Prince / concerts and tours

Prince at a live concert in 2007

This page lists all of the tours of the American musician Prince since his debut on November 26, 1979 until his last concert on April 14, 2016. He had played 32 tours in his career, giving 1,224 live concerts. Of these, 774 concerts took place in the USA and 334 in Europe. In 1980 Prince appeared as the opening act for Rick James and in 2006 he was a member of his then protégée Támar Davis , whom he supported for a total of 13 concerts.

Aftershows, i.e. concerts that were played after midnight after a regular concert, are not listed in the table. TV appearances or other live appearances are not taken into account either, only concerts that Prince played as part of a tour.

Tours

year	Surname	Duration of the tour	Concerts	Course of the tour
1979-1980	Prince Tour Prince Tour, Part 2	November 26, 1979 - December 2, 1979 (6) February 9, 1980 - February 17, 1980 (8)	14th	USA (14) Concert goers: ≈4,000 Total Income: ≈ $ 28,000
1980	Rick James Fire It Up Tour Support act: Prince	February 22, 1980 - May 3, 1980	42	USA (42) Concert goers: ≈300,000 Total income: ≈ $ 2.6 million
1980-1981	Dirty Mind Tour Dirty Mind Tour, Part 2 Mini European Tour	December 4, 1980 - December 26, 1980 (11) March 9, 1981 - April 6, 1981 (19) May 29, 1981 - June 4, 1981 (3)	33	USA (30), France (1), Netherlands (1), United Kingdom (1) Concert goers (USA): ≈49,500 Concert goers (Europe): ≈1,900 Total Income: ≈ $ 437,000
1981-1982	Controversy Tour	November 20, 1981 - March 14, 1982	55	USA (55) Concert goers: ≈364,000 Total Income: ≈ $ 3.6 million
1982-1983	1999 tour	November 11, 1982 - April 10, 1983	87	USA (87) Concert attendants: ≈730,000 Total income: $ 10 million
1984-1985	Purple Rain Tour	November 4, 1984 - April 7, 1985	98	USA (96), Canada (2) Concert visitors: 1,750,000 Total income: $ 30 million
1986	Hit-N-Run tour in the USA Parade tour in Europe Parade tour in Japan	March 3, 1986 - August 3, 1986 (10) August 12, 1986 - August 31, 1986 (15) September 5, 1986 - September 9, 1986 (4)	29	USA (10), Germany (5), Netherlands (3), United Kingdom (3), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Sweden (1), Japan (4) Concert goers (USA): ≈94,000 / Income: ≈1.7 million US dollars Concert goers (Europe): 120,000 / Income: ≈2.1 million US dollars Concert goers (Japan): ≈100,000 / Income: ≈3.9 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈314,000 / total income: ≈7.7 million US dollars
1987	Sign-o'-the-Times tour	May 8, 1987 - June 29, 1987	34	Germany (9), Netherlands (7), France (4), Italy (4), Sweden (4), Switzerland (3), Austria (2), Belgium (1) Concert visitors: 350,000 Total income: ≈ $ 8.5 million
1988-1989	Lovesexy tour in Europe Lovesexy tour in the USA + Canada Lovesexy tour in Japan	July 9, 1988 - September 9, 1988 (31) September 14, 1988 - November 29, 1988 (38) February 1, 1989 - February 13, 1989 (8)	77	United Kingdom (9), Germany (5), Italy (5), France (4), Netherlands (3), Sweden (2), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Norway (1), USA (36) , Canada (2), Japan (8) Concert goers (Europe): 500,000 / Income: ≈14 million US dollars Concert goers (USA + Canada): 600,000 / Income: ≈13.5 million US dollars Concert goers (Japan): ≈136,500 / Income: ≈5.7 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈1,236,500 / total income: ≈33.2 million US dollars
1990	Nude tour in Europe Nude tour in Japan	June 2, 1990 - August 24, 1990 (51) August 30, 1990 - September 10, 1990 (5)	56	United Kingdom (21), Germany (9), Spain (5), France (3), Netherlands (3), Sweden (3), Italy (2), Switzerland (2), Belgium (1), Denmark (1) , Ireland (1), Japan (5) Concert goers (Europe + Japan): 900,000 / Income (Japan): ≈10.6 million US dollars Total income:?
1992	Diamonds and Pearls Tour in Japan Diamonds and Pearls Tour in Australia Diamonds and Pearls Tour in Europe	April 3, 1992 - April 9, 1992 (4) April 13, 1992 - May 3, 1992 (14) May 25, 1992 - July 12, 1992 (32)	50	Japan (4), Australia (14), Germany (11), United Kingdom (9), Netherlands (6), France (3), Belgium (1), Ireland (1), Scotland (1) Concert goers (Japan): 150,000 / Income: ≈10.7 million US dollars Concert goers (Australia): 200,000 / Income: ≈7.1 million US dollars Concert goers (Europe): 500,000 / Income: ≈16.5 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈850,000 / total income: ≈34.3 million US dollars
1993	Act I Show (USA + Canada) Act II Show (Europe)	March 8, 1993 - April 17, 1993 (25) July 26, 1993 - September 7, 1993 (27)	52	Act I Show: USA (23), Canada (2) Act II Show: United Kingdom (6), Spain (5), Germany (4), France (2), Netherlands (2), Sweden (2 ), Belgium (1), Norway (1), Austria (1), Portugal (1), Switzerland (1), Scotland (1) Concert goers (Act I show): ≈127,600 / Income: ≈3.9 million US dollars Concert goers: (Act II show): 750,000 Total concert attendants: ≈877,600 / total income:?
1995	The Ultimate Live Experience	March 3, 1995 - March 30, 1995	20th	United Kingdom (13), Ireland (2), Netherlands (2), Scotland (2), Belgium (1) Concert attendants: ≈150,000 Total income: ≈ $ 6.2 million
1996	Japan ′96	January 8, 1996 - January 20, 1996	7th	Japan (7) Concert attendants: ≈60,500 Total income: ≈ $ 5 million
1997	Love-4-One-Another-Charities-Tour	January 7, 1997 - June 28, 1997	21st	USA (19), Canada (2) Concert attendants: ≈120,800 Total income: ≈ $ 5.4 million
1997-1998	Jam of the Year tour	July 21, 1997 - January 22, 1998	65	USA (63), Canada (2) Concert attendants: ≈740,000 Total income: $ 30 million
1998	Newpower-Soul-Tour in the USA Newpower-Soul-Tour in Europe Newpower-Soul-Festival-Tour in the USA Newpower-Soul-Festival-Tour in Europe	April 20, 1998 - June 1, 1998 (8) August 8, 1998 - August 28, 1998 (9) September 23, 1998 - October 24, 1998 (6) December 15, 1998 - December 28, 1998 (9)	32	USA (14), United Kingdom (2), Belgium (2), Denmark (1), France (1), Netherlands (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Germany (3), Spain (4) , Portugal (1) Concert goers (USA): ≈106,600 / Income: ≈9.2 million US dollars Concert goers (Europe): ≈170,600 / income:? Total concert visitors: ≈277,200 / total income:?
2000	Hit-N-Run Tour	November 7, 2000 - December 9, 2000	20th	USA (20) Concert attendants: ≈118,000 Total Income: ≈ $ 7.7 million
2001	Hit-N-Run-Tour 2001 A-Celebration 2001	April 14, 2001 - May 6, 2001 (13) June 15, 2001 - June 28, 2001 (6)	19th	USA (19) Concert goers (Hit-N-Run 2001): ≈85,000 / Income: ≈6 million US dollars Concert goers (A-Celebration 2001): ≈67,000 / Income: ≈5.7 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈152,000 / total income: ≈11.7 million US dollars
2002	One-Nite-Alone-Tour in the USA One-Nite-Alone-Tour in Canada One-Nite-Alone-Tour in Europe One-Nite-Alone-Tour in Japan	March 1, 2002 - April 30, 2002 (26) May 28, 2002 - June 18, 2002 (9) October 3, 2002 - November 2, 2002 (20) November 15, 2002 - November 29, 2002 (9)	64	USA (26), Canada (9), United Kingdom (5), Germany (4), Denmark (2), Netherlands (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1) , Norway (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Japan (9) Concert goers (USA): ≈71,000 / Income: ≈6.2 million US dollars Concert goers (Canada): ≈22,000 / Income: ≈2.3 million US dollars Concert goers (Europe): ≈126,000 Income: ≈7.8 million US dollars Concert goers (Japan): ≈45,000 / Income: ≈3.5 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈264,000 / total income: ≈19.8 million US dollars
2003	World Tour 2003	October 17, 2003 - December 19, 2003	8th	People's Republic of China (Hong Kong) (1), Australia (5), USA (Hawaii) (2) Concert goers (Hong Kong): 11,900 / Income: ≈1.165 million US dollars Concert goers (Australia): ≈54,000 / Income: ≈6.4 million US dollars Concert goers (Hawaii): ≈10,000 / Income: ≈650,000 US dollars Total concert goers: ≈75,900 / total income: ≈8.2 million US dollars
2004	Musicology Live 2004ever	March 27, 2004 - September 11, 2004	89	USA (87), Canada (2) Concert goers: 1,500,000 Total income: $ 87 million
2006	Támar Live band member: Prince (guitar and vocals)	January 20, 2006 - March 18, 2006	13	USA (13) Concert attendants: ≈6,500 Total Income: ≈ $ 200,000
2006-2007	Per4ming Live 3121 in Las Vegas	November 11, 2006 - April 29, 2007	40	USA ( Las Vegas ) (40) Concert goers: ≈35,000 Total income: ≈ $ 4.4 million
2007	21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour	August 1, 2007 - September 21, 2007	21st	United Kingdom (21) Concert attendants: 351,519 Total income: $ 22 million
2010	20Ten-Tour Prince-Live-2010	July 4, 2010 - July 25, 2010 (7) October 18, 2010 - November 18, 2010 (7)	14th	2010 tour: France (2), Belgium (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1), Austria (1), Portugal (1) Prince-Live-2010: Denmark (2), Italy (2), Belgium (1), Netherlands (1), Norway (1) Concert goers (2010 tour): ≈193,500 Concert goers (Prince-Live-2010): ≈91,000 Total concert visitors: ≈284,500 / total income:?
2010-2011	Welcome-2-America-Tour Welcome-2-America: Euro-Tour 2011 Welcome-2-Canada-Tour	December 15, 2010 - May 29, 2011 (33) June 30, 2011 - August 17, 2011 (21) November 25, 2011 - December 17, 2011 (11)	65	USA (33), Netherlands (4), Belgium (2), Denmark (2), Norway (2), Germany (1), Finland (1), France (1), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Hungary (1), United Kingdom (1), Canada (11) Concert goers (USA): ≈432,000 / Income: ≈42 million US dollars Concert goers (Europe): ≈440,000 / income:? Concert goers (Canada): ≈120,000 / Income: ≈12.5 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈992,000 / total income: ≈54.5 million US dollars
2012	Welcome-2-Australia-Tour Welcome-2-Chicago	May 11, 2012 - May 30, 2012 (8) September 24, 2012 - September 26, 2012 (3)	11	Australia (8), USA (3) Concert goers (Australia): ≈100,000 / Income: ≈11.1 million US dollars Concert goers (Chicago): ≈50,000 / Income: ≈4.5 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈150,000 / total income: ≈15.6 million US dollars
2013	Live-Out-Loud-Tour Performers: Prince & 3rdEyeGirl	April 15, 2013 - May 25, 2013 (two concerts per day)	34	Canada (4), USA (30) Concert attendants: ≈51,500 Total income: ≈ $ 7 million
2014	Hit-N-Run-Tour 2014 Hit-N-Run-Tour II Performers: Prince & 3rdEyeGirl	February 5, 2014 - February 22, 2014 (11) May 15, 2014 - June 7, 2014 (13)	24	Hit-N-Run-Tour 2014: United Kingdom (11) Hit-N-Run-Tour II: United Kingdom (7), Scotland (1), Netherlands (1), Belgium (1), France (2), Austria (1) Concert goers (Hit-N-Run-Tour 2014): ≈13,300 / Income: ≈1.1 million US dollars Concert goers (Hit-N-Run-Tour II): ≈150,000 / income: ≈22 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈163,300 / total income: ≈23.1 million US dollars
2015	Hit-N-Run-Tour 2015 Performers: Prince & 3rdEyeGirl	March 14, 2015 - June 14, 2015	10	USA (7), Canada (3) Concert attendants: ≈35,600 Total income: ≈ $ 4.3 million
2016	Piano & A Microphone	February 16, 2016 - April 14, 2016 (usually two concerts per day)	20th	Australia (9), New Zealand (2), Canada (4), USA (5) Concert goers (Australia): 31,281 / Income: ≈4.0 million US dollars Concert goers (New Zealand): 4,278 / Income: ≈ 600,000 US dollars Concert goers (Canada): 9,288 / Income: ≈1.2 US dollars Concert goers (USA): ≈31,400 / Income: ≈4.05 million US dollars Total concert goers: ≈76,247 / total income: ≈9.85 million US dollars
1979-2016	Total tours: 32	November 26, 1979 - April 14, 2016	1,224	Concert visitors from 1979 - 2016: ≈13.4 million

The details of the concert-goer and intake come from the Princevault website , unless otherwise stated.

Live concerts

The list includes all live concerts that Prince completed on tour in the respective country.

country	Concerts
Australia	36
Belgium	15th
People's Republic of China	1
Denmark	11
Germany	52
Finland	1
France	25th
Ireland	6th
Italy	15th
Japan	37
Canada	43
Luxembourg	1
New Zealand	2
Netherlands	37
Norway	6th
Austria	5
Poland	1
Portugal	3
Scotland	5
Sweden	15th
Switzerland	9
Spain	14th
Hungary	1
United Kingdom	109
United States	774
all in all	1,224

literature

• Jake Brown: Prince in the Studio (1975-1995). Colossus Books, Phoenix 2010, ISBN 978-0-9790976-6-9 , OCLC 276814904 .
• Jason Draper: Prince - Life & Times (Revised & Updated Edition). Chartwell Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-7858-3497-7 .
• Jon Ewing: Prince - CD Books : Carlton Books, Rastatt 1994, ISBN 3-8118-3986-1 , OCLC 75552811 .
• Ronin Ro: Prince - Inside the Music and the Masks. St. Martin's Press, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-38300-8 .
• Uptown: The Vault - The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing, Linköping 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X .
• Mick Wall : Prince - Purple Reign. Orion Publishing Group, Great Britain 2016, ISBN 978-1-4091-6920-8

Web links

• Overview of Prince's tours. Princevault.com
• Prince Live Concert Statistics. Setlist.fm

swell

1. ↑ Ewing (1994), p. 47.
2. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 58.
3. ↑ Ewing (1994), p. 59.
4. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 73.
5. ↑ Ewing (1994), p. 73.
6. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 97.
7. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 102.
8. ↑ Uptown (2004), p. 112.
9. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 573.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Uptown (2004), p. 575.
11. ^ Uptown (2004), p. 147.
12. ↑ Draper (2016), p. 135.
13. ^ Prince & The New Power Generation - World Tour 2003. In: Princevault.com. June 19, 2016, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
14. ^ Ro (2011), p. 341.
15. ↑ Brown (2010), p. 1.
16. ↑ Wall (2016), p. 178.
17. ↑ Draper (2016), p. 195.
18. ↑ Prince cancels his concert in Berlin. In: t-online.de. June 3, 2014, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b c} Piano & A Microphone - Prince. In: Princevault.com. February 19, 2017, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Bob Allen: Jason Aldean Burns Up Latest Hot Tours Recap. In: Billboard.com. March 10, 2016, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
21. ^ Prince: Piano & A Microphone - February 24, 2016 (show 1). In: Princevault.com. March 9, 2016, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
22. ↑ T'cha Dunlevy: Concert review: Prince rules in intimate setting. In: Montrealgazette.com. March 22, 2016, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
23. ↑ Kevin Ritchie: Prince goes into piano man mode. In: Nowtoronto.com. March 26, 2016, accessed April 17, 2017 . 
24. ^ Princevault.com