Archive for 2016

Paisley Park will be hosting a four-day series of concerts in April 2017, from 20th to 23rd, to celebrate the life and legacy of Prince exactly one year on since his death at the studio complex on 21 April 2016.

Paisley Park Studios, Prince’s home since 1985, which opened its doors to tourists on 6 October, was forced shut following concerns by Chanhassen City Council for public safety from the increased traffic and pedestrians around the property, 7801 Audubon Road.

Warner Bros. is set to release the first song from the vault as part of a two disk greatest hits package, due to his stores in the US on 22 November 2016 and worldwide from 25 November.

The details for the official Prince tribute concert at Xcel Energy Centre have at long last been revealed by his family.

The firm behind Graceland, the former Memphis home of Elvis Presley, is to do likewise with Paisley Park, which is set to open its doors for self-guided and guided from 6 October.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are to release The Prince Movie Collection, a boxset containing all three of Prince’s movies, Purple Rain, Under The Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge in Blu-ray format.

With a host of events having already taken place to offer their tribute to Prince – Autism Rocks, Billboard, BET, even the upcoming reunion of the Revolution in the three months following the rock star’s sudden death, his family have set the date for the official memorial show.

The original line-up of Prince’s Purple Rain backing group the Revolution announce two shows to take place at the legendary First Avenue, Minneapolis, on Friday 2 September and Saturday 3rd.

The lack of and dire need for an official memorial with which to celebrate and pay tribute to Prince has resulted in a series of tribute shows organised by former band mates spring up instead.

Music streaming service TIDAL has added 15 of Prince’s rarest albums to its catalogue