A Celebration (Prince Tour)

Prince: A Celebration was a short American tour by Prince. The tour used the same band from the earlier Hit n Run Tour, minus the 4-girl singing group Milenia.

History

This tour coincided with a week-long fan's tour of Prince's Paisley Park studios. Meant to continue, the tour was cancelled after only 6 shows.

Band

• Prince: Guitar and Lead Vocals
• Rhonda Smith: Bass and Vocals
• Mr. Hayes: Keyboards
• Kip Blackshire: Keyboards and Vocals
• John Blackwell: Drums
• Najee: Saxophone, Flute
• Geneva: Backup Singer and Dancer

Typical set list

1. "Uptown"
2. "Controversy"
3. "Mutiny"
4. "The Work, pt 1"
5. "Cream"
6. "Little Red Corvette"
7. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
8. "Sexy Dancer"
9. "Housequake"
10. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"/"Four"
11. "U Make My Sun Shine"
12. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
13. "Do Me, Baby"
14. "Scandalous!"
15. "Diamonds and Pearls"
16. "The Beautiful Ones"
17. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
18. "Let's Go Crazy"
19. "Take Me with U"/"Raspberry Beret" Medley
20. "Joy In Repetition" (incl. "Darling Nikki" intro & coda)
21. "When Doves Cry" (incl. "Father's Song" incl. "Computer Blue" (instrumental) coda)
22. "The One" intro (incl. "I Would Die 4 U" / "Baby I'm a Star")
23. "God" (Instrumental)
24. "Purple Rain"
25. "Come On" (incl. "(I Like) Funky Music chants" and "Turn Back Now" interpolation")

Other songs sometimes included "U Got the Look", "Kiss", "Gett Off", "Bambi", "3 Chains o' Gold", "Still Would Stand All Time", "Adore", "If I Was Your Girlfriend", and a 6–7 song piano medley.

Tour dates

References