Welcome 2 Canada Tour
From Prince Vault
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Tour Map
| 25 November 2011 - 17 December 2011 | |||
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Tour Dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Comment | |
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| 25 Nov. 2011 | Toronto, ON |  Canada |
Air Canada Centre | ||
| 26 Nov. 2011 | Toronto, ON | Canada |
Air Canada Centre | ||
| 30 Nov. 2011 | Halifax, NS | Canada |
Halifax Metro Centre | ||
| 2 Dec. 2011 | Montreal, QC | Canada |
Centre Bell | ||
| 3 Dec. 2011 | Kanata, ON | Canada |
Scotiabank Place | ||
| 5 Dec. 2011 | London, ON | Canada |
John Labatt Centre | ||
| 8 Dec. 2011 | Winnipeg, MB | Canada |
MTS Centre | ||
| 13 Dec. 2011 | Edmonton, AB | Canada |
Rexall Place | ||
| 14 Dec. 2011 | Calgary, AB | Canada |
Scotiabank Saddledome | ||
| 16 Dec. 2011 | Vancouver, BC | Canada |
Rogers Arena | ||
| 17 Dec. 2011 | Victoria, BC | Canada |
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre |
Band Lineup
| Prince | Vox, Guitar, Bass, Keyboard/Piano, Drums, Percussion | |
| John Blackwell | Drums | |
| Ida Nielsen | Bass (& Guitar), Vox | |
| Morris Hayes | Keyboards | |
| Cassandra O’Neal | Keyboards | |
| Andy Allo | Guitar, vox | |
| Shelby J. | Backing vox, Drum pad | |
| Elisa Dease | Backing vox, Shaker | |
| Liv Warfield | Backing vox, Cowbell |
| Also with: | |||
| Maceo Parker | Saxophone | at selected dates |
Other Tour Personnel
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| Kiran Sharma | Manager |
| Sofia Gold | Production Assistant |
| Julia Ramadan | Assistant & Teleprompter |
| Denis Tumanjong | Assistant |
| Ian Jeffrey | Tour Manager |
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| Dale "Opie" Skerseth | Production Manager |
| Lizzie Scace | Production Coordinator |
| Demfis Fyssicopulos | Production Designer |
| John Sanders | Tour Director |
| Alison Larkin | Tour Accountant |
| Valjean Leiker | Stage Manager |
| Stefaan "Smasher" Desmedt | Video Director |
| Scott Halliday | Guitar Technician |
| Paul Basset | Drum Technician |
| Jens Ravn | Guitar Technician |
| Trevor Robinson | Key Technician |
| John Dibiase | Key Technician |
| Alberto Pozzetti | Head Rigger |
| Lyle Harris | Rigger |
| Mike "Otis" Kinard | Head Carpenter |
| Guy Habosha | Carpenter |
| Brad Judd | Carpenter |
| Steve "Thuggy" Ward | Carpenter |
| Jenny Neace | VIP Coordinator |
| Sheilia White | Wardrobe |
| Lindsay McGoran | Dressing Rooms |
| Casey Lake | Confetti |
| Troy Giddens | Control Freak |
| Steve Filkins | Furniture |
| Jared Gery | Merchandise |
| Chuck Smith | Sound Chief |
| Scott Griffith | Sound Crew |
| Andrew Gilchrest | Sound Crew |
| Casey McDaniel | Sound Crew |
| Derek Vanord | Sound Crew |
| Tyler Arnold | Sound Crew |
| Mike Gadziak | Sound Crew |
| Greg Mahler | Sound Crew |
| Jason "Attaboy" Stalter | Lighting Chief |
| Rob Simoneaux | Lighting Crew |
| Jennifer Dymonds | Lighting Crew |
| Russel "Bitz" Lyons | Lighting Crew |
| Corey Tom | Lighting Crew |
| Colin Moore | Lighting Crew |
| Steven Burkholder | Video Chief |
| Chris Small | Video Crew |
| Aaron Wagner | Video Crew |
| Curtis Miller | Video Crew |
| Joe Sagara | Video Crew |
| Rob McShane | Video Crew |
| Mike Tengdin | Video Crew |
| Chris Jones | Video Crew |
Tour Support Companies
| Sound Company | Rat Sound Systems, Oxnard, CA, USA |
| Lighting Company | Production Resource Group LLC, Mississauga, ON, Canada |
| Production Designer | Demfis Fyssicopulos LLC, Washington, DC, USA |
| Furniture | EPS America LLC, Agoura Hills, CA, USA |
| Pyro | Stage & Effects Engineering Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| Video | Chaos Visual Productions, Burbank, CA, USA |
| Radios | Road Radios LLC, Manhattan, CA, USA |
| Merchandise | F.E.A Merchandise, Kensington, CA, USA |
| Travel (Band) | Protravel Intl, Redding, CT, USA |
| Travel (Crew) | Satellite Office Services, Renton, WA, USA |
| Tour Coaches | Senator Coaches Inc., Florence, AL, USA |
| Freight Forwarding / Shipping | Rock-It Cargo, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Trucking Company | Upstaging Inc., Sycamore, IL, USA |
| Passes | Cube Services, Reno, NV, USA |
| Tour Itineraries | Smart Art, Venice, CA, USA |
Promoters
| USA | Live Nation, Beverly Hills, CA, USA |
| Canada | Live Nation, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Canada | Live Nation, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Canada | Evenko, Montreal, QB, Canada |
Trivia
- Rehearsals took place in the Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON, Canada from 21 to 24 November 2011.
