Prince And The Revolution: Live is an digital live album of remastered audio from the Purple Rain Tour concert in Syracuse, on 30 March 1985. The full show had been broadcast live (or semi-live) worldwide and later released on home video (initially as Double Live, before receiving a DVD release as part of the 2017 Purple Rain Deluxe set.
The album was available to purchase and stream on 15 May 2020 (six months after the previous posthumous release, 1999 Deluxe), and was released to coincide with a four-day video stream of the full show on YouTube to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. The press release for the stream stated:
- "In collaboration with YouTube and Google, the streaming event will run in support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization (powered by UN Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation). Any viewer donations will include a matching component from Google (Google.org will match $2 for every $1, up to $5 million)."
Promotion
The YouTube stream of the show's video received wide press attention, with the audio album mentioned briefly in places. No separate promotion has been done for the album at the time of writing.
Charts
Information to be added after album release.
Certifications
Certification for this Deluxe edition will be noted as if it were a new release and not linked to the certification of 1999.
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