Nude Tour
World tour by Prince | |
Associated album | Batman |
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Start date | June 2, 1990 |
End date | September 10, 1990 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 51 in Europe 5 in Asia 56 in total (63 scheduled) |
Prince concert chronology |
The Nude Tour was a greatest-hits concert tour by American recording artist Prince. While the previous tour drew critical praise, the high cost of the concert tour production made it a financial disappointment; thus, Prince eliminated much of the excessiveness of the previous tour to be more financially viable. To make the tour as cost effective as possible, Prince decided not to go tour in the U.S. this time, and thus he did not return to North America til the Act I Tour (1993).
Background
Unlike the previous year's Lovesexy Tour, the Nude Tour promised a stripped-down, back to basics concert that saw Prince eliminate many of the excessive and expensive set designs that were produced for the Sign ☮' the Times and Lovesexy tours, thus the "Nude" moniker. The setlist was reduced to a limited number of his hits from the 1980s with a few tracks from the Batman and then-forthcoming Graffiti Bridge albums, resulting in all the songs being played in their entirety and much shorter shows. In a move to promote a more youth-friendly image, as well as cut costs, Prince chose to eliminate the veteran horn section from the band.
Opening act
- Jenny Morris
- Mavis Staples
- The Naked Mazurs
- Lois Lane
Band
After the stability of the previous two tours with a virtually unchanged band line-up, several departures forced Prince to rearrange his touring band. The departing members were Boni Boyer, Cat Glover, Sheila E. and the horn section of Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss. The young Michael Bland was added on drums, Rosie Gaines took over on keyboards, organ and co-vocals, and a trio of dancers known as the Game Boyz rounded out the new band. With the exception of Fink and Miko, this was the make-up of the original New Power Generation line-up.
The addition of The Game Boyz caused much upheaval in the Prince camp.[citation needed] They first came to Prince's attention in 1983 during the filming of Purple Rain; Mosely, Johnson and Dickson can be seen dancing during various performances at the First Avenue club. The trio continued to associate with Prince over the years, dancing as a group in the music videos for "Glam Slam" and with the band Madhouse. Around the time of Graffiti Bridge, Prince recruited the trio for the film and his touring band.
Many[who?] questioned Prince's choice to begin courting the hip hop audience through the addition of The Game Boyz and the increased contribution of Mosely's rapping on future Prince tracks despite the belief that Mosely's rapping ability was sub par. Previously, Prince was negative towards rap music, dismissing it as a fad, as noted by the songs "Bob George" and "Dead on It" from The Black Album.
Furthermore, Rosie Gaines complained that she was being mistreated by the dance trio. Tension developed between Gaines and Prince, as instead of disciplining the dancers, he simply removed Gaines from the tour bus and placed her on Mavis Staples' tour bus.[1]
After the tour, the last remaining members from The Revolution, guitarist Miko Weaver and keyboardist Doctor Fink, left the group. Miko's departure was especially dramatic.[citation needed] During pre-tour rehearsals, Prince had a number of conflicts with band members, but particularly with Miko. According to several members of the group, Prince felt irritated by Miko’s popularity with the women. “Prince didn’t like the fact that Miko was getting women as much as [Prince] was/On the road, Miko would have five or six women in his room.”[2] The tension boiled over when Prince kept picking on Miko, telling him to turn his “fucking guitar down” and yelling at him. After back and forth arguing where Miko took offense to Prince’s language, Prince challenged him “to take this shit outside” and further verbally abused him, calling him a punk and threatening to “kick [Miko’s] ass.” Miko walked out and briefly quit over the incident, but later rejoined the band at the last minute for the tour.[3]
Other official sources and tour personnel have also said that Prince sacked Miko Weaver because he caught him in bed with a female Prince fan who was under the age of consent.
Mavis Staples went on tour as an opening act.
Set list
- "DAT Intro" (prerecorded samples of various hits)
- "The Future"
- "1999"
- "Housequake" (contains excerpts of "Sexy Dancer")
- "Kiss" (contains excerpts of "Let's Jam It")
- "Purple Rain"
- "Take Me with U"
- "Alphabet St." (contains excerpts of "It Takes Two" and "The Latest Fashion")
- "The Question of U" (contains excerpts of "Electric Man")
- "Controversy" (contains excerpts of "D.M.S.R.")
- "Do Me, Baby"
- "Ain't No Way" (Rosie Gaines solo)
- "Nothing Compares 2 U"
- "Batdance"
- "Partyman" (contains excerpts of "What Have You Done for Me Lately")
Encore
- "Baby I'm a Star" (contains excerpts of "Respect")
- "A Song for You" was performed in replacement of "Ain't No Way" on the second Rotterdam show, the Copenhagen show, the second Hamburg show, the Berlin show, the Paris show, the second and fourth Birmingham shows, the second Stockholm show, and the Lausanne show.
- "Little Red Corvette" was performed before "Batdance" and on rare occasion before "Purple Rain" on the second Rotterdam show, the second Hamburg show, the Berlin show, the Paris show, the second and fourth Birmingham shows, the Mannheim show, the second Stockholm show, the Lausanne show, the second Tokyo show, the Nishinomiya show, the Sapporo show and the Yokohama show.
- "Venus De Milo" was performed on piano before "The Question of U" as a medley on the Kiel show, the Berlin show, the first, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth London shows, the first and fourth Birmingham shows, the Basel show, the Rome show, the Heerenveen show, the Mannheim show, the Gothenburg show, the second Stockholm show, the Nice show, the Manchester show, and all Japan shows.
- "Raspberry Beret" was performed before or after "Purple Rain" on the second Hamburg show, the sixteenth London show, the Nishinomiya show, the Sapporo show, and the Yokohama show.
- A piano medley and "Nothing Compares 2 U" was performed after Partyman and closed the main show in Berlin.
- "Do Me, Baby" was NOT performed on both of the Rotterdam shows, the Copenhagen show, the Kiel show, the first Hamburg show, the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, and eleventh London shows, the second, third and fourth Birmingham shows, the Basel show, the second Stockholm show, and the Lausanne show.
- Under the Cherry Moon (instrumental)" was performed on piano before "The Question of U" as a medley on the Berlin show, the first, and fourteenth London shows, the fourth Birmingham show, the Basel show, the Rome show, the Madrid show, the Heerenveen show, the second Dortmund show, the Mannheim show, the Gothenburg show, the second Stockholm show, the Lausanne show, the Nice show, the Manchester show, the second Tokyo show, and the Yokohama show.
- The Paris show, "Ain't No Way" and "Nothing Compares 2 U" were performed after "Partyman" closing out the main show.
- A medley of Z.Z Hill's "Don't Make Me Pay For His Mistakes" and "Blues in C (If I Had A Harem)" was performed after "Take Me With U" on the first, sixth, ninth, tenth, and fifteenth London shows, the first and second Birmingham shows, the Cava de' Tirreni show, the Madrid show, the Werchter show, the second Dortmund show, the first Stockholm show, the Nice show, and the Manchester show.
- "Nothing Compares 2 U" closed the show in Birmingham.
- "We Can Funk" was performed in a medley with "Baby I'm A Star" on the first and second London shows, the Heerenveen show, and the Nice show.
- "Irresistible Bitch" was performed in the encore on the first and second London shows.
- A medley of "Respect" and "Rescue Me" was performed by Rosie Gaines during the encore on the second London show.
- Prince's rendition of "A Case of U" was performed on piano before "The Question of U" on the third London show.
- A cover of Joni Mitchell's "Blue Motel Room" was performed on piano before "The Question of U" on the fifth, sixth and seventh London shows.
- "When Doves Cry" was performed in replacement of "Controversy" and on rare occasions it was performed after "Partyman" and closed the main show on the third and fourth Birmingham show, the Cork show, the twelfth, the fourteenth and fifteenth London shows, the Basel show, the Rome show, the Madrid show, the Barcelona show, the second Stockholm show, the Lausanne show, the Manchester show, and all Japan shows.
- "Bambi" was performed after "Take Me With U" on the eleventh, twelfth, thriteenth, and fourteenth London shows, the fourth Birmingham show, the Barcelona show, the Gothenburg show, the second Stockholm show, and the second Tokyo show.
- "The Dawn" was performed on piano in a medley before "The Question of U" on the fourth Birmingham show.
- A "The Question of U" intro was played on piano in a medley before "The Question of U" on the Basel show, the Rome show, the Madrid show, the Heerenveen show, the second Dortmund show, the Gothenburg show, the second Stockholm show, the Lausanne show, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and sixteenth London shows, the Manchester show, the second Tokyo show, and the Sapporo show.
- "An Honest Man" was performed on piano in a medley before "The Question of U" on the Madrid show, the second Dortmund show, the thirteenth and fifteenth London shows.
- "Batdance" was NOT performed on the fourteenth London show
- An instrumental version of "The Arms of Orion" was performed on piano in a medley before "The Question of U" on the Lausanne show.
- "Baby I'm A Star" was NOT performed on the Manchester show
- Jerk Out was performed after "Take Me With U" on the Nishinomiya
- "Partyman" was NOT performed on the fifteenth and sixteenth London shows, the first Tokyo show and the Nishinomiya show.
- "Thieves in the Temple" closed the show in Yokohama.
- "Nothing Compares 2 U" was not performed on the second Hamburg show, the eighth London show, the fourth Birmingham show, the second Stockholm show, the Lausanne show, the second Tokyo show, the Sapporo show, the Nishinomiya show and the Yokohama show.
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
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Europe | |||||
June 2, 1990 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Stadion Feijenoord | 80,920 / 89,230 | $2,029,473 |
June 3, 1990 | |||||
June 5, 1990[a] | Copenhagen | Denmark | Gentofte Stadion | 18,128 / 18,128 | — |
June 6, 1990 | Kiel | West Germany | Ostseehalle | 11,500 / 11,500 | $315,790 |
June 7, 1990[b] | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | 14,000 / 14,000 | $813,540 | |
June 9, 1990 | |||||
June 10, 1990 | Hanover | Niedersachsenstadion | 37,000 / 37,000 | $1,128,870 | |
June 12, 1990 | West Berlin | Waldbühne | 22,560 / 23,000 | $702,067 | |
June 13, 1990 | Dortmund | Westfalenhallen | 26,109 / 26,109[c] | $2,382,446[c] | |
June 14, 1990 | Munich | Olympiastadion | 52,900 / 52,900 | $1,573,246 | |
June 16, 1990[d] | Paris | France | Parc des Princes | 45,677 / 45,677 | $1,911,125 |
June 17, 1990[e] | Lille | Escape Foire | 27,122 / 27,122 | $851,088 | |
June 19, 1990 | London | United Kingdom | Wembley Arena | 179,120 / 179,120[f] | $4,363,364[f] |
June 20, 1990 | |||||
June 22, 1990 | |||||
June 23, 1990 | |||||
June 25, 1990 | |||||
June 26, 1990 | |||||
June 27, 1990 | |||||
June 29, 1990 | Birmingham | National Exhibition Centre | 52,000 / 52,000[g] | $1,339,000[g] | |
June 30, 1990 | |||||
July 1, 1990 | |||||
July 3, 1990 | London | Wembley Arena | [f] | [f] | |
July 4, 1990 | |||||
July 7, 1990[h] | Cork | Ireland | Páirc Uí Chaoimh | 56,010 / 56,010 | $1,520,111 |
July 9, 1990 | London | United Kingdom | Wembley Arena | [f] | [f] |
July 10, 1990 | |||||
July 11, 1990 | |||||
July 13, 1990 | Birmingham | National Exhibition Centre | [g] | [g] | |
July 15, 1990[i] | Basel | Switzerland | St. Jakob-Park | 51,015 / 51,015 | $2,524,732 |
July 17, 1990[j] | Rome | Italy | Stadio Flaminio | 13,000 / 13,000 | — |
July 18, 1990 | Cava de' Tirreni | Stadio Simonetta Lamberti | 19,980 / 30,000 | ||
July 22, 1990[k] | Madrid | Spain | Vicente Calderón Stadium | 64,912 / 64,912 | $1,862,325 |
July 24, 1990 | Valencia | Mestalla Stadium | 48,127 / 48,127 | $1,036,339 | |
July 25, 1990[l] | Barcelona | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 49,455 / 49,455 | $1,410,256 | |
July 27, 1990[m] | Marbella | Estadio Municipal de Marbella | 29,765 / 29,765 | $640,543 | |
July 29, 1990 | A Coruña | Estadio Santa Maria del Mar | 25,575 / 25,575 | $733,746 | |
August 4, 1990[n] | Werchter | Belgium | Festival Terrein | 22,980 / 22,980 | $679,748 |
August 5, 1990[o] | Heerenveen | Netherlands | Thialf | 12,090 / 12,090 | $317,640 |
August 6, 1990[p] | Dortmund | West Germany | Westfalenhallen | [c] | [c] |
August 8, 1990[q] | Mannheim | Maimarkthalle | 75,894 / 79,000 | $2,365,616 | |
August 10, 1990[r] | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium | 10,550 / 10,550 | — |
August 11, 1990[s] | Stockholm | Globe Arena | 29,000 / 29,000 | $735,700 | |
August 12, 1990[t] | |||||
August 16, 1990[u] | Lausanne | Switzerland | Stade olympique de la Pontaise | 32,080 / 32,080 | $1,586,997 |
August 18, 1990[v] | Nice | France | Stade Charles-Ehrmann | 30,500 / 30,500 | $1,292,285 |
August 20, 1990 | London | United Kingdom | Wembley Arena | [f] | [f] |
August 21, 1990[w] | Manchester | Maine Road | 35,770 / 35,770 | $921,077 | |
August 22, 1990 | London | Wembley Arena | [f] | [f] | |
August 23, 1990 | |||||
August 24, 1990 | |||||
Asia | |||||
August 30, 1990 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 90,550 / 90,550 | $7,476,712 |
August 31, 1990 | |||||
September 2, 1990 | Nishinomiya | Koshien Stadium | 36,605 / 36,605 | $2,686,441 | |
September 6, 1990 | Sapporo | Makomanai Open Stadium | 22,500 / 22,500 | $1,652,275 | |
September 10, 1990 | Yokohama | Yokohama Stadium | 41,110 / 41,110 | $3,394,453 | |
Total | 1,208,605 / 1,219,351 (99.11%) | $50,247,005 |
Cancelled shows
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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April 27, 1990 | Dublin | Ireland | RDS Simmonscourt |
April 28, 1990 | |||
April 29, 1990 | |||
May 8, 1990[x] | Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Ice Hall |
May 9, 1990 | |||
May 15, 1990 | Oslo | Norway | Oslo Spektrum |
May 22, 1990 | Lyon | France | Stade de Gerland |
May 23, 1990 | Strasbourg | Stade de la Meinau | |
May 25, 1990 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle |
May 30, 1990 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Ahoy Rotterdam |
June 17, 1990 | Paris | France | Parc des Princes |
July 28, 1990[y] | Würzburg | West Germany | Talavera Wiesen |
July 20, 1990[z] | Turin | Italy | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino |
July 30, 1990 | Udine | Stadio Friuli | |
August 7, 1990[aa] | Dortmund | West Germany | Westfalenhallen |
August 14, 1990[ab] | Oldenburg | Weser-Ems Halle | |
August 18, 1990 | Nimes | France | Arena of Nimes |
Notes
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 15.
- ^ Originally scheduled to take place at Ostseehalle, Kiel, on May 17.
- ^ a b c d This box office score data is representative of both shows on June 13 & August 6
- ^ Originally set to take place at Palace of Versailles in Versailles, but was moved to Paris.
- ^ Originally set to take place at Palace of Versailles in Versailles, but was moved to Paris then later moved to Lille.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j This box office score data is representative of all 16 shows at the Wembley Arena on June 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, July 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 & August 20, 22, 23, 24.
- ^ a b c d This box office score data is representative of all 4 shows at the NEC on June 29, 30, July 1 & 13
- ^ Originally scheduled for July 6.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 27.
- ^ Originally scheduled for July 19.
- ^ Originally scheduled for July 24.
- ^ Originally scheduled for July 26.
- ^ Originally scheduled for July 22.
- ^ Originally scheduled for June 12 at Forest National, Brussels.
- ^ Originally scheduled for August 8.
- ^ Originally scheduled for June 5, to make way for the Copenhagen concert.
- ^ Originally scheduled for June 10.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 6, but was postponed due to Prince performing at a benefit concert in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 12.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 13.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 30, but was moved to make way for a show in Rotterdam, which was eventually cancelled.
- ^ Originally scheduled for August 19, after it was moved from its original date of July 15.
- ^ Originally scheduled for August 2.
- ^ Rescheduled to take place on August 6 & 7, then cancelled.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 24.
- ^ Originally scheduled for July 17.
- ^ Originally set to take place at Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, on June 9.
- ^ Originally scheduled for May 31.
References
http://www.princevault.com/index.php?title=Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries https://princevault.com/index.php?title=Nude_Tour