The Purple Rain Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince and the Revolution following up on the success of his sixth studio album Purple Rain and his 1984 film Purple Rain . According to Spin , the tour sold over 1.7 million tickets.
7-513: The tour marked the live debut of the band now named the Revolution as Wendy Melvoin made her appearance as the new guitarist in Prince's band, taking over for the departed Dez Dickerson , completing the iconic line-up of the band. In addition to Prince and the Revolution, they were joined on tour by Apollonia 6 , and Sheila E. and her band. Despite gaining fame from their appearance in
14-486: A Star ". A minor conflict arose within the band, as Prince began giving Leeds lengthy solos during other songs, in particular Wendy was upset that her opening guitar solo on the show closing " Purple Rain " was given to Leeds. Tour photographer was Nancy Bundt. The Revolution (band) Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
21-603: The Cherry Moon " was sometimes played. The B-side "Irresistible Bitch" was segued into the unreleased "Possessed" at the show in Syracuse. Setlist of November 11, 1984, at the Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States Encore 1 Encore 2 Setlist of November 22, 1984, at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Encore 1 Encore 2 Setlist of December 2, 1984, at
28-497: The Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Encore 1 Encore 2 Setlist of February 23, 1985, at The Forum, Inglewood, California, United States Encore 1 Encore 2 Notes During this tour, Prince added saxophonists Eric Leeds and Eddie Minnifield to certain parts of the show and often they would join the Revolution on stage for the extended jams of " I Would Die 4 U " and " Baby I'm
35-606: The film and releasing a third album, The Time were not invited to tour, as by 1985 the group had been depleted, with many of its remaining key members quitting to embark on personal careers. The Purple Rain Tour was the first Prince tour to open with brand new material. In this case, it was with the album opener, " Let's Go Crazy ". A triple dose from the 1999 album followed: " Delirious ", " 1999 " and " Little Red Corvette ". An instrumental interlude of " Yankee Doodle " usually introduced another 1999 song, "Free". The B-side "God"
42-415: Was often played, followed by a usual sequence of " Computer Blue ", " Darling Nikki ", " The Beautiful Ones " and " When Doves Cry " (featuring a mirror setup onstage to mimic the video of the song). As encores, the remaining Purple Rain songs closed the concert, " I Would Die 4 U ", " Baby I'm a Star " and " Purple Rain ". The three songs were extended, often taking 30 minutes to perform. " Take Me with U "
49-411: Was often worked in, completing all the album tracks. Other songs sometimes included were "Father's Song", " How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? ", the new "Temptation", " Let's Pretend We're Married ", "Irresistible Bitch" and " Do Me, Baby ". On rare occasions, " International Lover ", and some tracks from Dirty Mind (1980) and Prince (1979) would pop up. Later in the tour, an instrumental of " Under
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