The man behind songs such as Purple Rain, 1999 and Kiss died of unknown reasons on his estate Paisley Park in Minnesota. He performed twice in Utrecht.
In 1987, he stood in Stadium Nieuw Galgenwaard and he did Tivoli in 1998.
The latter action, an unannounced show at midnight was retroactive to legendary lake reasons. The Utrecht journalist and author Rob van Scheers has here in his book The Little Parade a fascinating story penned about it.
after Prince on december 23, 1998 gave a performance at the Jaarbeurs decision later that night to give an extra performance at the Tivoli Oudegracht. Scheers writes: “Devotees had heard only rumors at this surprise gathered well before midnight at the entrance to Tivoli. There was expected to be in the air. However, surely there was nothing, and remained so until around half past one a white limousine appeared at the Old Canal. This could be none other than The Artist, because so many limousines you do now at this point in time see on the Old Canal, and that was that. “
Seventy golden
” The Happy Few ‘seventy guilders paid for a ticket. Prince then performed from 2:15 pm to 4:30 pm. Besides his regular band also signed Lenny Kravitz, Larry Graham and Dulfer family on stage. After a tribute to timeless musical examples “as Stevie Wonder and Sly & amp; The Family Stone were played, something curious happened. “At least, as far as actually appeared only in retro perspective,” writes Van Scheers.
“In the grand finale of the show started The Artist spontaneous rapping. Now that happens quite often in his music, but this time he had a very strange sentiment. It was not about love, not about sex, and even the return of Jesus on earth. It was about bin Laden because The Artist, repeating: “Get ready two bomb – Osama bin Laden.” and even more cryptic: “America watch out in 2001 . How could The Artist know what we only learned on 9/11? More importantly, why the FBI did not listen with “
Scheers explains that there attacks had been in 1998 at US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania, but that of Al Qaeda as a concept in that? time were not present, let alone that bin Laden was known to the people.
“In the concert tumult, the scope of rap to most attendees probably have passed, but since all the Artist does it pops up somewhere, fortunately there is a bootleg to prove it. The concert in Tivoli was caught at R You Gonna Go My Way? , and The Artist ominous warning is on track 15. Were we witnessing supernatural gifts? It is certain that The Artist has read the signs of the times damn good. And then all at our jobs. “
Listen to the track here.
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