Prince 20Ten Explained

Concert Tour Name:Prince 20Ten
Artist:Prince
Location:Europe • Asia
Album:20Ten
Start Date:July 4, 2010
End Date:November 18, 2010
Number Of Legs:2
Last Tour:
(2007)
This Tour:Prince 20Ten
(2010)
Next Tour:Welcome 2
(2010–12)

Prince 20Ten was a concert tour performed by American recording artist Prince in 2010 to promote his 20Ten album. The tour was divided in two legs, the first set of shows were from July 4 to July 25. The tour kicked off in Denmark and took Prince to Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, and Portugal.[1] Larry Graham and Mint Condition were supporting acts.[2] [3] He rehearsed them in Paisley Park Studios.[4] [5] [6] The second leg was from October 15 to November 18.[7] He played these dates with a slightly different band and no supporting acts. This leg of the tour took him to Norway, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He also took the tour to the United Arab Emirates where he performed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Set list

The set list and duration varied heavily during the tour. During a single concert Prince would perform between 25 and 45 songs from the list below.

Set list of July 4, 2010, at the Festivalpladsen, Roskilde, Denmark[8]
  1. "Venus de Milo" (performed by Cassandra O'Neal on keyboards and vocals, sans Prince)
  2. "Let's Go Crazy"
  3. "Delirious" ft Frederic Yonnet (includes "Let's Go Crazy" coda)
  4. "1999"
  5. "Little Red Corvette"
  6. "Controversy" (includes "(I Like) Funky Music" chants)
  7. "Sexy Dancer"/"Le Freak" (includes "Controversy" coda and "Housequake" chants) (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)
  8. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
  9. "Take Me with U" (performed with Sheila E.)
  10. "Guitar"
  11. "Angel" (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)
  12. "Lean on Me" (performed with Elisa Dease)
  13. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (performed with Shelby J., with fake jazz arrangement)
  14. "Purple Rain"

Encore

  1. "Mountains" (includes "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", performed by Elisa Dease)
  2. "Everyday People"
  3. "I Want to Take You Higher" (includes "Love Rollercoaster" interpolation)

Encore 2

  1. "Kiss"

Encore 3

  1. "Dance (Disco Heat)" (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)
Set list of July 13, 2010, at the Wiener Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria[9]
  1. "Purple Rain" (performed with Sheila E.)
  2. "Let's Go Crazy" (performed with Sheila E.)
  3. "Delirious" (includes "Let's Go Crazy" coda) (performed with Sheila E.)
  4. "1999" (performed with Sheila E.)
  5. "Shhh"
  6. "Cream" (performed with Sheila E.)
  7. "Dreamer"
  8. "Stratus"
  9. "The Glamorous Life" (performed with Sheila E., sans Prince)
  10. "The Question of U" (Instrumental)/"The One" (includes "Fallin'" and "Electric Man" interpolations) (performed with Sheila E.)
  11. "Musicology" (includes "Housequake" percussion interpolation, "Tighten Up" vocal interpolation and "Watermelon Man" segue-coda) (performed with Sheila E.)
  12. "Take Me with U" (performed with Sheila E.)
  13. "Kiss" (performed with Sheila E.)
  14. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (performed with Shelby J.)

Encore

  1. "The Bird" (performed with Sheila E.)
  2. "Jungle Love" (includes "Play That Funky Music" and "(I Like) Funky Music" chants) (performed with Sheila E.)
  3. "A Love Bizarre" (includes "(I Like) Funky Music" chants and "I Know You Got Soul" interpolation) (performed with Sheila E.)
  4. "Dance (Disco Heat)" (includes "Everybody Loves Me" chants and "Love Rollercoaster" guitar interpolation) (performed with Shelby J., Liv Warfield and Elisa Dease)

Encore 2

  1. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" (includes "Please, Please, Please")

Encore 3

  1. "Mountains" (includes "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", performed by Elisa Dease and Sheila E.)
  2. "Everyday People" (performed with Sheila E.)
  3. "I Want to Take You Higher" (performed with Sheila E.)
  4. "Ol' Skool Company" (includes "Purple Rain" tease intro and "Also Sprach Zarathustra" interpolation) (performed with Sheila E.)

Encore 4

  1. "Peach" (performed with Sheila E., sans Cora Coleman-Dunham)

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
First Leg
Europe[10] [11] [12]
July 4, 2010RoskildeDenmarkRoskilde Festival
July 5, 2010BerlinGermanyWaldbühne
July 9, 2010ArrasFranceLa Citadelle
July 10, 2010WerchterBelgiumWerchter Festival Park
July 13, 2010ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle
July 18, 2010LisbonPortugalSuper Bock Super Rock
July 25, 2010NiceFranceStade Charles-Ehrmann
Second Leg
Europe
October 18, 2010BergenNorwayVestlandshallen
October 20, 2010CopenhagenDenmarkForum Copenhagen
October 22, 2010HerningJyske Bank Boxen
November 2, 2010RomeItalyPalaLottomatica
November 3, 2010MilanMediolanum Forum
November 8, 2010AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis
Asia
November 14, 2010Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesDu Arena
Europe[13]
November 18, 2010ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome

Box office score data

Band

Due to unknown reasons, Sheila E. did not appear after the October 22 show.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prince "20TEN" Tour 2010 « Prince@Music.Niga . 2010-08-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100714101352/http://simoneniga.wordpress.com/prince-%E2%80%9C20ten%E2%80%9D-tour-2010/ . 2010-07-14 .
  2. Web site: DAWNATION: Ontour.
  3. Web site: Prince 20TEN Tour - Prince Vault.
  4. Web site: Janelle Monae Jams with PRINCE!. 24 September 2010.
  5. Web site: PRINCE Set to Funk up Northern Europe. 24 September 2010.
  6. Web site: Official PRINCE Tour Announcement. 30 September 2010.
  7. Web site: PRINCE Announces More 20Ten Tour Dates. 28 September 2010.
  8. Web site: 04 July 2010 - Prince Vault.
  9. Web site: 13 July 2010 - Prince Vault.
  10. Web site: Prince Reveals New Album 20TEN Giveaway, Tour Dates & Tickets - Stereoboard.
  11. Web site: Prince to Roskilde Festival . 2011-12-17 . 2012-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120527182647/http://roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?id=2917 . dead .
  12. Web site: PRINCE Announces More 20Ten Tour Dates. 28 September 2010.
  13. Web site: http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5602/Muziek/article/detail/1919486/2010/11/19/Prince-geeft-intiem-optreden-in-Gelredome.dhtml.
  14. Web site: Sheila e. Is Out for Rest of Prince Tour. 25 October 2010.

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