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Purple Rain Tour

February 15, 2024

The Purple Rain Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince and The Revolution following up on the success of his sixth studio album Purple Rain and his 1984 film Purple Rain. According to Spin, the tour sold over 1.7 million tickets.

Purple Rain Tour
Tour by Prince and The Revolution
Associated albumPurple Rain
Start dateNovember 4, 1984
End dateApril 7, 1985
Legs2
No. of shows98 (99 scheduled)
Prince and The Revolution concert chronology
  • 1999 Tour
    (1982–83)
  • Purple Rain Tour
    (1984–85)
  • Parade Tour
    (1986)

History edit

The tour marked the live debut of the band now named The Revolution as Wendy Melvoin made her appearance as the new guitarist in Prince's band, taking over for the departed Dez Dickerson, completing the iconic line-up of the band.

In addition to Prince and The Revolution, they were joined on tour by Apollonia 6, and Sheila E. and her band. Despite gaining fame from their appearance in the film and releasing a third album, The Time were not invited to tour, as by 1985 the group had been depleted, with many of its remaining key members quitting to embark on personal careers.

Opening acts edit

Set list edit

The Purple Rain Tour was the first Prince tour to open with brand new material. In this case, it was with the album opener, "Let's Go Crazy". A triple dose from the 1999 album followed: "Delirious", "1999" and "Little Red Corvette". An instrumental interlude of "Yankee Doodle" usually introduced another 1999 song, "Free". The B-side "God" was often played, followed by a usual sequence of "Computer Blue", "Darling Nikki", "The Beautiful Ones" and "When Doves Cry" (featuring a mirror setup onstage to mimic the video of the song). As encores, the remaining Purple Rain songs closed the concert, "I Would Die 4 U", "Baby I'm a Star" and "Purple Rain". The three songs were extended, often taking 30 minutes to perform. "Take Me with U" was often worked in, completing all the album tracks. Other songs sometimes included were "Father's Song", "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?", the new "Temptation", "Let's Pretend We're Married", "Irresistible Bitch" and "Do Me, Baby". On rare occasions, "International Lover", and some tracks from Dirty Mind (1980) and Prince (1979) would pop up. Later in the tour, an instrumental of "Under the Cherry Moon" was sometimes played. The B-side "Irresistible Bitch" was segued into the unreleased "Possessed" at the show in Syracuse.

Setlist of November 11, 1984, at the Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States[1]

  1. "Let's Go Crazy"
  2. "Delirious"
  3. "1999" (includes Reveille interpolation)
  4. "Little Red Corvette"
  2. "Free"
  4. "Father's Song"
  6. "God"
  8. "Computer Blue"
  10. "Darling Nikki"
  12. "The Beautiful Ones" (includes 'backwards' "The Dance Electric"/wind chime intro)
  14. "When Doves Cry"

Encore 1

  2. "I Would Die 4 U"
  4. "Baby I'm a Star"

Encore 2

  2. "Purple Rain"

Setlist of November 22, 1984, at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States[2]

  1. "Let's Go Crazy"
  2. "Delirious"
  3. "1999" (includes Reveille interpolation)
  4. "Little Red Corvette"
  2. "Free"
  4. "Take Me with U"
  6. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
  8. "Temptation"
  10. "Let's Pretend We're Married"/"International Lover"
  12. "God"
  14. "Computer Blue"
  16. "Darling Nikki"
  18. "The Beautiful Ones" (includes 'backwards' "The Dance Electric"/wind chime intro)
  20. "When Doves Cry"

Encore 1

  2. "I Would Die 4 U"
  4. "Baby I'm a Star"

Encore 2

  2. "Purple Rain"

Setlist of December 2, 1984, at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[3]

  1. "Let's Go Crazy"
  2. "Delirious"
  3. "1999" (includes Reveille interpolation)
  4. "Little Red Corvette"
  2. "Under the Cherry Moon" (Instrumental)
  4. "Free"
  6. "Take Me with U"
  8. "Dirty Mind"
  10. "Do Me, Baby"
  12. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
  14. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
  16. "Temptation"
  18. "Let's Pretend We're Married"/"International Lover"
  20. "Father's Song"
  22. "God"
  24. "Computer Blue"
  26. "Darling Nikki"
  28. "The Beautiful Ones" (includes 'backwards' "The Dance Electric"/wind chime intro)
  30. "When Doves Cry"

Encore 1

  2. "I Would Die 4 U"
  4. "Baby I'm a Star"

Encore 2

  2. "Purple Rain"

Setlist of February 23, 1985, at The Forum, Inglewood, California, United States[4]

  1. "Controversy"
  2. "Let's Go Crazy"
  3. "Delirious"
  4. "1999" (Includes Reveille interpolation)
  5. "Little Red Corvette"
  6. "Take Me with U" (Includes "Controversy" and "In a Spanish Villa (Instrumental)" interpolations)
  7. "When You Were Mine"
  8. "4 the Tears in Your Eyes"
  2. "A Case of You"
  4. "Free"
  6. "Raspberry Beret"
  8. "Do Me, Baby" (Includes 'purple house' spoken intro)
  10. "Irresistible Bitch"
  12. "Temptation"
  14. "Let's Pretend We're Married" / "International Lover"
  16. "God"
  18. "Computer Blue"
  20. "Darling Nikki"
  22. "The Beautiful Ones" (Includes 'backwards' "The Dance Electric" / wind chime intro)
  24. "When Doves Cry"

Encore 1

  2. "I Would Die 4 U"
  4. "Baby I'm a Star" (Includes "We are Young" chant & "Bodyheat" and "Partyup" interpolations)
  6. "America"

Encore 2

  2. "Purple Rain"

Notes

  • During performances of "I Would Die 4 U"/"Baby I'm a Star", Prince would often invite Apollonia 6 and Sheila E. to jam with him for a 20-to-30-minute rendition of the songs.
  • At the Landover, Maryland concert, the performance of "I Would Die 4 U"/"Baby I'm a Star" were recorded and used as a promo video for the song played on MTV.
  • The Syracuse, New York concert on March 30, 1985 was recorded and released on VHS later in 1985.
  • Singers Bruce Springsteen and Madonna joined Prince on stage during "Baby I'm a Star" at the February 23, 1985 concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
  • A little-known fact is that Prince performed his Purple Rain Concert a month before its first scheduled date in Detroit in a concert hall called "Bogarts" on Sept. 23, 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was hinted on the local Urban Contemporary station, WBLZ, but only a few individuals knew that he would actually show up. He played a full set for a crowd of 2,500 as a trial run, and even Morris Day and Sheila E. were present.

Tour dates edit

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, attendance, and gross revenue[5]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
November 4, 1984 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena 129,730 / 129,730 $1,967,572
November 5, 1984
November 7, 1984
November 8, 1984
November 9, 1984
November 11, 1984
November 12, 1984
November 14, 1984 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 44,029 / 52,629 $667,773
November 15, 1984
November 16, 1984
November 18, 1984 Landover Capital Centre 133,182 / 133,182[a] $2,019,927[a]
November 19, 1984
November 20, 1984
November 22, 1984 Philadelphia The Spectrum 55,917 / 55,917 $848,075
November 23, 1984
November 24, 1984
November 26, 1984 Landover Capital Centre [a] [a]
November 28, 1984
November 29, 1984
November 30, 1984
December 2, 1984 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 35,000 / 35,000 $628,950
December 3, 1984
December 5, 1984 Richfield United States Richfield Coliseum 36,400 / 36,400 $546,000
December 6, 1984
December 9, 1984 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon 90,687 / 90,687 $1,375,419
December 10, 1984
December 11, 1984
December 13, 1984
December 14, 1984
December 15, 1984 Lexington Rupp Arena 22,347 / 22,347 $368,725
December 17, 1984 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 30,021 / 32,328 $525,368
December 18, 1984
December 20, 1984 St. Louis St. Louis Arena 40,000 / 40,000 $700,000
December 21, 1984
December 23, 1984 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center 87,580 / 87,580 $1,532,650
December 24, 1984
December 26, 1984
December 27, 1984
December 28, 1984
December 30, 1984 Dallas Reunion Arena 53,274 / 54,828 $879,021
December 31, 1984
January 1, 1985
January 3, 1985 Atlanta The Omni 87,500 / 90,000 $1,531,250
January 4, 1985
January 6, 1985
January 7, 1985
January 8, 1985
January 11, 1985 Houston The Summit 102,564 / 102,564 $1,708,690
January 12, 1985
January 13, 1985
January 14, 1985
January 16, 1985
January 17, 1985
January 19, 1985 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum 35,400 / 35,400 [b] $619,500 [b]
January 21, 1985 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 44,100 / 44,100 $771,750
January 22, 1985
January 23, 1985
January 25, 1985 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum 33,600 / 33,600 [c] $588,000 [c]
January 26, 1985
January 29, 1985 Austin Frank Erwin Center 32,224 / 32,224 $531,696
January 30, 1985
February 1, 1985 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome 60,000 / 60,000 $1,050,000
February 3, 1985 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum [b] [b]
February 4, 1985 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum [c] [c]
February 14, 1985 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 48,900 / 48,900 $806,850
February 15, 1985
February 18, 1985 Inglewood The Forum 96,000 / 96,000 $1,680,000
February 19, 1985
February 20, 1985
February 22, 1985
February 23, 1985
February 24, 1985
February 27, 1985 Daly City Cow Palace 78,498 / 78,498 $1,373,715
February 28, 1985
March 1, 1985
March 3, 1985
March 4, 1985
March 5, 1985
March 7, 1985 Las Cruces Pan American Center 26,100 / 26,100 $456,750
March 8, 1985
March 10, 1985 Long Beach Long Beach Arena 40,722 / 40,722 $712,635
March 11, 1985
March 12, 1985
March 17, 1985 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 100,200 / 100,200 $1,753,500
March 18, 1985
March 20, 1985
March 22, 1985
March 23, 1985
March 24, 1985
March 26, 1985 Hartford Hartford Civic Center — —
March 27, 1985 Worcester Worcester Centrum 24,146 / 24,146 $422,555
March 28, 1985
March 30, 1985 Syracuse Carrier Dome 39,875 / 39,875 $697,812
April 1, 1985 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 16,089 / 16,089 $281,558
April 3, 1985 Tallahassee Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center 12,541 / 12,541 $232,009
April 4, 1985 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center 18,752 / 18,752 $356,288
April 5, 1985
April 7, 1985 Miami Purple Bowl Stadium 53,085 / 61,500 $982,073

Personnel edit

During this tour, Prince added saxophonists Eric Leeds and Eddie Minnifield to certain parts of the show and often they would join The Revolution on stage for the extended jams of "I Would Die 4 U" and "Baby I'm a Star". A minor conflict arose within the band, as Prince began giving Leeds lengthy solos during other songs, in particular Wendy was upset that her opening guitar solo on the show closing "Purple Rain" was given to Leeds.[6]

Tour photographer was Nancy Bundt.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d This box office score data is representative of all 7 shows at the Capital Centre on November 18, 19 & 20 and 26, 28, 29 & 30 respectively.
  2. ^ a b c d This box office score data is representative of both shows at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on January 19 and February 3 respectively.
  3. ^ a b c d This box office score data is representative of both shows at the Mid-South Coliseum on January 25 and February 4 respectively.

References edit

  1. ^ Prince Vault - Detroit, MI Set list
  2. ^ Prince Vault - Philadelphia, PA Set list
  3. ^ Prince Vault - Toronto, Canada Set list
  4. ^ Prince Vault - Inglewood, CA Set list
  5. ^ Prince Tour History – Purple Rain Tour 1984–1985
  6. ^ Alex Hahn (2003). "Possessed: The Rise And Fall Of Prince". Billboard Books.

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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Purple Rain Tour news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Purple Rain Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince and The Revolution following up on the success of his sixth studio album Purple Rain and his 1984 film Purple Rain According to Spin the tour sold over 1 7 million tickets Purple Rain TourTour by Prince and The RevolutionAssociated albumPurple RainStart dateNovember 4 1984End dateApril 7 1985Legs2No of shows98 99 scheduled Prince and The Revolution concert chronology1999 Tour 1982 83 Purple Rain Tour 1984 85 Parade Tour 1986 Contents 1 History 2 Opening acts 3 Set list 4 Tour dates 5 Personnel 6 Notes 7 ReferencesHistory editThe tour marked the live debut of the band now named The Revolution as Wendy Melvoin made her appearance as the new guitarist in Prince s band taking over for the departed Dez Dickerson completing the iconic line up of the band In addition to Prince and The Revolution they were joined on tour by Apollonia 6 and Sheila E and her band Despite gaining fame from their appearance in the film and releasing a third album The Time were not invited to tour as by 1985 the group had been depleted with many of its remaining key members quitting to embark on personal careers Opening acts editApollonia 6 Sheila E Set list editThe Purple Rain Tour was the first Prince tour to open with brand new material In this case it was with the album opener Let s Go Crazy A triple dose from the 1999 album followed Delirious 1999 and Little Red Corvette An instrumental interlude of Yankee Doodle usually introduced another 1999 song Free The B side God was often played followed by a usual sequence of Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones and When Doves Cry featuring a mirror setup onstage to mimic the video of the song As encores the remaining Purple Rain songs closed the concert I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star and Purple Rain The three songs were extended often taking 30 minutes to perform Take Me with U was often worked in completing all the album tracks Other songs sometimes included were Father s Song How Come U Don t Call Me Anymore the new Temptation Let s Pretend We re Married Irresistible Bitch and Do Me Baby On rare occasions International Lover and some tracks from Dirty Mind 1980 and Prince 1979 would pop up Later in the tour an instrumental of Under the Cherry Moon was sometimes played The B side Irresistible Bitch was segued into the unreleased Possessed at the show in Syracuse Setlist of November 11 1984 at the Joe Louis Arena Detroit Michigan United States 1 Let s Go Crazy Delirious 1999 includes Reveille interpolation Little Red Corvette Yankee Doodle Instrumental Interlude Free Father s Song God Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones includes backwards The Dance Electric wind chime intro When Doves Cry Encore 1 I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star Encore 2 Purple Rain Setlist of November 22 1984 at The Spectrum Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States 2 Let s Go Crazy Delirious 1999 includes Reveille interpolation Little Red Corvette Yankee Doodle Instrumental Interlude Free Take Me with U How Come U Don t Call Me Anymore Temptation Let s Pretend We re Married International Lover God Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones includes backwards The Dance Electric wind chime intro When Doves Cry Encore 1 I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star Encore 2 Purple Rain Setlist of December 2 1984 at the Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Ontario Canada 3 Let s Go Crazy Delirious 1999 includes Reveille interpolation Little Red Corvette Yankee Doodle Instrumental Interlude Under the Cherry Moon Instrumental Free Take Me with U Dirty Mind Do Me Baby I Wanna Be Your Lover How Come U Don t Call Me Anymore Temptation Let s Pretend We re Married International Lover Father s Song God Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones includes backwards The Dance Electric wind chime intro When Doves Cry Encore 1 I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star Encore 2 Purple Rain Setlist of February 23 1985 at The Forum Inglewood California United States 4 Controversy Let s Go Crazy Delirious 1999 Includes Reveille interpolation Little Red Corvette Take Me with U Includes Controversy and In a Spanish Villa Instrumental interpolations When You Were Mine 4 the Tears in Your Eyes Yankee Doodle Instrumental Interlude A Case of You Free Raspberry Beret Do Me Baby Includes purple house spoken intro Irresistible Bitch Temptation Let s Pretend We re Married International Lover God Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Beautiful Ones Includes backwards The Dance Electric wind chime intro When Doves Cry Encore 1 I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star Includes We are Young chant amp Bodyheat and Partyup interpolations America Encore 2 Purple Rain Notes During performances of I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star Prince would often invite Apollonia 6 and Sheila E to jam with him for a 20 to 30 minute rendition of the songs At the Landover Maryland concert the performance of I Would Die 4 U Baby I m a Star were recorded and used as a promo video for the song played on MTV The Syracuse New York concert on March 30 1985 was recorded and released on VHS later in 1985 Singers Bruce Springsteen and Madonna joined Prince on stage during Baby I m a Star at the February 23 1985 concert at The Forum in Inglewood California A little known fact is that Prince performed his Purple Rain Concert a month before its first scheduled date in Detroit in a concert hall called Bogarts on Sept 23 1984 in Cincinnati Ohio It was hinted on the local Urban Contemporary station WBLZ but only a few individuals knew that he would actually show up He played a full set for a crowd of 2 500 as a trial run and even Morris Day and Sheila E were present Tour dates editList of concerts showing date city country attendance and gross revenue 5 Date City Country Venue Attendance RevenueNovember 4 1984 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena 129 730 129 730 1 967 572November 5 1984November 7 1984November 8 1984November 9 1984November 11 1984November 12 1984November 14 1984 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 44 029 52 629 667 773November 15 1984November 16 1984November 18 1984 Landover Capital Centre 133 182 133 182 a 2 019 927 a November 19 1984November 20 1984November 22 1984 Philadelphia The Spectrum 55 917 55 917 848 075November 23 1984November 24 1984November 26 1984 Landover Capital Centre a a November 28 1984November 29 1984November 30 1984December 2 1984 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 35 000 35 000 628 950December 3 1984December 5 1984 Richfield United States Richfield Coliseum 36 400 36 400 546 000December 6 1984December 9 1984 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon 90 687 90 687 1 375 419December 10 1984December 11 1984December 13 1984December 14 1984December 15 1984 Lexington Rupp Arena 22 347 22 347 368 725December 17 1984 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 30 021 32 328 525 368December 18 1984December 20 1984 St Louis St Louis Arena 40 000 40 000 700 000December 21 1984December 23 1984 Saint Paul St Paul Civic Center 87 580 87 580 1 532 650December 24 1984December 26 1984December 27 1984December 28 1984December 30 1984 Dallas Reunion Arena 53 274 54 828 879 021December 31 1984January 1 1985January 3 1985 Atlanta The Omni 87 500 90 000 1 531 250January 4 1985January 6 1985January 7 1985January 8 1985January 11 1985 Houston The Summit 102 564 102 564 1 708 690January 12 1985January 13 1985January 14 1985January 16 1985January 17 1985January 19 1985 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum 35 400 35 400 b 619 500 b January 21 1985 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum 44 100 44 100 771 750January 22 1985January 23 1985January 25 1985 Memphis Mid South Coliseum 33 600 33 600 c 588 000 c January 26 1985January 29 1985 Austin Frank Erwin Center 32 224 32 224 531 696January 30 1985February 1 1985 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome 60 000 60 000 1 050 000February 3 1985 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum b b February 4 1985 Memphis Mid South Coliseum c c February 14 1985 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 48 900 48 900 806 850February 15 1985February 18 1985 Inglewood The Forum 96 000 96 000 1 680 000February 19 1985February 20 1985February 22 1985February 23 1985February 24 1985February 27 1985 Daly City Cow Palace 78 498 78 498 1 373 715February 28 1985March 1 1985March 3 1985March 4 1985March 5 1985March 7 1985 Las Cruces Pan American Center 26 100 26 100 456 750March 8 1985March 10 1985 Long Beach Long Beach Arena 40 722 40 722 712 635March 11 1985March 12 1985March 17 1985 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 100 200 100 200 1 753 500March 18 1985March 20 1985March 22 1985March 23 1985March 24 1985March 26 1985 Hartford Hartford Civic Center March 27 1985 Worcester Worcester Centrum 24 146 24 146 422 555March 28 1985March 30 1985 Syracuse Carrier Dome 39 875 39 875 697 812April 1 1985 Indianapolis Market Square Arena 16 089 16 089 281 558April 3 1985 Tallahassee Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center 12 541 12 541 232 009April 4 1985 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center 18 752 18 752 356 288April 5 1985April 7 1985 Miami Purple Bowl Stadium 53 085 61 500 982 073Personnel editPrince Lead vocals guitar tambourine and keyboards Wendy Melvoin Guitar Brown Mark Bass Matt Fink Keyboards Lisa Coleman Keyboards Bobby Z DrumsDuring this tour Prince added saxophonists Eric Leeds and Eddie Minnifield to certain parts of the show and often they would join The Revolution on stage for the extended jams of I Would Die 4 U and Baby I m a Star A minor conflict arose within the band as Prince began giving Leeds lengthy solos during other songs in particular Wendy was upset that her opening guitar solo on the show closing Purple Rain was given to Leeds 6 Tour photographer was Nancy Bundt Notes edit a b c d This box office score data is representative of all 7 shows at the Capital Centre on November 18 19 amp 20 and 26 28 29 amp 30 respectively a b c d This box office score data is representative of both shows at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center on January 19 and February 3 respectively a b c d This box office score data is representative of both shows at the Mid South Coliseum on January 25 and February 4 respectively References edit Prince Vault Detroit MI Set list Prince Vault Philadelphia PA Set list Prince Vault Toronto Canada Set list Prince Vault Inglewood CA Set list Prince Tour History Purple Rain Tour 1984 1985 Alex Hahn 2003 Possessed The Rise And Fall Of Prince Billboard Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Purple Rain Tour amp oldid 1176177215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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