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| | trivia = * This show was the first of a series of "hit n' run" shows held across the USA in support of the [[Album: Parade|Parade]] album. Due to their short notice and lack of a scheduled itinerary, this is not considered to be a formal tour in the way that the later [[Parade Tour]] is, although the shows were largely similar in every other way. | | | trivia = * This show was the first of a series of "hit n' run" shows held across the USA in support of the [[Album: Parade|Parade]] album. Due to their short notice and lack of a scheduled itinerary, this is not considered to be a formal tour in the way that the later [[Parade Tour]] is, although the shows were largely similar in every other way. |
| + | * Local radio station [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWBX WBCN] announced the concert at 11 am on the day of the show, and the 1,200 tickets were sold out 20 minutes later. Outside the club, people were offered $300 or more for their tickets. Plans for the show were set in motion when Boston concert promoter Don Law received a call from [[Steve Fargnoli]] asking if [[Prince]] could play the Metro two days later. The venue was chosen because of [[Prince]]'s fondness for the club, having played there in 1981 on the [[Dirty Mind Tour]]. |
| * This show included the live debuts by [[Prince]] of [[(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?]], [[Love Or $|♥ or $]] and [[Ain’t It Funky Now]] (as a horn interpolation in [[Love Or $|♥ or $]]), as well as the first full performance at a [[Prince]] show of [[The Dance Electric]]. | | * This show included the live debuts by [[Prince]] of [[(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?]], [[Love Or $|♥ or $]] and [[Ain’t It Funky Now]] (as a horn interpolation in [[Love Or $|♥ or $]]), as well as the first full performance at a [[Prince]] show of [[The Dance Electric]]. |
| | soundcheck = * ''no details known'' | | | soundcheck = * ''no details known'' |