Prince, controversial and changeable, but always on top
MINNEAPOLIS
Above all and especially. In fact, it could be said that his whole life revolved around the capital of minnesota (USA) . There his parents They met in a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio. , and for him they baptized his son, who was born in the city in 1958. There he learned to play the piano at the age of seven in a self-taught way, to continue with a guitar at 13 and, little by little, become the multi-instrumentalist that we met (he even claimed that he could play more than 30 instruments). There he formed his first high school bands, there he was the founder of the "Minneapolis Sound" (a hybrid between funk, rock, pop, R & B and new wave to which artists like Janet Jackson joined), and there he died.
THE ANGELS
In the world capital of cinema, it was recorded the first movie he starred in, Purple Rain (1984), one of the keys to understanding his subsequent worldwide success. Tape raised over $80 million and it became a cult classic, as well as being the only feature film starring Prince that he didn't direct (the ones he directed generally didn't get much rave reviews). self-titled album it sold over 15 million copies in the United States alone. Also, in this seaside town he lived through much of his adult life.
AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
After harvesting the honeys of success ( Grammys, Oscars, endless tours and always packed ), Prince decided to shock the world with Around the World in a Day (1985), an album with Arab echoes, psychedelia and existentialism that hinted at the off-road musician and always open to experiment who he would become.
EUROPE
in the old continent it was where Prince showed the most daring side of him. There he undertook the first tour to include the legendary Aftershows of him, concerts in small venues at dawn after the big show in stadiums, and it was only there that he stopped with the tour of his most celebrated -and experimental- album: Sign 'O' the Times (1987).
Minneapolis, the city to which Prince was most linked during his life
LONDON
In the city of the Thames did a single tour with 21 dates! for about a month and a half on the occasion of their Planet Earth (2007) album. He himself, moreover, was given away with the Sunday edition of a British newspaper , The Mail on Sunday, before it went on sale in stores. The matter generated a great deal of controversy, even leading to Columbia decided not to distribute the feature in the UK. In spite of everything, **he repeated the strategy with 20Ten (2010)**, distributed with several European newspapers and publications.
ATLANTA
There he gave his last concert just a week ago. The matter takes on special meaning if we take into account that last April 15 was admitted urgently for a flu, and he was discharged two days later, as it is believed that he offered the show to show that he was in full power. He did it as a prelude to a previously unreleased European tour_, Prince Spotlight: Piano & A Microphone_, a tour in which he would perform alone, with a microphone and a grand piano . It was postponed due to the attacks in Paris, so he only got to act with this format on one occasion, which coincides with The last time he was on stage.
The o2 Arena, the setting for Prince's musical residency in London
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In 2013 he still maintained the handsomeness and strength of his youth on stage.