Did anyone attend Prince's O2 concert on August 24th. What did you think? Any chance of getting the full set list?

I was at the aftershow which was amazing that night. Blew away the next night's main show.

Here is the the 24th's setlist courtesy of Housequake.com

Main Show 21.00 - 22.34 (total performance time - ?)
1999
Honky Tonk Women/ Brown Sugar riffs The Rolling Stones
Alphabet Street
Guitar (instrumental)
Cream
U Got The Look
Musicology
Prince And The Band
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry (Common raps) incl. Love Rollercoaster intro The Ohio Players + Miss You riff The Rolling Stones
Satisfied/The Rules
Piano set
Little Red Corvette - Raspberry Beret - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore - Diamonds + Pearls (long instrumental intro + 1 chorus) - Sometimes It Snows In April
Synth set
Partyman (sample) - SOTT (2 verses) - Pop Life (1 verse) - Erotic City (sample) - When Doves Cry (1 verse) - Nasty Girl (sample - "Where the Nasty girls are? Clap your hands nasty girl") - I Wanna Be Your Lover (1 verse + 1 chorus) - DMSR (1 verse)
Purple Rain (piano intro - full band joins in)

Encore
I Feel For You
Controversy w/Housequake chant
3 minute break
Encore
Kiss
Nc2u

Thanks for that jomo297. Does Prince attend the after shows?

iamthedj Wrote:
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> Thanks for that jomo297. Does Prince attend the
> after shows?


Sometimes yes, sometimes not

i was there with Gazza, Partydoll Meg, Sweet Virginia etc..

it was fantastic
the guy is a very talented showman
he had us up dancing in the aisles from the very first number-
it was unrelenting, good old fashioned entertainment.

He's got a wicked sense of humour, too, which came as a pleasant suprise.

his multiples references to The Stones, during the show, and the cheeky riffs to Miss You etc, were great.

This was my first (but not my last) Prince concert
he's James Brown reincarnated, as far as i'm concerned, and i cannot
think of a higher compliment than that.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-30 11:58 by Adrian-L.

I was at the show on saturday, 25th, really liked it even though I am not a real prince-fan. did anybody make good pictures at that show ?

I was suppose to go to the 24 th show and then the third O2 stones show. A friend of mine went thought and said the show was great and the after party where he played for over an hour absolutely blew him away!

Cheers,
Wuudy

Hi Adrian!

I agree. Prince was great. He is a fantastic musician and he seemed to be channeling James Brown when dancing. His voice is still great, even in the high ranges. At the after-show on the 24th he played for another 1-1/2 or 2 hours. It was a great night.

SV

The after-show on 24th was mind-blowing and far eclipsed the main show as far as I was concerned.

Beast Wrote:
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> The after-show on 24th was mind-blowing and far
> eclipsed the main show as far as I was concerned.


I agree. The main show was terrific in its own right, but that 90 minutes in the Indigo afterwards was a performance of pure, mesmerizing utter musical genius

SweetVirginia Wrote:
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> Hi Adrian!


hi back!
hope the journey home was ok
great to meet you last week

Gazza Wrote:
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> Beast Wrote:
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> > The after-show on 24th was mind-blowing and far
> > eclipsed the main show as far as I was
> concerned.
>
>
> I agree. The main show was terrific in its own
> right, but that 90 minutes in the Indigo
> afterwards was a performance of pure, mesmerizing
> utter musical genius


The aftershows I've seen have mindblowing. That's because Prince is pleasing himself rather than the masses. The main shows have been excellent, but once you've been to a couple, you pretty much know wghat you're going to get, even if he does shake up the setlist. And I've still got five more to go to ...

I saw the shows on the 24th and 25th and they were terrific. But, it appears that for all the complaining that we do about the Stones pricing, Prince was worse. He apparently sold 235 GBP "VIP" tickets, that basically covered the entire floor "first 10 rows from the stage". The fan club people who purchased first ended up with the first 10 rows behind the stage, so they spent most of the night watching the drummer's butt. Even folks in front of the stage had trouble seeing because the stage was so high. Then, to add insult to injury, they opened up an area closest to the artist and called them "stage suite" tickets for 250 GBP, and when they had a hard time selling the VIP tix, they lowered the prices back down to 31 pounds and sold them through ticketmaster. I should know, as I paid 31 quid to sit six rows from Prince on the 25th. Utter scam. Cohl and his crew are saints compared to whoever organized this.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-30 20:26 by drbryant.

I saw the show on the 25th and Ihave to say it was very very good

Adrian, Gazza, Sweet Virginia... my Prince pals..Oh what fun!!!!

Great show..first time for me and I will go again if given the chance.

partydoll Meg Wrote:
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> Adrian, Gazza, Sweet Virginia... my Prince
> pals..Oh what fun!!!!

It certainly was - a great night

Not a huge Prince fan but certainly respect him.

Cool to see Common joined him on stage. Common is one of the best musicians out there today and is very diverse with his music.

drbryant Wrote:
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> I saw the shows on the 24th and 25th and they were
> terrific. But, it appears that for all the
> complaining that we do about the Stones pricing,
> Prince was worse. He apparently sold 250 GBP
> premium tickets, that basically covered the entire
> floor "first 10 rows from the stage". The fan
> club people who purchased first ended up with the
> first 10 rows behind the stage, so they spent most
> of the night watching the drummer's butt. Even
> folks in front of the stage had trouble seeing
> because the stage was so high. Then, to add
> insult to injury, when they had a hard time
> selling the VIP tix, they lowered the prices back
> down to 31 pounds and sold them through
> ticketmaster. I should know, as I paid 31 quid to
> sit six rows from Prince on the 25th. Utter scam.
> Cohl and his crew are saints compared to whoever
> organized this.

I guess you are wrong here! The 250GBP tickets where those
tickets where people were sitting directly "in" the stage area
with bar stools and drinking service.
All other tickets were 31GBP. We got 2 tickets at the boxoffice
for 31.xxGBP and ended at front row. Great party!

i went on the 24th - i guess i'm the only critic on this thread. i didn't think it was that great. i just know his stuff from the radio 25 years ago and was bummed to hear most of it in a piano medley (especially "when doves cry"). i hate medleys - can you imagine the stones doing a medley?

i guess i don't really consider him rock and roll - more like dance music. i was impressed with his guitar solos but there were only a couple of them.

the crowd was entertaining - so many young drunk tough-looking english men singing alone with every song. it made me laugh.

tickets were free and i'm glad i went. i danced a little but really, for me, it was a way to pass the time between stones shows. his references to the stones kept reminding me of who i really wanted to be seeing.

glad to hear he showed up at the afterparty. maybe that would've changed my mind about him but the line was too long and the price too high (though i spent almost the same price for each tim ries show).

sounds great!

when does he start his 25 night stand in portland?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-30 20:02 by nikki bong.

This remark is sad but true.
When presale and sale started the floor seats were available for 235 GBP + fees.
A week before the shows the seats not sold were available for 31,21 GBP + fees.
That's what I call a rip off for those who are fans and secure their tickets as soon as possible.
After attending on Friday and having loads of fun I decided to go for a floor seat on Saturday and got one at the box office for the reduced price and threw my nosebleed ticket on the floor since there was no way to sell it,security warned me of being immediately thrown out for doing so coz it's illegal on AEG's property.
Great show again.
Michael

rknuth Wrote:
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> drbryant Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I saw the shows on the 24th and 25th and they
> were
> > terrific. But, it appears that for all the
> > complaining that we do about the Stones
> pricing,
> > Prince was worse. He apparently sold 250 GBP
> > premium tickets, that basically covered the
> entire
> > floor "first 10 rows from the stage". The fan
> > club people who purchased first ended up with
> the
> > first 10 rows behind the stage, so they spent
> most
> > of the night watching the drummer's butt. Even
> > folks in front of the stage had trouble seeing
> > because the stage was so high. Then, to add
> > insult to injury, when they had a hard time
> > selling the VIP tix, they lowered the prices
> back
> > down to 31 pounds and sold them through
> > ticketmaster. I should know, as I paid 31 quid
> to
> > sit six rows from Prince on the 25th. Utter
> scam.
> > Cohl and his crew are saints compared to
> whoever
> > organized this.
>
> I guess you are wrong here! The 250GBP tickets
> where those
> tickets where people were sitting directly "in"
> the stage area
> with bar stools and drinking service.
> All other tickets were 31GBP. We got 2 tickets at
> the boxoffice
> for 31.xxGBP and ended at front row. Great party!


I checked with some people and changed my post. It is even worse than I originally thought, as those areas were created AFTER selling 235 GBP tickets. Total scam. Stone fans like us were the lucky ones, since we arrived without tix and ended up near the stage for 31.21. I agree that he is a great performer and he put on a great show, tho.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-08-30 20:28 by drbryant.

I was at 24.... I should say when he play the guitar or he does "blues" session... this was really fantastic!!! Then, when he he does other kind of music.... (let´s say, when the 4 girls come to dance on-stage) well, this was really bored!!

kaskatanas Wrote:
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> I was at 24.... I should say when he play the
> guitar or he does "blues" session... this was
> really fantastic!!! Then, when he he does other
> kind of music.... (let´s say, when the 4 girls
> come to dance on-stage) well, this was really
> bored!!

agreed - no enough "blues" sessions though...

LQ - I was never a big Prince fan, was seeing him for the first time on 24th and wasn't that enamoured of the main show either (and I also hate medleys!). But the after-show was a different kettle of fish altogether. Absolutely fantabulous top show.

great to hear about the aftershow - i meant to ask you how it was when i saw you on sunday but of course, our aftershow plans were all amuck and the drama level was high.

i didn't get to say goodbye to everyone...i eventually just walked away from simpson's - an anticlimatic ending to the week.