Welcome 2 America

2010/12

No concert is ever the same.

Essentially a run of several tours under the banner Welcome 2 America; despite it’s name the tour evolved into a world tour – likely due to its continuing success. The tour was originally announced by Prince in person at the Apollo Theatre, New York on 14 October 2010. When the Welcome 2 America Tour began that December the event marked Prince’s first American tour in 6 years. This phase of the tour would eventually gross $20 million.

The latter stages of tour expanded to include two ‘residency’ stints in Chicago (three nights billed as Welcome 2 Chicago) and Inglewood (15 nights, although billed as 21 Nite Stand, the remaining shows never materialised). The tour became Welcome 2 Canada and marked Prince’s first shows in Canada for 11 years. It then moved to the European festival circuit (still under the moniker Welcome 2 America) and then to Australia when it was renamed Welcome 2 Australia. These tours were a greatest hits shows and not in promotion of any album.

Performers

Vocals/Guitar

Prince

Drums

John Blackwell

Guitar

Any Allo

Keyboards

Morris Hayes

Renato Neto

Cassandra O'Neal

Bass Guitar

Ida Nielsen

Vocals

Shelby Johnson

Marva King

Elisa Dease

Total dates played

• Welcome 2 America
  36 shows from 15 December 2010 to 29 May 2011
• Welcome 2 America: Euro Tour 2011
  24 shows from 30 June to 17 August, 2011
• Welcome 2 Canada
  11 shows from 25 November to 17 December, 2011
• Welcome 2 Australia
  8 shows from 11 to 30 May 2012
• Welcome 2 Chicago
  3 shows from 24 to 26 September 2012

Sample setlist

1. Laydown
2. The Beautiful Ones
3. Uptown
4. Raspberry Beret
5. Cream
6. Cool
7. Let’s Work
8. U Got The Look
9. Shhh
10. Nothing Compares 2 U
11. She’s Always In My Hair
12. If I Was Your Girlfriend
13. Insatiable
14. Adore
15. Purple Rain
16. Kiss
17. Sometimes It Snows in April
18. Diamonds And Pearls
19. All The Critics Love U In New York
20. Controversy
21. Sexy Dancer
22. Le Freak

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