12 May 2012

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Welcome 2 Australia Tour
12 May 2012
Venue Allphones Arena
City, Country Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Band Prince (vox, guitar, bass, (sampler) keyboard), John Blackwell (drums), Ida Nielsen (bass, vox), Morris Hayes (keyboards), Cassandra O’Neal (keyboards, vox), Shelby J. (vox, tambourine), Elisa Dease (vox, tambourine), Liv Warfield (vox, tambourine), Maya McClean & Nandy McClean (together as The Twinz) (dance), Damaris Lewis (dance)
Guest(s) none
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Setlist
Songs Additional Songs Remarks / Personnel

D.M.S.R. Arrow.png incl. thunder FX intro
Pop Life Arrow.png incl. Scrapple From The Apple [Int]
Musicology Arrow.png incl. Tighten Up (instrumental) [Int] w/The Twinz
Prince And The Band Arrow.png
Shhh incl. thunder FX coda
Take Me With U Arrow.png incl. Thunderstruck
Raspberry Beret Arrow.png
Cream Arrow.png w/The Twinz
Cool incl. Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough [Int] & thunder FX coda Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease on "Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough"
Let’s Work Arrow.png
U Got The Look w/ Damaris Lewis
The Question Of U (instrumental) / The One
Days Of Wild / Wild And Loose incl. Ain’t Nobody [Int] Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease on "Ain’t Nobody"
SetPiano.png Adore [P]
SetPiano.png Diamonds And Pearls [P]
SetPiano.png The Beautiful Ones [P]
SetPiano.png How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
Nothing Compares 2 U Shelby J. co-lead vox
 
Controversy incl. Housequake chants w/The Twinz
 
Purple Rain
 
Kiss
based on a sampled loop of studio recording When Doves Cry
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Nasty Girl [S]
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Sign O’ The Times
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Alphabet St.
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Darling Nikki [S]
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Pheromone [S]
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Hot Thing
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Dance 4 Me (Dance Mix) [S]
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Shockadelica [S]
based on a sampled loop of studio recording Forever In My Life (instrumental) incl. It-'Alright' chant
based on a sampled loop of studio recording The Most Beautiful Girl In The World [S]
based on a sampled loop of studio recording I Would Die 4 U
Let’s Go Crazy Arrow.png w/The Twinz
Delirious (instrumental coda)
 
 

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Show Facts
Advertised Start Time / Start Time Length Of Show Attendance/Capacity Ticket Prices

8:00 p.m. / 8:25 p.m. 145 minutes 14,706 / sold out AU$450.00 (+AU$8.50 = AU$458.50) Purple Circle / AU$350.00 (+AU$8.50 = AU$358.50) Purple VIP / AU$179.00 (+AU$8.50 = AU$187.50) Gold / AU$99.00 Silver
 
Trivia

  • This show was the second of the Welcome 2 Australia Tour, officially announced on 12 April 2012.
  • Tickets went on sale Monday, 16 April 2012 shortly after tickets to the first show (on 11 May 2012) sold out.
  • Prince introduces Let’s Work with spoken lyrics from the song first lines. The song then goes into a short instrumental jam before 1st verse is sung.
  • Prince And The Band and Let’s Work both contains an unusual extra guitar jam section.
  • Prince introduces Controversy with spoken lyrics from the song first line.
 
Soundcheck Support Act(s)

  • None

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