Prince Brings the Funk, Star Power and Hits to SOLD OUT Madison Square Garden Show
Prince performs in front of SOLD OUT Madision Square Garden crowd on Saturday, December 18th 2010 photo by: Leslie DJ
Comedian Sinbad said it best at Saturday night’s Prince performance, “you ain’t seen anything like this and you probably never will again.” It was a show so phenomenal and entertaining that I will be unable to do it justice in this post.
The singer, who had comedian Sinbad and funkmaster Larry Graham as opening acts, pleased the Madison Square Garden crowd by performing hit after hit. He opened his 2 hour-plus show with “Baby I’m A Star” off his Purple Rain album and followed it with “Beautiful Ones” another Purple Rain gem. He kept cranking them out and showed off his electric dance moves and jaw dropping guitar skills as he performed “Delirious,” “Raspberry Beret” and “1999” among others which prompted him to at one point mutter, “Too many hits.”
His Welcome 2 America tour has played selective dates stopping at NJ’s IZOD Center and the Garden in New York City. Prince’s command of the stage is unlike any other. He held the crowd at the palm of his hand and had them clinging to every one of his notes. He danced and pranced around the stage like a kid at a candy store full of energy and life. Through it all you could tell he was enjoying driving the ladies wild with his gyrating hips.
His 8-minute long rendition of “Purple Rain” brought grown men to tears and prompted a sing along. During his encore he invited the celebrities in attendance to dance with him onstage which included, The View’s Sherri Sheppard and Whoppi Goldberg. Everyone from Spike Lee to Alicia Keys were dancing it up onstage as Shelia E. tackled the drums for the second time that evening.
