Prince gig

(yes, I'm a Prince fan, so nyah).

Positive (if fluffy) reviews from the first O2 show last night:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article2183108.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/08/02/nosplit/bmprince202.xml
http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2139842,00.html

I'm going tomorrow night, and am now officially excited.

i went, hes still got it, it was a good show, but its a pretty tame, safe show. the 02 sound was a bit annoying too - very BIG standard echoy arena sound where it almost sounds muffled. the thing that surprised me though was if its meant to be the last time he plays the hits, how come he played so few of them? still, there were some great moments - controversy, feel for you, but IMO he didnt really seem to get inspired til the acoustic encore (which was brill) and when he did love bizarre. that was worth the ticket price though, just wish the acoustic segment was longer. he doesnt really give his old hits much room to breathe by and large though - almost rushes through them or edits them so much or rejigs them unnecessarily. my other gripe was too much slow material, not much pace to the show, or energy, but maybe thats to be expected. i would actually have liked to have heard more of the new album too actually, just cos its got some good fast songs and he seems more inspired to sing them as theyre fresher, not 20 yr old hits he doesnt really seem to care for anymore.

Where were you sitting? We're gonna be sitting in the upper tier and wondering if it might be a bit remote. Going on the last night though, he might pull out a few more stops.

4th floor! pretty high up so can only get an idea of his facial expressions (essential for appreciating prince!) from the screen. didnt help i was sat to two annoying lagered up idiots and the seats are quite small for me.

the thing that surprised me though was if its meant to be the last time he plays the hits

Ha, I thought the tour before this was the "saying goodbye to the hits" one?

(or maybe it was the tour before that one?)

i've been offered a ticket but am passing it up for some bizarre reason

well hes always doing 'last time to hear the hits' tours but on the previous ones he at least PLAYED the hits! or more of them at least.

david bowie SOUND + VISION tour 1990 anyone?

Was their a support act last night? Who/what time? And what time did the main event finish? And what time did you get out?

Sorry, what time did the main event start.

JUST GOT FLOOR TICKETS FOR 28/8 V V EXCITED WOO

he doesnt really give his old hits much room to breathe by and large though - almost rushes through them or edits them so much or rejigs them unnecessarily

this is the way he's performed his 80s material lvie for at least the last 15 years.

Colleague of mine who thinks Prince is "weird" and "crap" going tomorrow (Friday) on a freebie. I think I'm jealous, but not that jealous to pay the travel + relatively cheap ticket price to go too. Ten or so years ago I'd have been moving to London for a fortnight and going to the whole lot of them, now, meh, not so much. Possibly due to his lack of reverence for the stuff that matters to me, as mentioned above.

(attitude might have been like g00blar's had I scored freebies, I guess)

(not freebies--we just had assumed that everything was sold out; never actually checked before last night)

SO FUCKING GOOD!

details!!

actually, keep your details to yourself Matt.
the pain of reading how great all these shows have been is killing me.
[rant mode] humph. grumble. f*cking kids. parenting shit. humph. living in the outback[/rant mode]

The view from my seat.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1004/1041861322_5110748f82.jpg

I went to the second show on August 3. Amazing, if a little short.

Also, apparently the view (and sound) on the floor is not too great.

Hey when should we get to the O2 tonight? When's he on?

Any time between 8.30 and 9 but apparently he's occasionally started earlier. Getting there for 8 should see you safe.

Cheers

AWESOME. All the hits, (some of them only played in a breakneck-pace solo synthesizer medley but even that was hella fun), multiple encores, fantastic guitar work, dancing, band. Not a foot wrong.