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| {{l}} [[Controversy]] {{l}} ''incl. "Big Ol' Soul Sister" chant & band introductions'' {{l}}
 
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| {{l}} [[Delirious]] {{segue}} {{l}} ''incl.'' [[Let's Go Crazy]] ''instrumental reprise'' {{l}}  
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| {{l}} [[Delirious]] {{segue}} {{l}} ''incl.'' [[Let’s Go Crazy]] ''instrumental reprise'' {{l}}  
 
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| {{l}} [[1999]] {{segue}} {{l}} ''incl.'' [[Reveille]] {{Inter}} {{l}}  
 
| {{l}} [[1999]] {{segue}} {{l}} ''incl.'' [[Reveille]] {{Inter}} {{l}}  
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| {{l}} [[Little Red Corvette]] {{segue}} {{l}} {{l}}  
 
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| {{l}} [[Take Me With U]] {{l}} ''incl.'' [[Controversy]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental) &'' [[In A Spanish Villa]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental)'' {{l}}
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| {{l}} [[Take Me With U]] {{l}} ''incl.'' [[Controversy]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental) &'' [[In A Spanish Villa]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental)'' [[When You Were Mine]] ''(instrumental)''
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| {{l}} [[4 The Tears In Your Eyes]] {{l}} {{l}}  
 
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| {{l}} [[Let's Pretend We're Married]] / [[International Lover]] {{l}} ''incl. 'A bad case of temptation' tease intro'' {{l}}  
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| {{l}} [[Let’s Pretend We’re Married]] / [[International Lover]] {{l}} ''incl. 'A bad case of temptation' tease intro'' {{l}}  
 
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| {{l}} [[God]] {{l}} {{l}}  
 
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| {{l}} [[Baby I'm A Star]] {{l}} ''incl.'' "We Are Young" ''(chant)'' * ''&'' [[Bodyheat]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental) &''  [[Partyup]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental)'' {{l}} <small> ''w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna, [[Jerome Benton|Benton]], [[Greg Brooks|Brooks]], [[Wally Safford|Safford]] & [[Sheila E.]] & band members '' </small>
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| {{l}} [[Baby I’m A Star]] {{l}} ''incl.'' "We Are Young" ''(chant)'' * ''&'' [[Bodyheat]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental) &''  [[Partyup]] {{Inter}} ''(instrumental)'' {{l}} <small> ''w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna, [[Jerome Benton|Benton]], [[Greg Brooks|Brooks]], [[Wally Safford|Safford]] & [[Sheila E.]] & band members '' </small>
 
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| {{l}} [[America]] {{l}} {{l}} <small> ''w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna, [[Jerome Benton|Benton]], [[Greg Brooks|Brooks]], [[Wally Safford|Safford]] & [[Sheila E.]] & band members '' </small>
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| {{l}} [[America]] {{l}} ''incl.'' "Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown In Summer" {{l}} <small> ''w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna, [[Jerome Benton|Benton]], [[Greg Brooks|Brooks]], [[Wally Safford|Safford]] & [[Sheila E.]] & band members '' </small>
 
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| {{l}} [[Purple Rain]] {{l}} {{l}} <small> ''w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna '' </small>
 
| {{l}} [[Purple Rain]] {{l}} {{l}} <small> ''w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna '' </small>
 
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{{Setlist-colspan4|text = <sup>*</sup> The lines 'We are young. We're not old, and we are funky...'' quoted in [[Baby I'm A Star]] are often referred to as the lyrics from [[Ice Cream Castles]]. However, although similar the lyrics sung, they are not actually from that song. They do appear in a late 1983 rehearsal jam usually referred to as “White Girls” rehearsal.}}
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{{Setlist-colspan4|text = <sup>*</sup> The lines ''We are young. We’re not old, and we are funky...'' quoted in [[Baby I’m A Star]] are often referred to as the lyrics from [[Ice Cream Castles]]. However, although similar to the lyrics sung, they are not actually from that song. They do appear in a late 1983 rehearsal jam usually referred to as “White Girls” rehearsal, and are likely direct lyrics from the [[Jesse Johnson]] song '''Old And Ignant''' that [[Ice Cream Castles]] was based on}}
 
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| soundcheck            = * 'Spanish Guitar' / [[Controversy]] / [[Raspberry Beret]] / [[Irresistible Bitch]] / 'Thank You' / [[Let's Go Crazy]]
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| soundcheck            = * 'Spanish Guitar' / [[Controversy]] / [[Raspberry Beret]] / [[Irresistible Bitch]] / 'Thank You' / [[Let’s Go Crazy]]
 
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Revision as of 17:41, 2 September 2020

22 February 1985   < < < Tour Overview All Shows > > >   24 February 1985


Purple Rain Tour
23 February 1985
Venue The Forum
City, Country Inglewood, California, 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), Bruce Springsteen (guitar), Madonna (tambourine)
1985-02-23-LOSAN.png
Ticket courtesy of unused-prince-tickets.com
Setlist
Songs Additional Songs Remarks / Personnel

Controversy incl. "Big Ol' Soul Sister" chant & band introductions
Let’s Go Crazy Arrow.png
Delirious Arrow.png incl. Let’s Go Crazy instrumental reprise
1999 Arrow.png incl. Reveille [Int]
Little Red Corvette Arrow.png
Take Me With U incl. Controversy [Int] (instrumental) & In A Spanish Villa [Int] (instrumental) When You Were Mine (instrumental)
4 The Tears In Your Eyes
"Interlude"
SetPiano.png A Case Of You
SetPiano.png Free
SetPiano.png Raspberry Beret w/ band backing
Do Me, Baby
Irresistible Bitch
Let’s Pretend We’re Married / International Lover incl. 'A bad case of temptation' tease intro
God
Computer Blue Arrow.png
Darling Nikki
The Beautiful Ones Arrow.png incl. 'backwards' The Dance Electric / wind chime intro
When Doves Cry
 
I Would Die 4 U Arrow.png
Baby I’m A Star incl. "We Are Young" (chant) * & Bodyheat [Int] (instrumental) & Partyup [Int] (instrumental) w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna, Benton, Brooks, Safford & Sheila E. & band members
America incl. "Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown In Summer" w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna, Benton, Brooks, Safford & Sheila E. & band members
 
Purple Rain w/ Bruce Springsteen & Madonna
 
 
 * The lines We are young. We’re not old, and we are funky... quoted in Baby I’m A Star are often referred to as the lyrics from Ice Cream Castles. However, although similar to the lyrics sung, they are not actually from that song. They do appear in a late 1983 rehearsal jam usually referred to as “White Girls” rehearsal, and are likely direct lyrics from the Jesse Johnson song Old And Ignant that Ice Cream Castles was based on

See here for index, code, and color legend

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

7:30 p.m. / ? ? ? / 16,000 $17.50
 
Trivia

 
Soundcheck Support Act(s)


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Ticket courtesy of roaldbakker@hotmail.com
22 February 1985   < < < 23 February 1985 > > >   24 February 1985
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