07 April 1985

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Purple Rain Tour

7 April 1985
	Venue	Orange Bowl (dubbed Purple Bowl for the occasion)
	City, Country	Miami, Florida, USA
	Band	Prince (vox, guitar, keyboard), Bobby Z. (drums), Brown Mark (bass), Wendy Melvoin (guitar), Lisa Coleman (keyboards), Dr. Fink (keyboards), Eric Leeds (saxophone)
	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)

Setlist

	Songs	Additional Songs	Remarks / Personnel

	Let’s Go Crazy
	Delirious	incl. Let’s Go Crazy instrumental reprise
	1999	incl. Reveille ^[Int]
	Little Red Corvette
	Take Me With U
	"Interlude"
	Do Me, Baby
	Irresistible Bitch
	Possessed
	How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
	Let’s Pretend We’re Married / International Lover	incl. 'A bad case of temptation' tease intro
	God
	Computer Blue
	Darling Nikki
	The Beautiful Ones	incl. 'backwards' The Dance Electric / wind chime intro
	When Doves Cry

	I Would Die 4 U
	Baby I’m A Star		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



See here for index, code, and color legend

Show Facts

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

8:00 p.m. / ?	125 Minutes	53,083 / 75,500	$17.50

Trivia

This show was initially announced for 6 April. Tickets for this show went on sale on Sunday 17 March 1985 at noon. Pro-shot footage of the majority of this concert was screened during Celebration 2024.

Soundcheck		Support Act(s)

Controversy - Mutiny / I Got Some Help I Don’t Need (as 'Blues In G') / (drums & keyboards check) / Erotic City (instrumental) / Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) / Bodyheat / Strange Relationship / High Fashion / 17 Days jam / Groove In A (instrumental) / Groove In F# (instrumental) / Bodyheat / The Ladder / Let’s Go Crazy (drums)		Sheila E. (Sheila E. (lead vox, percussion), Karl Perazzo (drums), Benny Rietveld (bass), Miko Weaver (guitar), Stephan Birnbaum (guitar, vox), Ken Grey (keyboards), Susie Davis (keyboards, vox), Eddie M. (saxophone, keyboards, vox), Juan Escovedo (percussion), Prince (off stage – vox)) (50 minutes): Shortberry Strawcake incl. Bodyheat (instrumental) / The Belle Of St. Mark / Oliver’s House / Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar / Erotic City feat. Prince (singing off stage) / The Glamorous Life


References

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