A Celebration (Prince Tour)

A Celebration

North American tour by Prince
Start date	June 15, 2001
End date	June 28, 2001
Legs	1
Number of shows	6
Prince concert chronology

Prince: A Celebration was a short American tour by Prince. The tour used the same band from the earlier Hit n Run Tour, minus the 4-girl singing group Milenia.

History

This tour coincided with a week-long fan's tour of Prince's Paisley Park studios. Meant to continue, the tour was cancelled after only 6 shows.

Band

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

Typical set list

1. "Uptown"
2. "Controversy"
3. "Mutiny"
4. "The Work, pt 1"
5. "Cream"
6. "Little Red Corvette"
7. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
8. "Sexy Dancer"
9. "Housequake"
10. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"/"Four"
11. "U Make My Sun Shine"
12. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
13. "Do Me, Baby"
14. "Scandalous!"
15. "Diamonds and Pearls"
16. "The Beautiful Ones"
17. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
18. "Let's Go Crazy"
19. "Take Me with U"/"Raspberry Beret" Medley
20. "Joy In Repetition" (incl. "Darling Nikki" intro & coda)
21. "When Doves Cry" (incl. "Father's Song" incl. "Computer Blue" (instrumental) coda)
22. "The One" intro (incl. "I Would Die 4 U" / "Baby I'm a Star")
23. "God" (Instrumental)
24. "Purple Rain"
25. "Come On" (incl. "(I Like) Funky Music chants" and "Turn Back Now" interpolation")

Other songs sometimes included "U Got the Look", "Kiss", "Gett Off", "Bambi", "3 Chains o' Gold", "Still Would Stand All Time", "Adore", "If I Was Your Girlfriend", and a 6–7 song piano medley.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
June 15, 2001	Saint Paul	United States	Xcel Energy Center
June 16, 2001
June 21, 2001	Columbus		Nationwide Arena
June 23, 2001	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
June 27, 2001	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena
June 28, 2001	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater