It's #LPPSaturday and #BlackLivesMatter ~ Let's celebrate the #Genius of #Prince 'til the world stops spinning ~ Inspiration: #PurpleRain Tour kickoff in #Detroit (and MJ) • Love this? Join the club - literally! 👉 #ClubLPP 👉 patreon.com/clublpp • From Duane Tudahl's 'Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions': . "Detroit! My name is Prince, and I've come to play with you." ~Prince . "The tension the first night was astronomical," remembered Lisa Coleman. "But after the first chord, everything was okay." As he had with his last two tours, Prince decided to launch [the Purple Rain tour] in November, and this time he stacked the cards in his favor and premiered with a seven-night series at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. To give some perspective, Prince had played the same venue the previous year and sold out a single performance. Prince always had a very personal relationship with Detroit, on occasion referring to it as a "second home." The show was a tremendous success, overshadowing everything he'd done so far in his career. • Some other found quotes: . “Before we set out on the Purple Rain tour, it was a case of Prince wanting to see what Michael and the Jacksons were doing in terms of production, lighting, staging and everything with the Victory tour...There was a feeling in our camp that while what they were doing was a very solid stadium production, there was nothing really cutting edge about the technology. The Varilites, which was a brand name for a type of computerized lighting, was the gold standard in the industry at that time. And we made sure we had all that shit. But the Jackson's production didn't. Prince had a lot of respect for Michael, but he was mildly impressed with the show.” ~Alan Leeds • “Michael attended many of the Purple Rain concerts...Michael knew Prince was a serious threat.” ~Questlove • “During the Purple Rain tour of America, Prince repeatedly threw down a single glove in mockery of the other's trademark.” ~The Glasgow Herald (19th July, 1988) • #Prince4ever #LePetitPrince #LPPisART #TroyGuaArt #Surrealism #Photography #Sculpture #GloveDrop #PopArt #ArtImitatingLifeImitatingArt • 💜♾ 👉 troygua.com https://www.instagram.com/p/CKrJ_eplke-/?igshid=h5o9dasjqbnq