Prince Vault:Selected anniversaries/May 15

15 May

Releases

• 1985 – A 7" single of Raspberry Beret b/w She’s Always In My Hair is released in the US
• 2001 – NPG Music Club Edition # 4, including Props N’ Pounds, Hit U In The Socket (Rosie Gaines) and Sex In My Bones (Fonky Bald Heads), videos of Get Wild (live, The White Room, 1995), The Work Part 1 (live, The Tonight Show, 2001) and I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (live, San Jose, 2000), as well as NPG Ahdio Show # 4, is released.

Recordings

• 1982 – Possessed (version 1) (Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen MN, USA)
• 1994 – Get Wild (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
• 1994 – New Power Soul (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
• 1994 – The Exodus Has Begun (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
• 1994 – Hallucination Rain (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
• 1994 – Slave 2 The System (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
• 1994 – Count The Days (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)
• 1994 – It Takes 3 (New Power Generation) (Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA)

Concerts

• 1987 – Berlin, Germany: Quasimodo (a.m.)
• 1987 – Berlin, Germany: Deutschlandhalle
• 1990 – Copenhagen, Denmark: Gentoftestadion (rescheduled to 5 June 1990)
• 1990 – Oslo, Norway: Spectrum (canceled)
• 1992 – Stockholm, Sweden: Globe Arena (canceled)
• 1996 – Paris, France: Bercy (tentatively planned, never materialize show)
• 1999 – Chanhassen, MN, USA: Paisley Park Studios (a.m.)
• 2011 – Inglewood, CA, USA: The Forum Welcome 2 America Tour show, announced at some capacity, never on sale
• 2012 – Melbourne, Australia: Rod Laver Arena
• 2014 – Birmingham, England: LG Arena

Miscellaneous

• 1982 – At the first annual Black Music Awards, held at the Prom Center in St. Paul, MN, USA Prince is awarded an Honorary Award. The Time are also awarded
• 1991 – The eighth annual ASCAP Pop Awards held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverley Hills, CA, USA. Prince was awarded Best Composer, being cited for both Nothing Compares 2 U and Kiss

Associated Artists

• 1987 – Madhouse performs a set in Berlin, Germany: Quasimodo Club (a.m.)
• 1987 – Madhouse performs in Berlin, Germany: Deutschlandhalle, supporting Prince

Posthumous

• 2020 – Digital release of Prince And The Revolution: Live, a remastered audio album from the Purple Rain Tour concert in Syracuse, New York, 30 March 1985.

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