The Beginning Of The End

The Beginning Of The End
Last night I attended my 12th show of Prince‘s 21 Night Stand concert residency here in LA which, I have learned, is coming to an end this weekend. Apparently, the 21 Nite Stand refers to 21 performances … not 21 actual nights of shows. It was revealed yesterday that this weekend’s shows — Friday, Saturday [...]

Last night I attended my 12th show of Prince‘s 21 Night Stand concert residency here in LA which, I have learned, is coming to an end this weekend. Apparently, the 21 Nite Stand refers to 21 performances … not 21 actual nights of shows. It was revealed yesterday that this weekend’s shows — Friday, Saturday and Sunday — will be the final shows … so that made last night’s performance a bit more special.

I have to say, Prince seemed to exhibit a new kind of energy in last night’s show … he turned on the sexy made the crowd go wild with the flipping open of his shirt. The setlist got switched up a bit, much to the crowd’s glee. Here is the setlist from last night’s show:

Samples Set:

When Doves Cry (In full)
Nasty Girl
Sign O’ the Times
Alphabet Street
Forever In My Life
Darling Nikki
Hot Thing
I Would Die 4 U

D.M.S.R.
Pop Life
Musicology
Prince & the Band
Shhhhh
U Will Be With Me

Instrumental Interlude

Take Me With U
Anotherloverholeinyourhead (With Rock Lobster guitar riff)
Peach
Cool
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Let’s Work
U Got The Look
Make U Feel My Love
Purple Rain

Encore 1:

A Love Bizarre (Duet with Nikka Costa)
Controversy

Encore 2:

Disco Heat
Baby I’m A Star
Kiss

Encore 3:

Nothing Compares 2 U (Duet with Shelby J.)

I can’t even believe it but … as soon as I learned that this weekend’s shows will be the last I immediately got unreasonably and inexplicably bummed out. Trust me, I know how lucky we Los Angelinos are that we got about a month of Prince shows to attend in various venues — and I am really grateful for that — but I’ve oddly become accustomed to weekly Prince shows. Lord, I’m gonna go into mourning after Sunday night’s final show … I just know it ;)

Tonight, I go back for my 13th show with my friend Josh so I’m really looking forward to that :) I hope your long Memorial Day weekend is off to a great start … have a hot dog for me, y’all!!

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