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Piano and A Microphone Tour

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Legs
  
2

Leg
  
2

Dates
  
16 Feb 2016 – 14 Apr 2016

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Start date
  
February 16, 2016 (2016-02-16)

End date
  
April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14)

No. of shows
  
11 in Oceania 9 in North America 20 total

Associated albums
  
HITnRUN Phase One, HITnRUN Phase Two

The Piano & A Microphone Tour was the final concert tour by American recording artist Prince. In a December 2015 interview in anticipation of the tour, he said that "I’m doing it to challenge myself, I won’t know what songs I’m going to do when I go on stage. I won’t have to, because I won’t have a band".

Contents

It became Prince's final tour due to his sudden death on April 21, 2016, a week after the last performance of the tour.

Personnel

  • Prince — vocals and piano

    • Setlist

    Setlist of February 16, 2016, at the State Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

    1. "Confluence" (instrumental intro)
    2. "Big City"
    3. "Ruff Enuff"
    4. "Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind"
    5. "A Place in Heaven" (instrumental)
    6. "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"
    7. "Waiting in Vain" / "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
    8. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
    9. "The Ladder"
    10. "1000 X's & O's"
    11. "When She Comes"
    12. "Satisfied"
    13. "I Love U in Me"
    14. "Sometimes It Snows in April" (includes "Purple Rain" instrumental elements)
    15. "Automatic"
    16. "The Beautiful Ones"
    Encore
    1. "Raspberry Beret"
    2. "Starfish and Coffee"
    3. "Paisley Park"
    4. "Adore"

    Setlist of February 17, 2016, at the State Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

    1. "Confluence" (instrumental intro)
    2. "Wow"
    3. "RocknRoll Loveaffair"
    4. "I Love U in Me"
    5. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"
    6. "Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind" (includes "U Will B" and "Linus and Lucy")
    7. "Strange Relationship"
    8. "Unchain My Heart"
    9. "The Question of U"
    10. "A Case of U"
    11. "Waiting in Vain"
    12. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
    13. "Do Me, Baby"
    14. "Venus De Milo"
    15. "Black Sweat"
    16. "1000 X’s & O’s"
    17. "The Love We Make"
    18. "Raspberry Beret"
    19. "Kiss"
    Encore
    1. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
    2. "Purple Music"
    3. "Purple Rain"

    Setlist of March 4, 2016, at the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States

    1. "Confluence" (instrumental intro)
    2. "Wow"
    3. "Over the Rainbow" (Partial)
    4. "Somewhere Here On Earth"
    5. "Baltimore"
    6. "RocknRoll Loveaffair"
    7. "Breakdown"
    8. "Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind"
    9. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
    10. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" / "Four"
    11. "Controversy"
    12. "I Would Die 4 U"
    13. "Baby I'm A Star"
    14. "Purple Music"
    15. "Dear Mr. Man"
    16. "Cream"
    17. "Waiting in Vain" / "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
    18. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
    19. "Raspberry Beret"
    20. "Starfish and Coffee"
    21. "Paisley Park"
    22. "Sometimes It Snows in April"
    23. "Purple Rain"
    24. "Black Sweat"
    25. "Kiss"
    Encore I
    1. "Diamonds and Pearls" (partial)
    2. "The Beautiful Ones"
    3. "A Place in Heaven" (instrumental) (partial)
    4. "Venus De Milo" (partial) / "Condition of the Heart" (instrumental) (partial) / "Under the Cherry Moon" (instrumental) (partial)
    5. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
    6. "When Doves Cry" (partial loop recording)
    Encore II
    1. "Free Urself"
    2. "Thieves in the Temple" (includes "It")
    3. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
    4. "Do Me, Baby"
    5. "Adore"
    Notes
  • The first show on February 16, in Melbourne, Australia, Prince dedicated performances of "Little Red Corvette", "Dirty Mind", "The Ladder", "The Beautiful Ones" and "Adore" in special tribute to ex-girlfriend singer-actress Vanity, who died on February 15, 2016. He also shared memorable heart-felt stories when they were together.

    • Tour dates

    Cancellations and rescheduled shows

    References

    Piano & A Microphone Tour Wikipedia
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