« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2015, 11:15:35 AM »
I've been to Prince shows where he's got as many people looking for cell phones as there are people in the audience.
If they catch you with a phone out you are immediately shown the door.
Prince is one guy I'd love to stealth just to feel all warm inside after I got the show recorded that I'd done something that would completely piss him off if he'd only known.
EDIT: To be clear, I do think he's a pretty amazing artist. It's just that his kinda freakish desire to control his media empire and/or his audience are pretty off-putting.
In fairness to P - when he invites you to hear him perform on his property he's allowed to make house rules. I make people take their shoes off before entering my home and I make people go outside if they want to smoke. Those are my house rules.
I'll also add he's got a way of getting even. I can't tell you how many times I've waited in front of a fully loaded stage for too many hours only to get the rug pulled out from under me as he decided at the last minute he's not going to play. Its always a weird situation when you see his band milling around in the audience and they don't even know if they are going to perform.
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