Piano & A Microphone Tour

Piano & A Microphone Tour

Tour by Prince
Associated album	HITnRUN Phase One HITnRUN Phase Two
Start date	February 16, 2016
End date	April 14, 2016
Legs	2
No. of shows	11 in Oceania 9 in North America 20 total
Prince concert chronology

The Piano & A Microphone Tour was the final concert tour by American recording artist Prince.^[1][2] In a December 2015 interview in anticipation of the tour, he said that "I’m doing it to challenge myself, I won’t know what songs I’m going to do when I go on stage. I won’t have to, because I won’t have a band".^[3]

It became Prince's final tour due to his sudden death on April 21, 2016, a week after the last performance of the tour.

Personnel

• Prince — vocals and piano

Setlist

Setlist of February 16, 2016, at the State Theatre, Melbourne, Australia^[4]

1. "Confluence" (instrumental intro)
2. "Big City"
3. "Ruff Enuff"
4. "Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind"
5. "A Place in Heaven" (instrumental)
6. "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"
7. "Waiting in Vain" / "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
8. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
9. "The Ladder"
10. "1000 X's & O's"
11. "When She Comes"
12. "Satisfied"
13. "I Love U in Me"
14. "Sometimes It Snows in April" (includes "Purple Rain" instrumental elements)
15. "Automatic"
16. "The Beautiful Ones"

Encore

17. "Raspberry Beret"
18. "Starfish and Coffee"
19. "Paisley Park"
20. "Adore"

Setlist of February 17, 2016, at the State Theatre, Melbourne, Australia^[5]

1. "Confluence" (instrumental intro)
2. "Wow"
3. "RocknRoll Loveaffair"
4. "I Love U in Me"
5. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"
6. "Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind" (includes "U Will B" and "Linus and Lucy")
7. "Strange Relationship"
8. "Unchain My Heart"
9. "The Question of U"
10. "A Case of U"
11. "Waiting in Vain"
12. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
13. "Do Me, Baby"
14. "Venus De Milo"
15. "Black Sweat"
16. "1000 X’s & O’s"
17. "The Love We Make"
18. "Raspberry Beret"
19. "Kiss"

Encore

20. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
21. "Purple Music"
22. "Purple Rain"

Setlist of March 4, 2016, at the Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, United States^[6]

1. "Confluence" (instrumental intro)
2. "Wow"
3. "Over the Rainbow" (Partial)
4. "Somewhere Here On Earth"
5. "Baltimore"
6. "RocknRoll Loveaffair"
7. "Breakdown"
8. "Little Red Corvette" / "Dirty Mind"
9. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
10. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" / "Four"
11. "Controversy"
12. "I Would Die 4 U"
13. "Baby I'm A Star"
14. "Purple Music"
15. "Dear Mr. Man"
16. "Cream"
17. "Waiting in Vain" / "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
18. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?"
19. "Raspberry Beret"
20. "Starfish and Coffee"
21. "Paisley Park"
22. "Sometimes It Snows in April"
23. "Purple Rain"
24. "Black Sweat"
25. "Kiss"

Encore I

26. "Diamonds and Pearls" (partial)
27. "The Beautiful Ones"
28. "A Place in Heaven" (instrumental) (partial)
29. "Venus De Milo" (partial) / "Condition of the Heart" (instrumental) (partial) / "Under the Cherry Moon" (instrumental) (partial)
30. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
31. "When Doves Cry" (partial loop recording)

Encore II

32. "Free Urself"
33. "Thieves in the Temple" (includes "It")
34. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
35. "Do Me, Baby"
36. "Adore"

Notes

• The first show on February 16, in Melbourne, Australia, Prince dedicated performances of "Little Red Corvette", "Dirty Mind" and "The Ladder" in special tribute to ex-girlfriend singer-actress Vanity, who died on February 15, 2016. He also shared memorable heart-felt stories when they were together.^[7]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Oceania
February 16, 2016 2 shows	Melbourne	Australia	Arts Centre Melbourne - State Theatre
February 17, 2016 2 shows
February 20, 2016 2 shows	Sydney		Sydney Opera House
February 21, 2016 2 shows			State Theatre
February 24, 2016 2 shows	Auckland	New Zealand	Aotea Centre - ASB Theatre
February 25, 2016	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena
North America
February 28, 2016 2 shows	Oakland	United States	Paramount Theatre
March 4, 2016			Oracle Arena
March 21, 2016 2 shows	Montreal	Canada	Théâtre Maisonneuve - Place des Arts
March 25, 2016 2 shows	Toronto		Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
April 14, 2016 2 shows	Atlanta	United States	Fox Theatre

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

April 7, 2016	Atlanta, Georgia	Fox Theatre	Rescheduled to April 14, 2016[8]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Perth Arena	Perth	12,057 / 13,206 (91%)	$1,554,860
Paramount Theatre	Oakland	5,668 / 5,792 (98%)	$1,244,813
Oracle Arena	Oakland	16,940 / 17,324 (98%)	$2,707,586
Fox Theatre	Atlanta	9,022 / 9,162 (98%)	$1,811,410

References

1. "Prince 'Piano & a Microphone' tour 2016 - Dainty Group". Dainty Group. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
2. "Prince To Kick Off North American Solo Piano Tour In Oakland Sunday". Retrieved 2016-05-02.
3. Petridis, Alexis (2015-11-12). "Prince: 'Transcendence. That's what you want. When that happens – Oh, boy'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
4. Todd, Nathan (February 18, 2016). "Prince pays tribute to Vanity at his concert in Melbourne". AXS. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
5. Prince Vault – Melbourne, Australia Set list
6. Prince Vault – Oakland, CA Set list
7. Kreps, Daniel (February 17, 2016). "Prince pays tribute to Vanity at Australia concert". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
8. Stinchcomb, La-Keya (March 29, 2016). "Prince concert rescheduled for April 14". CBS46. WGCL-TV Atlanta. Retrieved May 23, 2016.