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Musicology Live 2004ever
Continental tour by Prince
LocationNorth America
Associated albumMusicology
Start dateMarch 27, 2004 (2004-03-27)
End dateSeptember 11, 2004 (2004-09-11)
No. of shows88
Attendance1.240 million
Box officeUS$87.4 million
Prince concert chronology
  • World Tour 2003
    (2003)
  • Musicology Live 2004ever
    (2004)
  • Per4ming Live 3121
    (2006–07)

Musicology Live 2004ever was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince to promote his Musicology album. The tour began on March 27, 2004 in Reno, Nevada and concluded on September 11 in San Jose, California. It was a commercial success earning $87.4 million from 77 shows in 52 cities across the United States and selling more than 1.4 million tickets.[1][2] Prince said one of the goals of the tour was "to bring back music and live musicianship."[3]

Background and development

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In April 2004, Prince released his thirtieth studio album Musicology from Columbia Records after leaving former record labels Warner Bros. and Arista. The album followed the 2003 releases Xpectation and N.E.W.S. When speaking about the album, Prince stated:

"I am really an artist and a musician at heart, that's what I do. Musicology has no boundaries or formats. It is long overdue to return to the art and craft of music, that's what this album is about. School's in session."

The singer gave a small performance at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles in February to preview some of the new songs from the album where he also announced plans for an upcoming tour. Tour dates were announced later that month in North America. He opened the 2004 Grammy Awards with Beyoncé and was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the same year. More tour dates were announced shortly afterward.[3][4]

The Musicology Tour also increased sales of the Musicology album because concertgoers received a copy of Musicology, with the album cost included in the ticket price for the tour. This prompted Billboard magazine and Nielsen SoundScan to change its chart data methodology: For future album releases, Billboard says that customers "must be given an option to either add the CD to the ticket purchase or forgo the CD for a reduced ticket-only price."[5]

Set list

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This set list is representative of the first show in Los Angeles on March 29, 2004. It does not represent all concerts during the tour.

  1. "Musicology"
  2. "Let's Go Crazy"
  3. "I Would Die 4 U"
  4. "When Doves Cry"
  5. "Baby I'm a Star"
  6. "Shhh"
  7. "D.M.S.R."
  8. "I Feel for You"
  9. "Controversy"
  10. "God" (interlude)
  11. "The Beautiful Ones"
  12. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
  13. "Insatiable"
  14. "Sign 'O' the Times"
  15. " The Question of U"
  16. "Let's Work"
  17. "U Got the Look"
  18. "Life O' the Party"
  19. "Soul Man"
  20. "Kiss"
  21. "Take Me with U"

Encore

  2. Acoustic Medley: "4ever in My Life" / "12:01" / "On the Couch" / "Little Red Corvette" / "Sometimes It Snows in April" / "7"
  3. "Purple Rain"

Tour dates

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List of 2004 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue[6]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
March 27 Reno United States Lawlor Events Center 11,777 / 11,777 $748,253
March 29 Los Angeles Staples Center 17,367 / 17,367 $1,249,585
March 30 Bakersfield Centennial Garden 7,987 / 7,987 $599,025
March 31 Glendale Glendale Arena 16,094 / 16,094 $1,035,859
April 2 Dallas American Airlines Center 18,483 / 18,483 $1,161,356
April 6 Oklahoma City Ford Center 13,651 / 13,651 $845,412
April 7 Omaha Qwest Center 12,398 / 12,398 $632,148
April 8 Ames Hilton Coliseum 11,009 / 11,009 $510,195
April 10 Champaign UI Assembly Hall 11,867 / 11,867 $560,008
April 12 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse 10,859 / 10,859 $678,557
April 13 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 12,805 / 12,805 $800,568
April 14 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena 14,092 / 14,092 $869,272
April 16 Columbus Schottenstein Center 16,381 / 16,381 $928,386
April 17 Cleveland Gund Arena 18,558 / 18,558 $1,101,243
April 18 University Park Bryce Jordan Center 10,913 / 10,913 $548,586
April 21 Columbia Colonial Center 16,165 / 16,165 $873,620
April 22 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 11,614 / 11,614 $651,685
April 23 Raleigh RBC Center 18,494 / 18,494 $1,159,331
April 25 Sunrise Office Depot Center 18,231 / 18,231 $1,051,164
April 26 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 17,079 / 17,079 $1,038,895
April 27 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 14,791 / 14,791 $880,132
April 29 Birmingham Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex 16,889 / 16,889 $826,669
April 30 Atlanta Philips Arena 17,977 / 17,977 $1,168,393
May 1 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 10,365 / 10,365 $606,474
May 4 Kansas City Kemper Arena 14,941 / 14,941 $752,126
May 5 St. Louis Savvis Center 17,393 / 17,393 $953,651
May 6 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center 16,680 / 16,680 $983,425
May 24 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 15,467 / 15,467 $968,729
May 26 Los Angeles Staples Center 34,651 / 34,651 $2,527,148
May 28
May 29 Paradise Mandalay Bay Events Center 22,594 / 22,594 $2,432,651
May 30
June 1 San Jose HP Pavilion 35,269 / 35,269 $2,332,326
June 2
June 3 Los Angeles Staples Center 34,642 / 34,642 $2,478,030
June 4
June 9 San Antonio SBC Center 12,607 / 12,607 $774,980
June 11 Dallas American Airlines Center 18,093 / 18,093 $1,043,408
June 12 Bossier City CenturyTel Center 12,552 / 12,552 $670,239
June 14 Memphis The Pyramid 17,202 / 17,202 $942,981
June 16 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 60,044 / 60,044 $3,615,429
June 17
June 18
June 20 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 39,009 / 39,009 $2,274,438
June 21
June 24 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater 21,475 / 21,475 $1,167,219
June 25 Rosemont Allstate Arena 17,642 / 17,642 $1,063,791
July 12 New York City Madison Square Garden 57,023 / 57,023 $3,973,848
July 13
July 14
July 16 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena 40,502 / 40,502 $2,567,168
July 17 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 12,698 / 12,698 $674,076
July 18 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena [a] [a]
July 20 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 16,661 / 16,661 $1,007,320
July 22 Rosemont Allstate Arena 50,089 / 50,089 $2,770,944
July 23
July 24
July 27 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 39,366 / 39,366 $2,899,618
July 28
July 30 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena 18,993 / 18,993 $1,214,610
July 31 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,505 / 19,505 $1,679,045
August 1 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 10,354 / 10,354 $632,130
August 3 Rosemont Allstate Arena 16,697 / 16,697 $1,081,453
August 6 Houston Toyota Center 31,504 / 31,504 $1,816,214
August 7
August 9 Atlanta Philips Arena 33,214 / 33,214 $2,031,926
August 10
August 12 Washington, D.C. MCI Center 54,927 / 54,927 $3,549,885
August 13
August 14
August 17 Boston FleetCenter 49,085 / 49,085 $2,799,722
August 18
August 19
August 22 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 56,624 / 56,624 $3,450,758
August 23
August 24
August 27 Denver Pepsi Center 34,348 / 34,348 $2,207,112
August 28
August 30 Seattle KeyArena 30,282 / 30,282 $1,688,379
August 31
September 1 Portland Rose Garden Arena 13,271 / 13,271 $897,300
September 3 Sacramento ARCO Arena 16,334 / 16,334 $908,656
September 4 Fresno Save Mart Center 14,940 / 14,940 $770,623
September 5 San Diego Cox Arena 12,545 / 12,545 $918,333
September 7 West Valley City USANA Amphitheater
September 9 Oakland Oakland Arena 16,492 / 16,492 $949,192
September 10 San Jose HP Pavilion 33,534 / 33,534 $1,838,670
September 11
Total 1,240,269 / 1,240,269 (100%) $75,515,157

Band

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Source:[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The score data is representative of the two shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Continental Airlines Arena on July 16 and July 18 respectively.

References

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  1. ^ Randy Lewis (December 27, 2004). "Prince rules supreme in concert halls". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. ^ Kevin Mazur (December 24, 2004). "Prince heads list of concert moneymakers". USA Today. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Steve Baltin (February 24, 2004). "Prince to Teach "Musicology"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Andrew Dansby (March 24, 2004). "Prince Sets "Musicology" Date". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  5. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (28 May 2004). "Billboard Sours On Prince's Musicology Sales Experiment". MTV.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  6. ^ North America box score data:
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