Last night I got to attend my 5th performance of Prince‘s 21 Night Stand residency here in LA and, as you may have guessed, it was a HOT show. Prince invited the Best New Artist of the 2011 Grammy Awards — Esperanza Spalding — to open the show and let me tell you … she was phenomenal. Prince‘s set was tight but not quite 3 hours long … still, the setlist was full of amazing songs and it was very clear that every single person at The Forum last night had the time of their lives.
I was not at all familiar with Spalding‘s music but let me tell you … she is the real deal. Her singing is very good but her bass playing … OMG … just to die for! Hands down, she is the best opening act that Prince has featured on his Welcome 2 America Tour thus far … it felt like an honor just to get to see her perform. Now … Prince … he got the party started real funky, real fast. He played a couple of songs off his newest album, 20Ten (which was released for free in Europe last Summer), and just went crazy from there. The show may not have been as long as some of his other shows but it was tight as HELL. You could tell that both Prince and the audience were having a blast. Here is the setlist from last night’s show.
Setlist:
Laydown
She’s Always In My Hair
Future Soul Song
Purple Rain
The Glamorous Life (Sheila E. performance)
Raspberry Beret
Cream
Cool
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson cover)
Let’s Work
U Got The Look
Misty Blue (Dorothy Moore cover with Shelby J. on vocals)
When Doves Cry
Nasty Girl
Single Ladies
Sign O’ The Times
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Darling Nikki
I Would Die 4 U
Hot Thing
Alphabet St
A Love Bizarre
Love Rollercoaster (The Ohio Players cover)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry cover)
Controversy
Encore 1:
Kiss/Fantastic Voyage
Encore 2:If I Was Your Girlfriend
Nothing Compares 2 U
Encore 3:Inglewood Swinging
There weren’t any surprise celeb sightings in the hiz last night … it was just a hot ass Prince concert, period. There seemed to be an energy in his performance that led me to believe that he was gonna play for 12 hours. Instead, the show ended at just about midnight after only 3 encores. It’s so silly but we here in LA have been spoiled rotten by his performances on this tour. Because he has previously played for over 3 hours and has given up to 6 encores, we have come to expect the same from every single performance. I, personally, just like to enjoy each show individually. The energy is never the same … and it is an honest to goodness privilege to see one of the world’s most talented musicians play live so many times in such a short span of time. I’ll be heading to The Forum again tonight for my 6th show … this time, I’ll be going with Josh, Essly and David. It’s gonna be a funky time, y’all. Wee!!
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