Royal Visit

We went to see Prince at the Fleet Center Tuesday night. What an awesome show!!

Pegg knew someone who was going, and so she decided to look into tickets. She realized that day that good seats had apparently been released for sale. So we got on ticketbastard.com and got the best seats we could find.

Turns out that our seats were great. The stage was in the center of the stadium, and we had 10th row in the first non-floor section, right on one side of the stage. It was basically center-ice, if we had been there for a hockey game. And because the sides of the stadium are narrower than the ends, there were barely any rows of floor seats between us and the stage. So we got really lucky.

Before the show we met up with Pegg's friend and his buddy. We went to Sullivan's on Canal Street, because Grand Canal was too crowded. Grabbed a couple of drinks with them, then went into the stadium.

I don't think I realized how much purple there would be. :-) These fans are really loyal. The best, though, was the 6-foot-5 white guy we saw in a Patrick Ewing-esque purple suit. Big pimpin' my man.

The show itself was really amazing. I have never been to such an animated stadium show. People were just into it. Everyone was dancing for basically the whole show. And the band was so tight, I almost didn't believe it was a live show. He's got Maceo Parker in his band! Everyone else in the band was fantastic as well. I especially liked the drummer, John Blackwell. It was cool to compare his performance to that of Rush's Neil Peart, who is considered among the best.

My only complaint was that some of my favorite songs (When Doves Cry, Kiss, Raspberry Beret, etc..) got glossed over in medleys. Otherwise it was a fantastic set. Here is the setlist.