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| {{l}} [[Baby I’m A Star]] {{l}} ''incl.'' "We Are Young" ''(chant)'' * {{l}} <small> ''w/ [[Sheila E.]], [[Miko Weaver]], [[Eddie M.]], [[Juan Escovedo]], [[Susie Davis]], [[Jerome Benton]], [[Greg Brooks]] & [[Wally Safford]]'' </small>
 
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{{Setlist-colspan4|text = <sup>*</sup> The lines ‘’We are young. We're not old, and we are funky...'' quoted in [[Baby I'm A Star]] are often referred to as the lyrics from [[Ice Cream Castles]]. However, although similar the lyrics sung, they are not actually from that song. They do appear in a late 1983 rehearsal jam usually referred to as “White Girls” rehearsal.}}
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{{Setlist-colspan4|text = <sup>*</sup> The lines ''We are young. We’re not old, and we are funky...'' quoted in [[Baby I’m A Star]] are often referred to as the lyrics from [[Ice Cream Castles]]. However, although similar to the lyrics sung, they are not actually from that song. They do appear in a late 1983 rehearsal jam usually referred to as “White Girls” rehearsal, and are likely direct lyrics from the [[Jesse Johnson]] song '''Old And Ignant''' that [[Ice Cream Castles]] was based on}}
 
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| trivia                = This show was originally planned for 7 December 1984 (The date printed on the ticket), but then rescheduled to 17 December for unknown reasons
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| trivia                = *This show was originally planned for 7 December 1984 (The date printed on the ticket), but then rescheduled to 17 December for logistical reasons.
| soundcheck            = * Instrumental jam in B-flat / [[Strange Relationship]] / [[Erotic City]] / Intermission (incl. You're Ruining My Bad Reputation) / [[Bodyheat]] - [[Get On The Good Foot]] - Jam in A / [[Erotic City]] / [[Another Lonely Christmas]]  (several takes) / [[Let's Go Crazy]] / [[Delirious]]
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* Tickets for this show went on sale Monday 5 November 1984 at 9:30 a.m., and sold out within hours.
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| soundcheck            = * Instrumental jam in B-flat / [[Strange Relationship]] / [[Erotic City]] / Intermission (incl. You’re Ruining My Bad Reputation) / [[Bodyheat]] - [[Get On The Good Foot]] - Jam in A / [[Erotic City]] / [[Another Lonely Christmas]]  (several takes) / [[Let’s Go Crazy]] / [[Delirious]]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:36, 11 April 2022

15 December 1984   < < < Tour Overview All Shows > > >   18 December 1984


Purple Rain Tour
17 December 1984
Venue Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
City, Country Buffalo, New York, USA
Band Prince (vox, guitar, keyboard), Bobby Z. (drums), Brown Mark (bass), Wendy Melvoin (guitar), Lisa Coleman (keyboards), Dr. Fink (keyboards)
Guest(s) Jerome Benton (dance), Greg Brooks (dance), Wally Safford (dance), Sheila E. (percussion), Miko Weaver (guitar), Eddie M. (saxophone), Juan Escovedo (percussion), Susie Davis (tambourine)
1984-012-17-BUF.jpg
Ticket courtesy of roaldbakker@hotmail.com
Setlist
Songs Additional Songs Remarks / Personnel

Let’s Go Crazy Arrow.png
Delirious Arrow.png incl. Let’s Go Crazy instrumental reprise
1999 Arrow.png incl. Reveille [Int]
Little Red Corvette Arrow.png
"Interlude"
SetPiano.png Free
SetPiano.png Take Me With U
SetPiano.png How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
SetPiano.png Dirty Mind
SetPiano.png Do Me, Baby w/ band backing
Let’s Pretend We’re Married / International Lover incl. 'A bad case of temptation' tease intro
SetPiano.png Father’s Song
God
Computer Blue Arrow.png
Darling Nikki
The Beautiful Ones Arrow.png incl. 'backwards' The Dance Electric / wind chime intro
When Doves Cry
 
I Would Die 4 U Arrow.png
Baby I’m A Star incl. "We Are Young" (chant) * w/ Sheila E., Miko Weaver, Eddie M., Juan Escovedo, Susie Davis, Jerome Benton, Greg Brooks & Wally Safford
 
Purple Rain w/ Sheila E., Miko Weaver, Eddie M., Juan Escovedo, Susie Davis & Jerome Benton
 
 
 * The lines We are young. We’re not old, and we are funky... quoted in Baby I’m A Star are often referred to as the lyrics from Ice Cream Castles. However, although similar to the lyrics sung, they are not actually from that song. They do appear in a late 1983 rehearsal jam usually referred to as “White Girls” rehearsal, and are likely direct lyrics from the Jesse Johnson song Old And Ignant that Ice Cream Castles was based on

See here for index, code, and color legend

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

9:00 p.m. / ? ? 16,164 / sold out $17.50
 
Trivia

  • This show was originally planned for 7 December 1984 (The date printed on the ticket), but then rescheduled to 17 December for logistical reasons.
  • Tickets for this show went on sale Monday 5 November 1984 at 9:30 a.m., and sold out within hours.
 
Soundcheck Support Act(s)


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