One Nite Alone... Tour

One Nite Alone... Tour
North American tour by Prince
Associated album

One Nite Alone...

The Rainbow Children
Start date March 1, 2002
End date November 29, 2002
Legs 4
No. of shows 64 (80 scheduled)
Prince concert chronology

The One Nite Alone... Tour was a 2002 worldwide concert tour by Prince promoting his One Nite Alone... album, released earlier in the year. The tour hit the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.

Performances recorded during this tour were released on the live albums One Nite Alone... Live! and C-Note.

History

In January 2002, Prince began putting together a new incarnation of The New Power Generation. After Kip Blackshire and Morris Hayes, Prince hired keyboardist Renato Neto, alto saxophonist Maceo Parker, drummer John Blackwell, trombonist Greg Boyer and longtime bassist for Prince, Rhonda Smith. Prince designed the tour to put the emphasis on music; no dancers, pyrotechnics, huge stage props or other gimmicks. Most of the music played was centered on the then new album The Rainbow Children. The tour lasted for a run of 64 shows.[1] Prince wore suits rather than his trademark unique outfits. Prince played many aftershow concerts and, via his NPG Music Club, fans could attend band soundchecks and ask Prince questions ranging from his music to spirituality.

During this tour, Prince introduced controversial subject matters like race relations. "Avalanche" was a blues lament about effects of slavery of Black people and Prince called out Abraham Lincoln by name for the disingenuous reasons why Lincoln abolished slavery. "Family Name" was a song about Black Americans' original surnames from Africa taken away from them by white slavemasters that gave them demeaning surnames and contrasts those last names with Jewish last names that have more positive connotations. Unlike any other previous tours, Prince's onstage banter was humorous, challenging and even condescending. Also, during soundchecks, Prince was outspoken with his fans about his issues involving ownership of media outlets, the music industry, consolidation of record companies and radio stations and people's criticism of his decision to become a Jehovah's Witness.

Band

The NPG was again changed for this tour. Kip Blackshire and Morris Hayes left the band and were replaced by Renato Neto on keyboard. Funk musician Greg Boyer (and often his partner Maceo Parker) joined the horn section. Other saxophonists who played with the band on selected dates were Najee, Candy Dulfer and Eric Leeds.

  • Prince – Vox, guitar, bass, keyboard / piano, drums
  • John Blackwell – Drums
  • Rhonda Smith – Bass
  • Renato Neto – Keyboard
  • Greg Boyer – Trombone
  • Maceo Parker – Saxophone on selected dates
  • Najee – Saxophone, flute on selected dates
  • Candy Dulfer – Saxophone on selected dates
  • Eric Leeds – Saxophone on selected dates
  • Dudley D – Turntables on selected dates

Typical set list

  1. Intro
  2. "Rainbow Children"
  3. "Muse 2 The Pharaoh"
  4. "Xenophobia"
  5. "A Case of You" Joni Mitchell cover
  6. "Mellow"
  7. "1+1+1 Is 3" incl. "Love Rollercoaster"
  8. "The Other Side Of The Pillow"
  9. "Strange Relationship"
  10. "Sing a Simple Song"
  11. "La La La Means I Love You"
  12. "Didn't Cha Know"
  13. "When You Were Mine"
  14. "Avalanche"
  15. "Family Name"
  16. "Take Me with U"
  17. "Raspberry Beret"
  18. "Another Star"
  19. Santana Medley (incl. Jungle Strut / Batuka / Soul Sacrifice / Toussaint L'Overture)
  20. Piano Medley
  21. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
  22. "Anna Stesia"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
March 1, 2002 Saginaw, Michigan United States Heritage Theatre
March 2, 2002 Chicago Chicago Theatre
March 3, 2002
March 5, 2002 Columbus Ohio Theatre
March 6, 2002 Detroit Detroit Opera House
March 7, 2002 Buffalo Shea's Performing Arts Center
March 9, 2002 Louisville Palace Theatre
March 10, 2002 Cleveland Palace Theater
March 11, 2002 Indianapolis Murat Theater
March 29, 2002 Washington, D.C. Warner Theater
March 30, 2002
March 31, 2002
April 3, 2002 Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Hall
April 4, 2002
April 6, 2002 Lakeland Youkey Theater
April 9, 2002 New York City Avery Fisher Hall
April 12, 2002 Kansas City Midland Theater
April 14, 2002 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
April 15, 2002 New Orleans Saenger Theater
April 16, 2002 Dallas Music Hall at Fair Park
April 19, 2002 Los Angeles Kodak Theatre
April 20, 2002
April 24, 2002 Oakland Paramount Theater
April 26, 2002 Phoenix Dodge Theater
April 29, 2002 Seattle Paramount Theater
April 30, 2002 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
May 28, 2002 Vancouver Canada Orpheum Theater
May 31, 2002 Edmonton Jubilee Auditorium
June 2, 2002 Calgary Jubilee Auditorium
June 3, 2002 Regina Saskatchewan Arts Center
June 6, 2002 Winnipeg Walker Theatre
June 13, 2002 Hamilton Hamilton Place Theater
June 15, 2002 Toronto Massey Hall
June 16, 2002 Ottawa National Arts Center
June 18, 2002 Montreal Molson Center
Europe
October 3, 2002 London England Hammersmith Apollo
October 4, 2002
October 5, 2002
October 7, 2002 Manchester Carling Apollo
October 8, 2002
October 10, 2002 Dublin Ireland Point Theater
October 13, 2002 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
October 15, 2002 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
October 16, 2002 Hamburg Germany Congress Center
October 18, 2002 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
October 19, 2002 Berlin Germany International Congress Centrum
October 21, 2002 Oslo Norway Oslo Konserhus
October 22, 2002 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
October 24, 2002 Aalborg Denmark Aalborg Hall
October 25, 2002 Copenhagen Falkoner Theater
October 27, 2002 Oberhausen Germany Konig-Pilsener Arena
October 28, 2002 Paris France Le Zenith
October 30, 2002 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
October 31, 2002 Milan Italy PalaTucker
November 2, 2002 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
Asia
November 15, 2002 Tokyo Japan Tokyo International Forum
November 17, 2002 Hamamatsu Act City Hamamatsu
November 18, 2002 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
November 19, 2002
November 21, 2002 Sapporo Hokkaido Koseinekin Hall
November 22, 2002 Sendai Zepp Sendai
November 26, 2002 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sunpalace
November 28, 2002 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
November 29, 2002 Nagoya Century Hall

References

  1. ↑ "One Nite Alone Tour dates and venues". GoldiesParade.co.uk. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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