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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Prince @ The Forum: Nuit Dix

[SET LIST — PRINCE @ the Forum | May 7, 2011]

Opening Act ::: Esperanza Spaulding

950pm

DMSR

POP LIFE

MUSICOLOGY

PRINCE & THE BAND

SHHH/U WILL B WITH ME

Break ::: GLAMOROUS LIFE (Sheila E.)

TAKE ME WITH U

NEVER B ANOTHER FOOL (Special Guest: Nicole Scherzinger)

"INGLEWOOD" SWINGIN'/FANTASTIC VOYAGE

PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC/LOVE ROLLERCOASTER

THANKUFALLETINMEBEMICELF

RASPBERRY BERET/CREAM/COOL (girls sing DON'T STOP TILL U GET ENOUGH)

RUDE BOY (by Rhianna --- Shelby J. on vox)

MAKE U FEEL MY LOVE (Liv, Shelby, Elisa, & Ida w/ Cassandra on keys)

PURPLE RAIN

ENCORE :::

Lgc Morris long note intro...

LET'S GO CRAZY/DELIRIOUS/1999 (Prince screws 2nd verse)

CONTROVERSY/HOUSEQUAKE chant

ENCORE 2 ::::

Sample Teaser Medley :::

WHEN DOVES CRY/NASTY GIRL/SOTT/TMBGITW/DARLING NIKKI/SINGLE LADIES/I WOULD DIE 4 U

IF I WAS UR GIRLFRIEND

KISS

ENCORE 3 :::

LOVE BIZARRE

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Prince @ The Forum: Nuit Neuf

[SET LIST — PRINCE @ the Forum | May 6, 2011]

Opening Act ::: Esperanza Spaulding

Prince comes out to jam on guitar with her.

Show begins at 10pm

LAYDOWN

SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR

FUTURE SOUL SONG (I don't quite understand the Twins wrapping Prince up in that veil. It's just weird.)

PURPLE RAIN (Seems out of place so early in the show ... No confetti cannons --- is he out of purple confetti???)

GLAMOROUS LIFE (Sheila!!! I'll never get tired of seeing Miss E!!)

RASPBERRY BERET/CREAM/COOL (with Don't Stop Till You Get Enough)/LET'S WORK/YOU GOT THE LOOK

MISTY BLUE (Shelby hits that last monster note, lays mic on ground midnote and walks away --- awesome!!)

Prince on keys....

Sample Teaser Medley :::

WHEN DOVES CRY/NASTY GIRL/SINGLE LADIES/NASTY GIRL/SOTT/TMBGITW/DARLING NIKKI/I WOULD DIE 4 U/HOT THING/ALPHABET STREET

LOVE BIZARRE (with Sheila, of course)

LOVE ROLLERCOASTER into PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC

CONTROVERSY

ENCORE 1 :::

KISS (Prince in black plays his bass and goes into FANTASTIC VOYAGE)

ENCORE 2 :::

IF I WAS UR GIRLFRIEND

NOTHING COMPARES 2 U (with Shelby J.)

ENCORE 3 ::::

"INGLEWOOD" SWINGIN' (Chant Moore on mic!!!!)

Friday, May 6, 2011

[SET LIST — PRINCE @ the Forum | May 5, 2011]

THURSDAY 5/5/2011

Opening Act ::: CHAKA KHAN
Surprise Guest ::: WHITNEY HOUSTON

928pm [Prince & the band decked out in Black and Purple]

Renato on keys::: long intro into...
THE LOVE WE MAKE
SHHH
COOL (with girls singing DON'T STOP TILL U GET ENOUGH - homage to MJ)
LET'S WORK (Ida and Prince on bass)
GIVE IT TO ME BABY bassline only (Prince on bass says, "Rest In Peace, Rick James") and goes back into LET'S WORK
U GOT THE LOOK
QUESTION OF U (guitar intro into)/U WILL B WITH ME (Improv or new song??)/THE ONE
Renatto on keys vs Prince on 6-string.
MUSICOLOGY (Prince pulls Whitney onto stage to sing 2nd verse. She doesn't know the lyrics so she leads the crowd into a "Yeah" chant instead.)
I LIKE FUNKY MUSIC chant with guitar line from Ohio Players song??
PRINCE & THE BAND
STRATUS (??)
ARMS OF AN ANGEL (Shelby J)
NOTHING COMPARES 2 U (w/ Shelby J)
SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL (Full Version!!!!)
TAKE ME WITH U
RASPBERRY BERET (Cedric the Entertainer comes up to stage to sing...Prince yells "Security!!!" when Cedric starts to reach for his guitar.)
GUITAR
CONTROVERSY
HOUSEQUAKE chant

Morris long key intro
LETS GO CRAZY/DELIRIOUS/back into LET'S GO CRAZY
1999
LITTLE RED CORVETTE/"SLOW DOWN" chant (Prince plays guitar behind his back)

PURPLE RAIN

ENCORE 1:::

Sample teaser medley:::
WHEN DOVES CRY/NASTY GIRL/SOTT/TMBGITW/ALPHABET ST./LOVE BIZARRE/DARLING NIKKI/SINGLE LADIES/I WOULD DIE 4 U

IF I WAS UR GIRLFRIEND
KISS
(Celestina Aladekoba from Black Sweat video comes up on stage to dance)

Show ends at midnight.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Prince @ the Forum: Nuit Un --- Opening Night

[SET LIST: Prince @ the Forum | April 14, 2011]

Prince, as spontaneous as always announced the start of his LA run barely a week before the first show. Begrudgingly, I had to miss opening night because I had tickets to Janet Jackson — my first time ever, seeing her in concert — for over a month. It sucked that both of their LA runs were beginning on the same night. I had a sneaking suspicion that Prince did this on purpose...perhaps to see how quickly he could sell out even with Miss Jackson in town.

It seems likely because I distinctly remember Prince canceling a show and rescheduling it on the same night Madonna was playing. Hundreds of fans then had to choose between them...having had tickets to Madonna already in hand. I'm sure it sucked for Madonna fans back then...as it sucked for us Janet fans. But having seen Prince many times, I decided the world wouldn't stop turning if I missed opening night. And given that I have been wanting to see Janet in concert ever since I was in High School....well, Janet won this battle. (A review of her show is still pending.)

Taken from a friend's email, here's the set list from Prince's opening night at the Forum. A tremendously great sign of a fantastic tour. He apparently did 6 encores...And if I think about it too much, I'll just get madder that I missed it. So I'll shut up now and post the set list.

SETLIST:

1. DMSR Great opening number!!!!!
2. Pop Life
3. Prince & The Band Unexpected song that NO ONE else knows.
4. Extraordinary
5. Uptown
6. Raspberry Beret
7. Cream
8. Cool
(The Time cover) (with Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough interpolation)
9. Let's Work
10. U Got the Look
Interlude. The girls sang Bob Dylan's (or Adele's) Make you Feel My Love.
11. Purple Rain
12. Let's Go Crazy
13. Delirious
14. 1999
15. The Beautiful Ones
16. Little Red Corvette