Prince 20Ten

Prince 20Ten was a concert tour performed by American recording artist Prince in 2010 to promote his 20Ten album. The tour was divided in two legs, the first set of shows were from July 4 to July 25. The tour kicked off in Denmark and took Prince to Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, and Portugal.^[1] Larry Graham and Mint Condition were supporting acts.^[2][3] He rehearsed them in Paisley Park Studios.^[4][5][6] The second leg was from October 15 to November 18.^[7] He played these dates with a slightly different band and no supporting acts. This leg of the tour took him to Norway, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He also took the tour to the United Arab Emirates where he performed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Prince 20Ten

Tour by Prince
Associated album	20Ten
Start date	July 4, 2010
End date	November 18, 2010
Legs	2
No. of shows	14 in Europe 1 in Asia 15 in total (24 scheduled)
Prince concert chronology
The Earth Tour: 21 Nights in London (2007) Prince 20Ten (2010) Welcome 2 (2010–12)

Set list

The set list and duration varied heavily during the tour. During a single concert Prince would perform between 25 and 45 songs from the list below.

• "1999"
• "7"
• "A Love Bizarre"
• "A Sós com a Noite" (Ana Moura song, performed with Ana Moura at the Portugal concert)
• "Act of God"
• "Alphabet St."
• "Angel" (performed by the backing vocalists)
• "Cream"
• "Crimson and Clover"
• "Controversy"
• "Dance (Disco Heat)"
• "Everyday People"
• "Forever in My Life"
• "Guitar"
• "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
• "I Know You Got Soul"
• "I Want to Take You Higher"
• "Jungle Love"
• "Kiss"
• "Lean on Me"
• "Let's Go Crazy"
• "Little Red Corvette"
• "Mountains"
• "Musicology"
• "Nothing Compares 2 U"
• "Ol' Skool Company"
• "Partyman"
• "Peach"
• "Purple Rain"
• "Sexy Dancer"/"Le Freak" (mash-up)
• "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" (vocals by vocals by Elisa Dease)
• "Sometimes It Snows In April"
• "Shhh"
• "Spanish Castle Magic"
• "Stratus"
• "Take Me with U"
• "The Bird"
• "The Love We Make"
• "The Glamorous Life"
• "The Question of U"/"The One" (mash-up)
• "U Got the Look"
• "Venus de Milo"
• "Vou Dar de Beber à Dor" (Ana Moura song, performed with Ana Moura at the Portugal concert)
• "When Will We B Paid?"
• "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
• "When You Were Mine"

Set list of July 4, 2010, at the Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark^[8]

1. "Venus de Milo" (performed by Cassandra O'Neal on keyboards and vocals, sans Prince)
2. "Let's Go Crazy"
3. "Delirious" ft Frederic Yonnet (includes "Let's Go Crazy" coda)
4. "1999"
5. "Little Red Corvette"
6. "Controversy" (includes "(I Like) Funky Music" chants)
7. "Sexy Dancer"/"Le Freak" (includes "Controversy" coda and "Housequake" chants) (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)
8. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
9. "Take Me with U" (performed with Sheila E.)
10. "Guitar"
11. "Angel" (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)
12. "Lean on Me" (performed with Elisa Dease)
13. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (performed with Shelby J., with fake jazz arrangement)
14. "Purple Rain"

Encore

1. "Mountains" (includes "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", performed by Elisa Dease)
2. "Everyday People"
3. "I Want to Take You Higher" (includes "Love Rollercoaster" interpolation)

Encore 2

1. "Kiss"

Encore 3

1. "Dance (Disco Heat)" (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)

Set list of July 13, 2010, at the Wiener Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria^[9]

1. "Purple Rain" (performed with Sheila E.)
2. "Let's Go Crazy" (performed with Sheila E.)
3. "Delirious" (includes "Let's Go Crazy" coda) (performed with Sheila E.)
4. "1999" (performed with Sheila E.)
5. "Shhh"
6. "Cream" (performed with Sheila E.)
7. "Dreamer"
8. "Stratus"
9. "The Glamorous Life" (performed with Sheila E., sans Prince)
10. "The Question of U" (Instrumental)/"The One" (includes "Fallin'" and "Electric Man" interpolations) (performed with Sheila E.)
11. "Musicology" (includes "Housequake" percussion interpolation, "Tighten Up" vocal interpolation and "Watermelon Man" segue-coda) (performed with Sheila E.)
12. "Take Me with U" (performed with Sheila E.)
13. "Kiss" (performed with Sheila E.)
14. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (performed with Shelby J.)

Encore

1. "The Bird" (performed with Sheila E.)
2. "Jungle Love" (includes "Play That Funky Music" and "(I Like) Funky Music" chants) (performed with Sheila E.)
3. "A Love Bizarre" (includes "(I Like) Funky Music" chants and "I Know You Got Soul" interpolation) (performed with Sheila E.)
4. "Dance (Disco Heat)" (includes "Everybody Loves Me" chants and "Love Rollercoaster" guitar interpolation) (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)

Encore 2

1. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (includes "Please, Please, Please")

Encore 3

1. "Mountains" (includes "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", performed by Elisa Dease and Sheila E.)
2. "Everyday People" (performed with Sheila E.)
3. "I Want to Take You Higher" (performed with Sheila E.)
4. "Ol' Skool Company" (includes "Purple Rain" tease intro and "Also Sprach Zarathustra" interpolation) (performed with Sheila E.)

Encore 4

1. "Peach" (performed with Sheila E., sans Cora Coleman-Dunham)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
First Leg
Europe^[10]^[11]^[12]
July 4, 2010	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival
July 5, 2010	Berlin	Germany	Waldbühne
July 9, 2010	Arras	France	La Citadelle
July 10, 2010	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festival Park
July 13, 2010	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
July 18, 2010	Lisbon	Portugal	Super Bock Super Rock
July 25, 2010	Nice	France	Stade Charles-Ehrmann
Second Leg
Europe^[12]
October 18, 2010	Bergen	Norway	Vestlandshallen
October 20, 2010	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
October 22, 2010	Herning		Jyske Bank Boxen
November 2, 2010	Rome	Italy	PalaLottomatica
November 3, 2010	Milan		Mediolanum Forum
November 8, 2010	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
Asia^[12]
November 14, 2010	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Du Arena
Europe^[13]
November 18, 2010	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Sportpaleis	Antwerp	14,391 / 15,719 (92%)	$1,865,020

Band

• Prince: Lead Vocals and Guitar
• Cora Coleman Dunham: Drums [First Leg]
• John Blackwell: Drums [Second Leg]
• Joshua Dunham: Bass [First Leg]
• Ida Nielsen: Bass [Second Leg]
• Cassandra O' Neal: Keyboards
• Morris Hayes: Keyboards
• Renato Neto: Keyboards [Second Leg]
• Shelby Johnson: Vocals
• Elisa Dease: Vocals
• Liv Warfield: Vocals
• Frédéric Yonnet: Harmonica [First Leg]
• Sheila E.: Percussion and Vocals [Second Leg]

Due to unknown reasons, Sheila E. did not appear after the October 22 show.^[14]

• Madje Malki : FOH Sound
• Tifred Lucas : Monitor Sound
• Andy Doig : Lights

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14. "Sheila e. Is Out for Rest of Prince Tour". 25 October 2010.