Musicology Live 2004ever

In 2004, Prince toured North America to promote his Musicology album. The tour was often billed as Musicology Live2004ever. The tour lasted from 27 March – 11 September 2004 and covered 96 dates throughout the United States and Canada, fetching a significant profit for Prince. It was attended by 1.47 million people in 2004. [1]

Band

• Bass: Rhonda Smith
• Drums: John Blackwell
• Keyboards: Chance Howard (temporarily on hiatus from The Time)
• Keyboards: Renato Neto
• Alto Saxophone: Maceo Parker
• Saxophone: Candy Dulfer
• Saxophone: Mike Phillips
• Trombone: Grey Boyer
• Guitar: Mike Scott
• Whatever: Prince

Set list

The typical set list usually consisted of the following, with some songs substituted for others throughout the tour:

• "Musicology"
• "Let's Go Crazy"
• "I Would Die 4 U"
• "When Doves Cry"
• "Baby I'm a Star"
• "Shhh"
• "D.M.S.R."
• "I Feel for You"
• "Controversy"
• "God"
• "Little Red Corvette"
• "Cream"
• "Raspberry Beret"
• "12:01"
• "7"
• "Sign 'O' the Times"
• "The Question of U"
• "The One"
• "Call My Name"
• "Let's Work"
• "U Got the Look"
• "Life O' the Party"
• "Soul Man" (cover)
• "Kiss"
• "Take Me with U"
• "The Beautiful Ones"
• "Nothing Compares 2 U"
• "Purple Rain"

Also some rarities were performed at various venues, such as:

• "Bambi"
• "Venus de Milo"
• "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
• "Adore"
• "Call My Name"
• "On the Couch"
• "Dear Mr. Man"
• "Everyday Is a Winding Road" (cover, also on Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic)
• "The Work pt. 1"
• "A Love Bizarre"
• "Pass the Peas" (cover)
• "Gotta Whole Lot of Love" (cover)

Despite being a tour for Musicology, only a few songs from the album were usually performed. However, Prince supplemented these with his extensive back catalogue, both hits and more rare fan-favorites and a few notable cover versions.