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Hit n Run Tour (2000)

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Start date
  
November 7, 2000

Legs
  
2

End date
  
May 6, 2001

No. of shows
  
33

The Hit + Run Tour was an American tour by Prince. It was the first tour performed by Prince since re-claiming his birth name. After a fairly stable line up for the past 2 years, he was now backed by a very different form of The New Power Generation.

Contents

Band

  • Prince: Guitar and Lead Vocals
  • Mike Scott: Rhythm Guitar
  • Rhonda Smith: Bass and Vocals
  • Mr. Hayes: Keyboards
  • Kip Blackshire: Keyboards and Vocals
  • John Blackwell: Drums
  • Najee: Saxophone, Flute
  • Geneva: Backup Singer and Dancer

    • Prince added a group of sisters, Mikele, Malikah, Niyoki, and Tia White, collectively known as Milenia before the start of the second leg. John Blackwell replaced Kirk Johnson on drums.

  • Opening Act: The Fonky Bald Heads

    • Kirk KAJ Johnson (Drums), David Schwartz DVS (Lead Vocals), Kip Blackshire (Lead Vocals), Mike Scott (Guitar), Kevin KATO Walker (Bass), Michael FISH Herring (Guitar), Dustin DJ Dudley D Meyer (Prince's tour DJ). Every night Prince would come out and sing the chorus on the song Passing Your Name.

    Typical set list

    1. "Uptown"
    2. "Controversy"
    3. "Mutiny"
    4. "The Work" (added in 2001)
    5. "Cream"
    6. "Little Red Corvette"
    7. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
    8. "Sexy Dancer"
    9. "Housequake"
    10. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker/4"
    11. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
    12. "Do Me, Baby"
    13. "Scandalous!"
    14. "Diamonds and Pearls"
    15. "The Beautiful Ones"
    16. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
    17. "Let's Go Crazy"
    18. "Take Me with U"/"Raspberry Beret" Medley
    19. "Darling Nikki"
    20. "When Doves Cry"/Computer Blue
    21. "Father's Song"
    22. "God" (Instrumental)
    23. "Purple Rain"

    References

    Hit n Run Tour (2000) Wikipedia
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