Prince @ 9:30, 6/20???

[dlcjr1775]

If true, as reported on www.pitchforkmedia.com, the show of the summer. Puts on the greatest show I've ever seen, plays multiple instruments, blends new/old material well, plays for 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours and sounds FANTASTIC. His costumes, while bridging the male porn star/leotard gap, are pretty interesting. Did I mention that the little guy can also SHRED on his guitar? an absolute no-lose show.

[Rupert Pupkin]

He's still Prince.  I'll skip this crap.

[Bombay Chutney]

Pitchfork shows Prince playing Detroit on 6/20.  It shows Franz Ferdinand playing the 9:30 club on that date.

[Random Citizen]

The DC date listed in the Prince story is 8/12 at the MCI Center.
 
 RE: FF at 9:30...*perk*
 
 

Originally posted by dlcjr1775:
  If true, as reported on www.pitchforkmedia.com, the show of the summer.

[MindCage]

Originally posted by dlcjr1775:
  If true, as reported on www.pitchforkmedia.com, the show of the summer. Puts on the greatest show I've ever seen, plays multiple instruments, blends new/old material well, plays for 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours and sounds FANTASTIC. His costumes, while bridging the male porn star/leotard gap, are pretty interesting. Did I mention that the little guy can also SHRED on his guitar? an absolute no-lose show.

Yes! The show I saw in 96 still is one of my all time best shows I've ever seen. This was at Capital Ballroom (Nation). Prince played for 3 1/2 hours! Featured Larry Graham (Sly & the Family Stone) on bass and Doug E. Fresh (I think fresh out of prison) did a 30 minute set which had Prince and the band backing him. Prince jammed out on the piano and rocked the hell out of the guitar. They played a few Sly tracks as well.  The show ended with a 15-20 minute medley of his older material. I know this tour is supposedly featuring a lot of older material. It wouldn't matter anyway, the guy is a musical genius and has worked with some of the best people in the business.
 
 MindCage
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[Guiny]

I'm not Prince's greatest fan but anyone who thinks Prince is crap just doesn't know music at all. And yes i will be at the MCI Center show in August. Someone bought me a ticket while I was on vacation last weekend without asking me. It gets me out of the house, so no big deal.

[Joymonster]

I got tickets for both shows from the pre-sale last week. Should be a good one...

[jkeisenh]

Wasn't there some story about Prince, now a born-again Christian, going door to door trying to save people?  I have a friend from Minneapolis that said he knocked on her mom's door, but I'm not sure I buy it...
 
 

Originally posted by Rupert Pupkin:
  He's still Prince.  I'll skip this crap.

[ggw]

Neither the Franz Ferdinand lead, nor the Prince news, are the best story in pitchfork today.  That honor is reserved for this:
 
 

Har Mar Superstar Gets His Teeth Knocked In
 Jerry Springer tussle-sense tingling
 Micah C. Harding reports:
 
 Sean Tillman, aka sex-obsessed, overweight white soul crooner Sean Na Na, is one strange fucker. And it goes further than just his own odd brand of humor and stage antics (most commonly stripping down to his white jockeys and breakdancing to the accompaniment of a small boombox): His uncanny resemblance to porno legend Ron Jeremy, his ogling of female audience members at his live shows, and his music in general are all terms of disassociation for your average Pixies-loving Joe. He somehow recalls a stage adaptation of a John Waters film. Pink Flamingos, anyone?
 
 Well, the shit hit the fan for Tillman during SXSW when, in the midst of his performance at a warehouse space, a drunken (or possibly completely sober and fully aware) audience member chucked a giant penis-shaped pinata at Tillman's head. It set off a ridiculous chain reaction, not entirely dissimilar to Fabio's famous birdface incident, in which the pinata knocked Har Mar's microphone into his front teeth, causing enough damage to require several subsequent dentist visits. He's since sworn off dick forever.
 
 The show, of course, went on, but not without further turmoil. While Har Mar later milled about the crowd, mid-histrionics, that same inebriated offender pushed him down, and proceeded to pour an entire drink over his head, thus establishing a substantial burden of proof that Texas really is the greatest state in the Union, as their brochures purport. At the humiliating hands of his offender, Har Mar fucking Superstar abandoned his crooning exercises, and, after handing the mic off to one of his adoring female fans, began to chase the asshole around the venue, throwing trash at him until security escorted the man to the street. At which point the crooning resumed. Spake Har Mar to the NME: "I was pretty angry that my first opportunity to play my new labored-on songs for my friends was ruined by some shitty party fouler... Don't fuck with the fucking best!"

[Samantha]

he creeps me out.  I will be staying far away from him, protected by the presence of Franz Ferdinand

[jkeisenh]

Oh, but Har Mar is soooooo good live.  Really, it's hillarious, especially when he has glow tape on his chest that spells out "HAR MAR" or when he's out in the crowd hittin' on the ladies...  I would pay to see him again.

[eros]

Saw the opening night of the Prince tour last night from LA (in a movie theater here).  Simply amazing.  Lots of old hits (Let's Go Crazy, When Doves Cry, Purple Rain, Controversy, Little Red Corvette, etc) and some cool new stuff.  He even did a solo acoustic set.
 
 He is a fantastic singer, dancer, guitar player, songwriter, showman.  Can't wait for the MCI date.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by chimblysweep:
  Wasn't there some story about Prince, now a born-again Christian, going door to door trying to save people?  I have a friend from Minneapolis that said he knocked on her mom's door, but I'm not sure I buy it...
 

he's a jehovah's witness. . .he wouldn't play any of his. . shall i say, risque songs at his hall of fame induction, even though the powers that be requested them.

[chaz]

My first concert was Prince on the Purple Rain tour.

[Seth Hurwitz]

I have to say that when Prince is ON, there's not much better