Purple Rain News

Michael Jackson may have been the King of Pop, but Prince is surely next in line for the throne.

Okay... It's the 4th of July and the pressure's on-- Enjoy the holiday and the fireworks.

Caption: Prince Coachella Music Festival 2008 - Day 2 Indio, California .... Soul superstar PRINCE proved he can still draw a crowd after selling out two upcoming concerts in less than eight minutes when tickets went on sale on Saturday .

Organizers of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland say more than 7,000 tickets for two concerts by Prince were sold out within eight minutes of going on sale Saturday.

Europe's most prestigious jazz festival just got a bit more funky today as Prince was confirmed for a two-show set to close the Montreaux Jazz Festival.

WHAT could Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers possibly have in common with Prince and his former protege Apollonia? They're both on the bill for a holiday-weekend near-marathon of musicals spanning six decades.

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Free is the new black, and here are two cool new albums you can cop gratis. First, Spin magazine commissioned a well-curated Prince tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain featuring respectable acts like Riverboat Gamblers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Of Montreal and Lavender Diamond.

When "Purple Rain" opened in late July 1984, Pioneer Press writer Rick Shefchik said Prince was better onstage than on-screen, but he also said some nice things about the Purple One's film debut.

The rumor had legs. It was all supposedly hush-hush but enough of a crowd gathered to fill the Dakota's bar side and spill outdoors onto the patio.

The impact of Prince's "Purple Rain" soundtrack was swift and stunning. It spent nearly half the year atop the Billboard charts and spawned four top 10 singles, two of which went all the way to No.

There are great movies, and there are great rock movies. "Purple Rain," Prince's first film, might just be a great rock movie, but it's no "Gone With the Wind." The movie has some definite strengths - Prince's acting, Prince's singing, Prince's songs and Prince's buddy Morris Day.

It was the first live global satellite television program in history. The Fab Four were among the acts chosen to represent the United Kingdom.

With her strong will, busy travel schedule and breathless blogging, Laguna Niguel dentist Orly Taitz has become the most controversial figure in the effort to prove that President Barack Obama is foreign-born. Blogwire Spin mentioned this Prince tribute they were doing well over a month ago in celebration of Purple Rain turning 25... Wayward Blog A ...

Audio for today's show will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET. June 22, 2009 - Today we're launching a brand new music series to kick off summer, called You Must Hear This .

C.J. dishes on Prince's Spin cover and the 20th Purple Rain-iversary and trashes Magic flash gear.

"You're not a freak, you're not a stalker." A fabulous, glowing character reference from Katie Couric considering the way Jason Matheson has carried on about her.

Disco giants KC & The Sunshine Band will headline the 2009 Rochester Music Fest, which morphs into a day-long r&b celebration taking place Saturday, July 18, at Brown Square Park off Verona Street.

"Sixteen Candles" just arrived in my mailbox the other day, ordered from Netflix in a fit of nostalgia.

Prince 's reclusive one-time protege Apollonia has recorded a new version of her former boss' "When Doves Cry" for a Purple Rain movie tribute album.