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The day the world turned purple to remember Prince The music industry, nation and world took time to memorialize   Prince   in the best way through his signature color: purple. Here’s a sample of locations choosing to recognize the Purple One after his death at 57 on Thursday. Los Angeles City Hall is decorated with purple lights in memory of Prince. (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times) The Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans captured a similarly aubergine hue when illuminated in memory of the Artist. (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press) Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, went a different way to honor Prince, choosing instead to display on its video screen the unpronounceable symbol (known as the Love Symbol) that the musician temporarily went by . (Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press) In Minneapolis, one of the many places remembering their native son (Prince was born in the city in 1958) was  Target Field , home of the Minn...

The forecast is calling for some purple rain to be hitting Atlanta soon. Prince Rogers Nelson , AKA Prince, is bringing his Piano & A Microphone tour.  Prince just added two intimate gigs to his tour at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta April 7 th “The repertoire will be culled from Prince’s vast 39- album catalogue and each performance will have a unique set-list that evolves in real time, song-to-song,” it said. “Fans should expect to witness special interpretations of well-known hits alongside rarely performed B-sides and new, never-before-heard material.” In addition to songs from albums including 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign o’ the Times, the set-lists from his previous Piano & A Microphone shows have also featured covers by Joni Mitchell, Paul Robeson and Ray Charles; songs Prince has written for other acts including The Time, Sheila E. and Vanity 6; and a Thelonious Monk-style version of the theme to Batman. Every ticket purchased to the conc...

After Madonna's St. Paul, Minnesota show, singer and entire touring entourage visit Prince's nearby complex Two musical titans collided in Minnesota late Thursday night as  Madonna  attended an intimate Paisley Park jam session hosted by  Prince . Minnesota public radio station  the Current reports  that Madonna and her entire touring crew – having performed at St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center earlier in the night – ventured to Prince's nearby Chanhassen, Minnesota complex to watch the rocker and his backing band 3rd Eye Girl deliver a late-night gig. According to the Current, a handpicked group of roughly 30 people were notified earlier in the night that something "extra-special" might go down, and by 1:30 a.m., Madonna and her crew began disembarking tour buses. Before Prince took the stage, Madonna's dancers turned the sparsely packed Paisley Park venue into a synchronized dance party. At 2:15 a.m. local time, Prince, accompanied by Madonna, ...

Anthony Anderson  appeared on  Jimmy Kimmel Live , where he and Jimmy showed their real-life text exchange that leads to Anthony saying that Jimmy is actually a bit "black-ish." Anthony also talks about his real-life son who auditioned for the role of his TV son in  black-ish  but didn't get the part despite Anthony being the comedy series' Executive Producer. Anthony also discuses Laurence Fishburne and dishes on his musician friend Prince, a person he says you should  never  look in the eye... See Anthony Anderson in the SERIES PREMIERE of the  ABC comedy  black-ish   on  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 9:30|8:30c  

More than three decades into his career, Prince is still selling out arenas, recording amazing music -- and fighting as hard as he can for the ownership of his songs.  Prince: The (New) Billboard Cover    Prince is rehearsing with this trio for performances that he cryptically says will begin in two days. H e announces six last-minute shows at Minneapolis' Dakota Jazz Club. Tickets for all six, ranging from $70 to $250, sell out in one morning. The ever-slender Prince-a strikingly ever-youthful advertisement for the maxim "black don't crack"-is garbed in yellow pants and a long, oversized button-front white-and-yellow jersey emblazoned with "MPLS" on the front. His Afro is covered by an incongruous hat in the shape of a lion. His other eye-catching accessory: wedged silver shoes adorned with periodically flashing red lights. A full-fledged rock star, even in rehearsal. Prince alternates between guitar and keyboards, and the songs ...