Prince played his Rally 4 Peace benefit concert on Sunday afternoon at Royal Farm Arena in Baltimore, keeping the crowd enraptured with hit-after-hit.
The artist has been known, most recently, to concentrate on newer material in his shows, leaving out many of his biggest hits, but Sunday was an exception, a BIG exception, as the much of the concert covered his top ten catalog.
Still, for an artist that has been recording for 37 years, a few were missed including Delerious, I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, Thieves in the Temple, Cream, 7 and the one chart topping tune you’ll never hear at a Prince concert, Batdance.
The set list:
Main Set
Let’s Go Crazy (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Take Me With U (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Raspberry Beret (from Around the World in a Day, 1985)
Baltimore (new, 2015)
U Got the Look (from Sign O’ the Times, 1987)
The One (from The Newpower Generation’s Newpower Soul, 1998)
Electric Man (Muddy Waters cover)
Controversy (from Controversy, 1981)
1999 (from 1999, 1982)
Little Red Corvette (from 1999, 1982)
Nothing Compares 2 U (from The Family’s The Family, 1985)
Encore 1
When Doves Cry (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Sign of the Times (from Sign O’ the Times, 1987)
Hot Thing (from Sign O’ the Times, 1987)
I Would Die 4 U (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Encore 2
Kiss (from Parade, 1986)
Take Me With U (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Darling Nikki (from Purple Rain, 1984) (excerpt)
Pop Life (from Around the World in a Day, 1985) (excerpt)
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (b-side of 1999 single, 1982) / Diamonds and Pearls (from Diamonds and Pearls, 1991) / The Beautiful Ones (from Purple Rain, 1984) / Do Me Baby (from Controversy, 1981) / Forever in My Life (from Sign O’ the Times, 1987)
Encore 3
When Will We Be Paid? (single, 2001)
As Trains Go By (from Judith Hill’s Back in Time, 2015)
Purple Rain (from Purple Rain, 1984)
Encore 4
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson cover)
Cool (from The Time’s The Time, 1981)
Alphabet St. (from Lovesexy, 1988)
Mountains (from Parade, 1986)
The Dance Electric (with Doug E. Fresh) (from Andre Cymone’s AC, 1985)
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