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Welcome 2 America Tour

21 February 2011
	Venue	Oracle Arena
	City, Country	Oakland, California, USA
	Band	Prince (vox, guitar, bass, (sampler) keyboard), John Blackwell (drums), Ida Nielsen (bass, vox), Morris Hayes (keyboards), Renato Neto (keyboards), Cassandra O’Neal (keyboards, vox), Shelby J. (vox), Elisa Dease (vox), Liv Warfield (vox)
	Guest(s)	Sheila E. (vox, percussion, drums), Carlos Santana (guitar), Juan Escovedo (percussion)


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Setlist

	Songs	Additional Songs	Remarks / Personnel

Guesting with Larry Graham & GCS
	Mountains		Prince (guitar)
	Everyday People		Prince (guitar)
	I Want To Take You Higher		Prince (guitar)

	Uptown
	Raspberry Beret
	Cream
	Cool
	Let’s Work
	U Got The Look		w/ Sheila E.
	The Glamorous Life	incl. Soul Sacrifice (coda)	w/ Sheila E.
	Santana Medley	incl. Jungle Strut / Batuka / Soul Sacrifice / Toussaint L’Overture	w/ Sheila E., Carlos Santana & Juan Escovedo
	No One Else		Shelby J. lead vox
	Misty Blue		Shelby J. lead vox
	A Love Bizarre		w/ Sheila E.
	Controversy	incl. Housequake chants
	Purple Rain		w/ Sheila E. (drums), sans John Blackwell

	Kiss
	If I Was Your Girlfriend
	Rude Boy		Shelby J., Liv Warfield, Elisa Dease co-lead vox, sans Prince
	Insatiable
	Scandalous
	Adore

	Bambi
	Dreamer	Welcome 2 America



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Show Facts

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

7:30 p.m. / ?	120 minutes	14.159 / Sold out (based on 3 show average)	$ 750 (Purple Circle VIP Package) / $ 500 (Welcome 2 America Official VIP Package) / $ 250 (+ $ 33.30 = $283.30) / $ 125 (+ $ 21.80 = $ 146.80) / $ 75 (+ $ 13.65 = $ 88.65) / $ 49.50 (+ $ 11.00 = $ 60.50) $ = $ 35 (+ 22.25 = $ 47.25)

Trivia

Two Oakland shows were announced on 16 February 2011, less than a week before the show dates. Tickets went on sale Friday 18 February at 12:00 p.m. PST. This show included the live debuts of Amel Larrieux's No One Else and Rihanna's Rude Boy, albeit both without Prince on vocals. Shelby J. sung lead on No One Else, and Shelby J., Liv Warfield, and Elisa Dease sang co-lead vocals on Rude Boy, during which Prince was not on stage.

Soundcheck		Support Act(s)

no details known		Larry Graham & GCS (50 minutes) including Mountains (w/ Prince & The NPG / Everyday People (w/ Prince & The NPG) / I Want To Take You Higher (w/ Prince & The NPG)


References

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