Musicology Live 2004ever

Musicology Live2004ever

Promotional tour by Prince
Location	United States, Canada
Associated album	Musicology
Start date	March 27, 2004 (2004-03-27)
End date	September 9, 2004 (2004-09-09)
No. of shows	96
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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 – 9 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, and was the top grossing tour of 2004 taking in $87.4 million. Also, it involves Prince schooling people to back in the day music. This tour is also family-friendly along with the One Nite Alone...Tour. There are clean lyrics and no explicit ones. The tour is R&B themed along with soul, rock, funk, and pop. Rose Ann Dimalanta is also another touring keyboardist and vocalist for this tour.

Band

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

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"

(Acoustic Guitar Medley

• "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" (Sheryl Crow cover, also on Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic)
• "The Work pt. 1"
• "A Love Bizarre"
• "Pass the Peas" (The J.B.'s cover)
• "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin 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 catalog, both hits and more rare fan-favorites and a few notable cover versions.