Prince’s Revolution North American Tour Kevin Fleming March 6, 2017 Entertainment, Music News Prince’s original band the Revolution extended their North American spring reunion tour and hinted at future dates on Monday. The trek begins at a special concert at the late singer’s home, Paisley Park, on April 21st and ends in Seattle, Washington on July 15th. The Purple Rain-era lineup of the Revolution on the tour includes guitarist Wendy Melvoin, bassist Brown Mark (Mark Brown), drummer Bobby Z (Robert Rivkin) and keyboardists Matt Fink and Lisa Coleman. After Prince died in April 2016, the Revolution reunited for three shows at the Minneapolis venue where they created Purple Rain. “When we played those shows, I choked up every single night,” said bassist Brown Mark in a statement. “But now, I’m past that stage of it — now I’m looking at my happy times, remembering being a kid, joining this huge band and starting out a journey in my life I did not ever expect.” “It was really intense,” Revolution member Lisa Coleman told Rolling Stone about reuniting after Prince’s death. “Difficult. The music was mercurial. Like, we couldn’t quite grab it. I mean, we were trained to look at Prince for cues, and even if he’s wrong, he’s right. We were looking into a space and then looking at each other going, ‘What is this?’” The Revolution Tour Dates April 21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Celebration 2017 at Paisley Park April 23 – Chicago, IL @ Metro April 24 – Chicago, IL @ Metro April 27 – Washington, DC @ The Fillmore Silver Spring April 28 – New York, NY @ B.B. King’s April 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts April 30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts May 3 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall May 4 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre May 12 – Madison, WI @ Barrymore Theatre May 14 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue May 16 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s May 18 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues May 20 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater May 21 – Toronto, Ont @ Phoenix Theatre June 14 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues June 15 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues June 16 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theater June 17 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live June 21 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl June 22 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues June 23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern July 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore July 13 – Reno, NV @ Artown July 14 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater July 15 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox Related
