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Prince Tour

Tour by Prince

Location

North America

Associated album

Prince

Start date

November 26, 1979

End date

May 3, 1980

Legs

Shows

14 club dates
42 as opening act
56 in total

Prince tour chronology

Prince Tour
(1979-80)

Dirty Mind Tour
(1980-81)

The Prince Tour was the first concert tour by Prince, and supported his second album Prince. The tour started as a headlining club act and played 13 dates before joining Rick James' Fire It Up Tour as a supporting act for 38 more dates. The tour lasted from late November 1979 ^[1] through April 1980.^[2]

1 History
2 Band
3 Typical set list
4 Tour dates
5 References

History [edit]

The tour focused on material from Prince's first two albums. As a support act, the set usually contained 7-8 songs, but most extended out so the concert would last about 40 minutes. Towards the end of the tour, Prince sometimes incorporated a newly written song, "Head" into the act. The lewd number conflicted with keyboardist Gayle Chapman's religious beliefs, as she was a member of The Way^{[clarification needed]} and caused her to leave the band. She was later replaced by Lisa Coleman, who provided additional vocals for the song in the studio and in concert and later became a close collaborator with Prince.

The Prince Tour stayed within the United States, but prior to Prince's next tour, he would venture to Europe for the first time for three club dates.

Matt Fink started in this tour wearing a jailbird, black and white striped outfit. It would not be until the next tour for Dirty Mind that he would adopt the Doctor Fink persona.

When Prince joined Rick James' Fire It Up Tour, within the industry it was billed as the Battle of Funk. However it quickly became evident that Prince was winning over the crowd with his short, lively set which he stole from Rick James and eventually brought more energy than the two hour set by the headliner. Animosity between the two groups developed as they tended not to socialize after the show, plus Rick James and his crew were heavy into drinking and doing drugs, something Prince avoided.

Band [edit]

Prince: Lead vocals and guitar
Dez Dickerson: Guitar
André Cymone: Bass
Matt Fink: Keyboards
Gayle Chapman: Keyboards
Bobby Z.: Drums

Typical set list [edit]

Additionally, "Head" was debuted on this tour and worked into this some shows.

"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" was the second track played in these concerts, and would be the same for the next two concert tours. For some reason after that, it would never be played again except at a few one-off shows over the following years.

Tour dates [edit]

Date	City	Country	Venue
First Leg
November 26, 1979	West Hollywood	United States	The Roxy Theatre
November 28, 1979	Denver		Rainbow Music Hall
November 29, 1979	Burleson		Western Palace Club
December 1, 1979	Houston		The Palace
December 2, 1979	Avondale		Ole Man River
December 2, 1979	Avondale		Ole Man River
February 9, 1980	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre
February 11, 1980	Cincinnati		Bogart's
February 14, 1980	Cherry Hill		Emerald City
February 15, 1980	New York City		Bottom Line
February 15, 1980
February 16, 1980
February 16, 1980
February 17, 1980	Boston		Paradise Club
Second Leg (opening for Rick James' Fire It Up Tour)
February 22, 1980	Fort Worth	United States	Tarrant County Convention Center
February 23, 1980	Shreveport		Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
February 24, 1980	Houston		Sam Houston Coliseum
February 28, 1980	Chicago		Uptown Theatre
February 29, 1980	Chicago		Uptown Theatre
March 1, 1980	Pittsburgh		Stanley Theater
March 2, 1980	Pittsburgh		Stanley Theater
March 5, 1980	Greenville		Greenville Memorial Auditorium
March 6, 1980	Atlanta		The Omni
March 7, 1980	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
March 8, 1980	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center
March 9, 1980	Sunrise		Sunrise Musical Theater
March 14, 1980	Hampton		Hampton Roads Coliseum
March 15, 1980	Raleigh		Dorton Arena
March 16, 1980	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
March 20, 1980	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
March 21, 1980	Cleveland		Public Hall
March 22, 1980	Louisville		Freedom Hall
March 23, 1980	Detroit		Cobo Arena
March 27, 1980	Columbus		Columbus Municipal Auditorium
March 28, 1980	New Orleans		Municipal Auditorium
March 29, 1980	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
March 30, 1980	Lake Charles		Lake Charles Civic Center
April 2, 1980	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
April 3, 1980	Toledo		Toledo Sports Arena
April 4, 1980	Saginaw		Saginaw Civic Center
April 5, 1980	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
April 6, 1980	St. Louis		The Checkerdome
April 7, 1980	Milwaukee		MECCA Arena
April 10, 1980	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center
April 11, 1980	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
April 12, 1980	Baltimore		Baltimore Civic Center
April 13, 1980	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center
April 17, 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center
April 18, 1980	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum
April 19, 1980	Huntsville		Von Braun Civic Center
April 20, 1980	Dayton		University of Dayton Arena
April 24, 1980	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
April 25, 1980	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
April 26, 1980	Macon		Macon Coliseum
April 27, 1980	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
May 3, 1980	Landover		Capital Centre

References [edit]

Prince

v t e Prince

Albums Singles Videography Unreleased projects Associates

Concert tours	Prince Tour Dirty Mind Tour Controversy Tour 1999 Tour Purple Rain Tour Under the Cherry Moon Tour Sign o' the Times Tour Lovesexy Tour Nude Tour Diamonds and Pearls Tour Act I and II Interactive Tour The Ultimate Live Experience Love 4 One Another Charities Tour Jam of the Year Tour New Power Soul Tour Hit n Run Tour One Nite Alone... Tour World Tour 2003 Musicology Live 2004ever Per4ming Live 3121 21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour 20Ten Tour Welcome 2

Filmography	Purple Rain Under the Cherry Moon Sign o' the Times Graffiti Bridge

Videography	Prince and the Revolution: Live Lovesexy Live 1 Lovesexy Live 2 Gett Off: The Home Video Film Sexy M.F. Diamonds and Pearls Video Collection The Hits Collection 3 Chains o' Gold Live! − The Sacrifice of Victor The Undertaker Beautiful Strange Rave Un2 the Year 2000 Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas Welcome 2 Charlotte City - Live

Video games	Prince Interactive

Stage productions	Glam Slam Ulysses Billboards

Associated companies	Arista Records Columbia Records EMI Records NPG Records Paisley Park Records Warner Bros. Records

Related articles	The Revolution The New Power Generation NPG Music Club Minneapolis sound

Book:Prince

v t e Prince albums

Studio albums	For You Prince Dirty Mind Controversy 1999 Around the World in a Day Sign "O" the Times Lovesexy Diamonds and Pearls Love Symbol Album Come The Black Album The Gold Experience Chaos and Disorder Emancipation Crystal Ball The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic The Rainbow Children One Nite Alone... Xpectation N.E.W.S The Chocolate Invasion The Slaughterhouse Musicology 3121 Planet Earth Lotusflower / MPLSound 20Ten

Soundtrack albums	Purple Rain Parade Batman Graffiti Bridge Girl 6

Compilation albums	The Hits/The B-Sides Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic The Very Best of Prince Ultimate Prince

Live albums	One Nite Alone... Live! C-Note Indigo Nights

Extended plays	The Beautiful Experience 1999: The New Master

v t e Prince singles

1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"

1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"Man'O'War" "Baby Knows" "The Work, pt. 1" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "Musicology" "Call My Name" "Cinnamon Girl" "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "Chelsea Rodgers" "The One U Wanna C" "Dance 4 Me" "Crimson and Clover"

2010s	"Extraloveable" "Dance 4 Me" (remixes) "Rock and Roll Love Affair"

Promotional singles	"Gotta Stop (Messin' About)" "Erotic City" "Love Sign" "Purple Medley" "NYC" "U Make My Sun Shine" "Supercute" "Days of Wild" "S.S.T." "The Song of the Heart" "One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship (Live)" "Glass Cutter" "F.U.N.K."

Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Head" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"

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Tour dates [edit]

References [edit]

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