{"id":29243,"date":"2024-04-10T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/princes-band-the-revolution-to-play-two-minneapolis-shows-celebrating-purple-rains-40th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:02:26","slug":"princes-band-the-revolution-to-play-two-minneapolis-shows-celebrating-purple-rains-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/princes-band-the-revolution-to-play-two-minneapolis-shows-celebrating-purple-rains-40th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince\u2019s band The Revolution to play two Minneapolis shows celebrating &#8216;Purple Rain\u2019s&#8217; 40th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-10\/M_PrincePurpleRain_010824.jpg\" alt><figcaption>NPG Records\/Warner Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Prince<\/strong>\u2019s &#8217;80s-era band <strong>The Revolution<\/strong>\u00a0is set to headline two special shows celebrating the 40th anniversary of Prince\u2019s classic album <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Purple Rain<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The band \u2014\u00a0<strong>Wendy Melvoin<\/strong>,<strong> Lisa Coleman<\/strong>,<strong> Bobby Z, Brownmark\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong> Dr. Fink\u00a0 <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0will take the stage at Minneapolis\u2019 legendary venue First Avenue on Friday, June 21, and Saturday June 22, as part of Paisley Park&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paisleypark.com\/events\/celebration-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Celebration 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, which runs from June 20 to June 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are honored to celebrate <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Purple Rains<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u2019s 40th anniversary and keep the music, legacy and spirit of Prince alive,\u201d The Revolution share.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited for fans to join us for Prince Celebration 2024 and are thrilled to be working with The Revolution and First Avenue in celebrating Prince and the 40th Anniversary of\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Purple Rain,<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">\u201d Prince&#8217;s former manager and lawyer,\u00a0<strong>L. Londell McMillan<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>adds. \u201cIt is an exciting moment, as it was always a top priority to have the team united and aligned together to properly present their legacy with Prince.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tickets for the June 21 show are included in the VIP and general admission Celebration 2024 tickets. Tickets for the June 22 show go on sale Friday, April 12, at 11 a.m. CT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPG Records\/Warner Records Prince\u2019s &#8217;80s-era band The Revolution\u00a0is set to headline two special shows celebrating the 40th anniversary of Prince\u2019s classic album Purple Rain. The band \u2014\u00a0Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Bobby Z, Brownmark\u00a0and Dr. Fink\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0will take the stage at Minneapolis\u2019 legendary venue First Avenue on Friday, June 21, and<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/princes-band-the-revolution-to-play-two-minneapolis-shows-celebrating-purple-rains-40th-anniversary\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,47,48],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prince\u2019s band The Revolution to play two Minneapolis shows celebrating &#039;Purple Rain\u2019s&#039; 40th anniversary - 101 Gold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/princes-band-the-revolution-to-play-two-minneapolis-shows-celebrating-purple-rains-40th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prince\u2019s band The Revolution to play two Minneapolis shows celebrating &#039;Purple Rain\u2019s&#039; 40th anniversary - 101 Gold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NPG Records\/Warner Records Prince\u2019s &#8217;80s-era band The Revolution\u00a0is set to headline two special shows celebrating the 40th anniversary of Prince\u2019s classic album Purple Rain. 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