According to the Star Trib, the delay was that he was waiting for Wendy to get into town--he had called her that morning and asked her to join him.
Posted at HQ: http://www.startribune.com/457/story/1291371.html Call to 'bestest friend' made Prince late Wanna know why Prince might have been so late for his three shows on Saturday? Last update: July 09, 2007 - 1:13 AM At noon, he had one of his people call guitarist Wendy Melvoin, formerly of Prince & the Revolution, and summon her from L.A. to play that afternoon in Minneapolis. After leaving her 14-month-old son with grandma, Melvoin headed to the airport. She couldn't arrive in time for the 4 p.m. performance at Macy's (which actually started at 5:10). In fact, she landed in the Twin Cities at 9:15 p.m., 45 minutes after the Target Center show was scheduled to begin. Melvoin had performed with Prince in the past two weeks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel so she was relatively up to speed. But when she got to Target Center, she received a surprise: "We're opening with 'Purple Rain,' " Prince said. "You're on." It was grab your guitar and hit the stage at 10:05 p.m. During the Target Center, Prince called Melvoin "my bestest friend in the world." Is that true? "Apparently," she said with a sarcastic shrug on Sunday night. Melvoin will play at Prince's 21-concert run next month in London. For those, she'll bring her son and a nanny. JON BREAM On 7/9/07, Andrew Stanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone in the ny area seen the perfume anywhere? > > And too bad about the 1st Avenue performance being cut short. Wonder why > he > was so delayed starting each show... > > AS > > <Moderator: Didn't look don't care to buy it. I know it was on the website > for 70 bucks or something like that > > Well logistically it's a pain in the ass to get your equipment to 3 > different places in one night. If you recall the Avery Fischer Hall show > it > took them awhile to get the equipment to the Aftershow. I am sure that had > a > lot to do with it -Derek> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
