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2 August, 2011 Tour Overview Tour History 6 August, 2011 (am)


Welcome 2 America: Euro 2011 Tour

Band   Prince (vox, guitar, bass, keyboards), John Blackwell (drums), Ida Nielsen (bass, vox), Morris Hayes (keyboards), Cassandra O'Neal (keyboards, vox), Andy Allo (guitar, vox), Shelby J. (vox)
Guest(s)   none
3 August, 2011

Venue Oslo Spektrum

City Oslo

Country Norway
 Setlist
    Setlist details are tentative still. More details to follow when they become available.
Songs Additional Songs Remarks / Personnel*

Cassandra O'Neal piano intro File:Arrow.png ..
Let's Go Crazy File:Arrow.png
Delirious Let's Go Crazy coda File:Arrow.png .
1999 ..
Little Red Corvette ..
Nothing Compares 2 U . Shelby J. co-lead vox
Love Is A Losing Game (instrumental) File:Arrow.png ..
People Get Ready . Shelby J., Andy Allo co-lead vox
Crimson And Clover (instrumental) / Waiting In Vain . Andy Allo lead vox on Waiting In Vain
Take Me With U File:Arrow.png . Andy Allo co-lead vox
Raspberry Beret File:Arrow.png ..
Anotherloverholenyohead incl. uptempo 'rock jam' coda .
Peach (instrumental) / Johnny B. Goode. Shelby J. & Andy Allo co-lead vox
Alphabet St.

Purple Rain (incl. sampled string coda) .

Let's Work File:Arrow.png ..
U Got The Look File:Arrow.png ..
Controversy incl. Housequake chant .

Sometimes It Snows In April ..
[Sampler set]
Hot Thing (instrumental) . as sample clip, aborted
Kiss ..
[Sampler set]
When Doves Cry / Sign O' The Times / Forever In My Life / Darling Nikki (instrumental) / Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (instrumental) all as sample clips w/ live vocals
Nasty Girl (instrumental) . w/ band backing
Mr. Goodnight . w/ band backing
I Would Die 4 U File:Arrow.png . small> w/ band backing </small>
A Love Bizarre File:Arrow.png . .
Play That Funky Music . .
 
 

* Guest(s) (musicians not in the regular line up for this tour or show) performing, or lead vox / solo instrument performing on this song.
Show Facts
Advertised Start Time / Start Time Length Of Show Attendance/Capacity Ticket Prices

19:30 / 20:20 140 minutes ? / (limited to) 8,000 NOK 1395.00 (+ NOK 50 = NOK 1445) / NOK 845.00 (+ NOK 40 = NOK 895) / NOK 595.00 (+NOK 30 = NOK 625)
 
Trivia

  • This show was added to the itinerary on 1 June, 2011 at 9:15 after tickets for a show in Oslo on 23 July sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale. Tickets for this show were then put on sale immediately.
  • Due to a terror attack in Oslo on Friday 22 July, this show was postponed until 3 August. The announcement was made around 23:00 Friday night the 22nd. The Oslo Spektrum is only a few hundred meters away from the area where a bomb went off. Tickets could also be reimbursed until 31 July, 2011
  • This show was initially almost sold out, but after being rescheduled, more tickets became available on 25 July, 2011 at 15:00.
  • Doors opened at 18:45. The video sequence, starting with Time Waits For No One, of Prince associate- and Minneapolis artists started playing soon thereafter, but it was the audio only. The videos (starting with Drive Me Wild started at 19:40
  • For Play That Funky Music circa 30 fans were invited on stage to dance.
  • An audio stream of Love Is A Losing Game (instrumental) from this show was put up on YouTube via Andy Allo's Facebook page after the show.
  • An mp3 download of Alphabet St.from this show was put up on Shelby J.'s Facebook page the day after the show. soon after the same recording was also featured on Andy Allo's Facebook page as a 'soundcloud' stream.
 
Soundcheck Support Act(s)

none


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