He looks like a comical cross between Hendrix and Little Richard these days, but his musical poweress is still there in abundance. His girls are still hot and he absolutely funked out the Roundhouse.... a true musical genius.....still buzzing

Setlist (late show)

Let’s Go Crazy

Take Me With U

Raspberry Beret

Controversy

1999

Little Red Corvette

Kiss

Nothing Compares 2 U

Purple Rain

Electric Intercourse

Cool

When Doves Cry

Sign O The Time

Diamonds & Pearls

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Do Me Baby

Beautiful Ones

Under The Cherry Moon

Guitar

Funk N Roll

Something In The Water

Fix UR Life Up

The Ride (Reworked version: “ButterFace”)

Pretzelbody Instrumental

What’s My Name

[beecee]

I have to agree - the only Prince songs I can name are Kiss, Purple Rain and something about a chevvy?

I would MUCH rather see Tom Waits. Unfortunately I don't think that will ever happen now.

Edited June 6, 2014 by beecee

[CaledonianGonzo]

Having seen the full Third Eye Girl show, he wouldn't need to play with the NPG - they could headline the Pyramid no problem.

[Guest]

Having seen the full Third Eye Girl show, he wouldn't need to play with the NPG - they could headline the Pyramid no problem.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Where did you see him Gonzo?

[autoinflate]

That would have been awesome on the Pyramid, Saturday night! Maybe next year..

[Guest]

The Hydro in Glasgow.

If he reduced the medley aspect of the show to play full version of some of the tracks (instead of the covers at the end) he'd knock it out of the park.

[Gucci Piggy]

Of the last four (I think) arena gigs I've been to, three of them were £30-odd and one was £60-odd (the £60 being Black Sabbath). I also went to a couple of stadium gigs for something like £55, and I've never seen an academy gig above £25, unless it's an unusually large act, so those prices posted earlier are definitely not the norm.

I'd say it's more like:

30-65 for an arena gig, unless it's a huge heritage act.

15-25 for a standard academy gig.