Hit n Run Tour (2000)
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North American tour by Prince | |
Start date | November 7, 2000 |
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End date | May 6, 2001 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 33 |
Prince concert chronology |
The Hit + Run Tour was an American concert tour by American recording artist Prince.[1] It was the first tour performed by Prince since re-claiming his birth name. After a fairly stable line up for the past two years, he was now backed by a very different form of The New Power Generation.[2][3]
Band[]
- Prince: lead vocals, guitar
- Mike Scott: rhythm guitar
- Rhonda Smith: bass and vocals
- Morris Hayes: keyboards
- Kip Blackshire: keyboards and vocals
- John Blackwell: drums
- Najee: saxophone, flute
- Geneva: backup singer and dancer
Prince added a group of sisters, Mikele, Malikah, Niyoki, and Tia White, collectively known as Milenia before the start of the second leg. John Blackwell replaced Kirk Johnson on drums.
The opening act was The Fonky Bald Heads, consisting of:
- David Schwartz: lead vocals
- Kip Blackshire: lead vocals
- Kirk Johnson: drums
- Mike Scott: guitar
- Michael Herring: guitar
- Kevin Walker: bass
- Dustin DJ Dudley D Meyer (Prince's tour DJ).
Every night Prince would come out and sing the chorus on the song, Passing Your Name.
Typical setlist[]
- "Uptown"
- "Controversy"
- "Mutiny"
- "The Work" (added in 2001)
- "Cream"
- "Little Red Corvette"
- "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
- "Sexy Dancer"
- "Housequake"
- "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"
- "Four" (Madhouse cover)
- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
- "Do Me, Baby"
- "Scandalous!"
- "Diamonds and Pearls"
- "The Beautiful Ones"
- "Nothing Compares 2 U"
- "Let's Go Crazy"
- "Take Me with U"
- "Raspberry Beret"
- "Darling Nikki"
- "When Doves Cry"
- "Father's Song"
- "Computer Blue"
- "The One" (The New Power Generation cover)
- "I Would Die 4 U"
- "Baby I'm a Star"
- "God" (Instrumental)
- "Purple Rain"
- "Kiss"
- "Gett Off"
Tour dates[]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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First leg | |||
November 7, 2000 | Worcester | United States | Worcester Palladium |
November 9, 2000 | Richmond | Landmark Theater | |
November 10, 2000 | Fairfax | Patriot Center | |
November 11, 2000 | Philadelphia | Academy of Music | |
November 12, 2000 | Cleveland | CSU Convocation Center | |
November 14, 2000 | Detroit | State Theatre | |
November 16, 2000 | Chicago | Riviera Theatre | |
November 18, 2000 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Auditorium | |
November 19, 2000 | Grand Rapids | Van Andel Arena | |
November 20, 2000 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati Music Hall | |
November 22, 2000 | Atlanta | The Tabernacle | |
November 24, 2000 | Memphis | Pyramid Arena | |
November 25, 2000 | Nashville | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | |
November 26, 2000 | Charlotte | Independence Arena | |
November 28, 2000 | St. Louis | Savvis Center | |
November 30, 2000 | Houston | Hofheinz Pavilion | |
December 1, 2000 | Dallas | Dallas Convention Center | |
December 3, 2000 | San Francisco | Ruby Skye | |
December 8, 2000 | San Jose | SJSU Event Center | |
December 9, 2000 | Paradise | Aladdin Theater | |
Second leg | |||
April 14, 2001 | Atlanta | United States | Atlanta Civic Center |
April 15, 2001 | |||
April 17, 2001 | Norfolk | Norva Theatre | |
April 18, 2001 | Baltimore | Lyric Opera House | |
April 19, 2001 | Wilkes-Barre | First Union Arena | |
April 21, 2001 | North Little Rock | Alltel Arena | |
April 22, 2001 | Kansas City | Kansas City Municipal Auditorium | |
April 24, 2001 | Denver | Magness Arena | |
April 25, 2001 | West Valley City | Sprint PCS Theatre | |
April 27, 2001 | San Diego | Cox Arena | |
April 28, 2001 | Oakland | The Arena in Oakland | |
May 4, 2001 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Palladium | |
May 6, 2001 | Sacramento | Memorial Auditorium |
References[]
- ^ "Ontour". Dawnation. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Prince News and Pictures / Prince Concerts 1995 - 2008". Princefams.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Hit N Run Tour". Prince Vault. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Prince Average Setlists of tour: Hit N Run Tour | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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- Prince (musician) concert tours
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