Prince announced just yesterday he was coming to Australia. He will be here in just over a week and the venues are incredible.
Prince will perform his intimate Piano & A Microphone shows for 10 shows only, two shows a day in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, in theatres starting at Melbourne’s State Theatre on February 16 with a second show on the 17th.
In Sydney he will perform February 20 at the Sydney Opera House and then the next night at the State Theatre. His fifth date is February 24 in Auckland, New Zealand at the ASB Theatre. It will be his first time ever performing in New Zealand.
Tickets will go on sale for all Australian shows at 12 noon AEDT on Tuesday February 9, 2016 and for the New Zealand shows at 12 noon NZDT on Thursday February 11, 2016.
Prince will only perform these 10 shows in total for Australia and New Zealand on this tour.
According to promoter Paul Dainty, “The repertoire will be culled from Prince’s vast 39-album catalogue and each performance will have a unique set-list that evolves in real time, song-to-song. Fans should expect to witness special interpretations of well-known hits alongside rarely performed B-sides and new, never-before-heard material”.
Prince performed the first of the Piano & a Microphone shows at his Paisley Park recording studio in January.
Prince setlist for January 21
Batman
Who’s Loving You
Baby
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Dirty Mind
Do Me Baby
Something In The Water
Free
A Case of You (Joni Mitchell cover)
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (Paul Robeson cover)
The Beautiful Ones
U’re Gonna C Me
How Come You Don’t Call Me
Condition of the Heart
Venus de Milo
Raspberry Beret
Paisley Park
Sometimes It Snows In April
Eye Love U But I Don’t Trust You Anymore
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles cover)
Baltimore
Rock and Roll Love Affair
Starfish and Coffee
The Breakdown
Anna Stesia
Prince setlist for January 23
Million $ Show
Sign O The Times
Nasty Girl
Shut This Down
Ain’t About To Stop
A Love Bizarre
Love
Stare
Extralovable
Hot Thing
17 Days
Le Grind
Art Official Cage
U Got The Look
Housequake
It
1000 X’s & O’s
When Loves Cry
Alphabet Street
I Would Die 4 U
Cool
Days of Wild
SPECIAL TICKETING ARRANGEMENTS
To address ticket scalping concerns, the following procedures will be put in place to ensure that Prince fans are able to purchase tickets to these performances, and NOT scalpers. Ticket purchases for the show will be limited to two (2) tickets per person via the venues and ticketing companies noted above. No tickets will be distributed. At the time of purchase, the purchaser’s name will be recorded and a corresponding receipt issued. Physical tickets will only be available for collection from noon on the night of the concert. Photo ID will be required to match the name previously advised and individuals will be wrist-banded before entering the auditorium.
Prince Dates
February 16 and 17, Melbourne, State Theatre
February 20, Sydney, Opera House
February 21, Sydney, State Theatre
February 24, Auckland, ASB Theatre
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