28 December 1984

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Purple Rain Tour

28 December 1984
	Venue	Saint Paul Civic Center Arena
	City, Country	Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
	Band	Prince (vox, guitar, keyboard), Bobby Z. (drums), Brown Mark (bass), Wendy Melvoin (guitar), Lisa Coleman (keyboards), Dr. Fink (keyboards)
	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)


Ticket courtesy of roaldbakker@hotmail.com

Setlist

the last song is not confirmed, but assumed, based on an average 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
	"Interlude"
	Free
	Take Me With U
	When You Were Mine
	Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
	How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore
	Dirty Mind
	Let’s Pretend We’re Married / International Lover	incl. 'A bad case of temptation' tease intro
	Father’s Song
	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	incl. The Dance Electric (instrumental) ^[Int]	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

2:00 p.m. / ?	?	17,516 / sold out	$17.50

Trivia

Together with the show on 23 December, this was the first of two shows to be announced for Saint Paul Civic Center Arena, on Monday 26 November 1984. The more than 34,000 tickets to the two shows sold out within hours, upon which two more shows were announced on 26 and 27 December. This show was a matinée performance.

Soundcheck		Support Act(s)

no details known		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) )


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