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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 suplemented these with his extensive back catalogue, both hits and more rare fan-favorites and a few notable cover versions.

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