Nude Tour

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Nude Tour
Tour by Prince
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Location
  • Europe
  • Asia
Associated album Batman
Start dateJune 2, 1990
End dateSeptember 10, 1990
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 51 in Europe
  • 5 in Asia
  • 56 in total (63 scheduled)
Prince concert chronology

The Nude Tour was a greatest-hits concert tour by American recording artist Prince. While his previous tour had drawn critical praise, the high cost of the concert tour production made it a financial disappointment; thus, Prince eliminated much of the excessiveness of the previous tour to be more financially viable. To make the tour as cost effective as possible, Prince decided not to tour in the U.S. this time, and thus he did not return to performing in North America until the Act I Tour in 1993.

Contents

Background

Unlike the previous year's Lovesexy Tour, the Nude Tour promised a stripped-down, back to basics concert that saw Prince eliminate many of the excessive and expensive set designs that were produced for the Sign o' the Times and Lovesexy tours, thus the "Nude" moniker. The setlist was reduced to a limited number of his hits from the 1980s with a few tracks from the Batman and then-forthcoming Graffiti Bridge albums, resulting in all the songs being played in their entirety and much shorter shows. In a move to promote a more youth-friendly image, as well as cut costs, Prince chose to eliminate the veteran horn section from the band. [1] According to academic Joseph Vogel, "The new image was clear: Prince wanted to present as young, black, and hip." [2]

Although Prince had previously expressed negative views toward rap music on The Black Album [2] (which, at the time, had not been released but had been widely bootlegged), he included rapping by Tony Mosley (known as Tony M.) in the song "The Future" during the Nude Tour. [2] [3]

Opening act

Band lineup

New Power Generation [5]

Tony M., Kirk Johnson, and Damon Dickson were referred to as the Game Boyz. [3]

Set list

This set list is based on an average setlist of the entire, it does not represent the entire tour. [6]

  1. "DAT Intro" (prerecorded samples of various hits)
  2. "The Future"
  3. "1999"
  4. "Housequake" (contains excerpts of "Sexy Dancer")
  5. "Kiss" (contains excerpts of "Let's Jam It")
  6. "Purple Rain"
  7. "Take Me with U"
  8. "Alphabet St." (contains excerpts of "It Takes Two" and "The Latest Fashion")
  9. "The Question of U" (contains excerpts of "Electric Man")
  10. "Controversy" (contains excerpts of "D.M.S.R.")
  11. "Do Me, Baby"
  12. "Ain't No Way" (Rosie Gaines solo)
  13. "Nothing Compares 2 U"
  14. "Batdance"
  15. "Partyman" (contains excerpts of "What Have You Done for Me Lately")

Encore

  1. "Baby I'm a Star" (contains excerpts of "Respect")

Alterations

Tour dates

List of 1990 concerts [7]
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
June 2, 1990 Rotterdam Netherlands Stadion Feijenoord 80,920 / 89,230$2,029,473
June 3, 1990
June 5, 1990 [lower-alpha 1] Copenhagen Denmark Gentofte Stadion 18,128 / 18,128
June 6, 1990 Kiel Germany Ostseehalle 11,500 / 11,500$315,790
June 7, 1990 [lower-alpha 2] Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 14,000 / 14,000$813,540
June 9, 1990
June 10, 1990 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 37,000 / 37,000$1,128,870
June 12, 1990 Berlin Waldbühne 22,560 / 23,000$702,067
June 13, 1990 Dortmund Westfalenhallen 26,109 / 26,109 [lower-alpha 3] $2,382,446 [lower-alpha 3]
June 14, 1990 Munich Olympiastadion 52,900 / 52,900$1,573,246
June 16, 1990 [lower-alpha 4] Paris France Parc des Princes 45,677 / 45,677$1,911,125
June 17, 1990 [lower-alpha 5] Lille Escape Foire27,122 / 27,122$851,088
June 19, 1990 London England Wembley Arena 179,120 / 179,120 [lower-alpha 6] $4,363,364 [lower-alpha 6]
June 20, 1990
June 22, 1990
June 23, 1990
June 25, 1990
June 26, 1990
June 27, 1990
June 29, 1990 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre 52,000 / 52,000 [lower-alpha 7] $1,339,000 [lower-alpha 7]
June 30, 1990
July 1, 1990
July 3, 1990LondonWembley Arena [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 6]
July 4, 1990
July 7, 1990 [lower-alpha 8] Cork Ireland Páirc Uí Chaoimh 56,010 / 56,010$1,520,111
July 9, 1990LondonEnglandWembley Arena [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 6]
July 10, 1990
July 11, 1990
July 13, 1990BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 7]
July 15, 1990 [lower-alpha 9] Basel Switzerland St. Jakob-Park 51,015 / 51,015$2,524,732
July 17, 1990 [lower-alpha 10] Rome Italy Stadio Flaminio 13,000 / 13,000
July 18, 1990 Cava de' Tirreni Stadio Simonetta Lamberti 19,980 / 30,000
July 22, 1990 [lower-alpha 11] Madrid Spain Vicente Calderón Stadium 64,912 / 64,912$1,862,325
July 24, 1990 Valencia Mestalla Stadium 48,127 / 48,127$1,036,339
July 25, 1990 [lower-alpha 12] Barcelona Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 49,455 / 49,455$1,410,256
July 27, 1990 [lower-alpha 13] Marbella Estadio Municipal de Marbella 29,765 / 29,765$640,543
July 29, 1990 A Coruña Estadio Santa Maria del Mar25,575 / 25,575$733,746
August 4, 1990 [lower-alpha 14] Werchter Belgium Festival Terrein22,980 / 22,980$679,748
August 5, 1990 [lower-alpha 15] Heerenveen Netherlands Thialf 12,090 / 12,090$317,640
August 6, 1990 [lower-alpha 16] DortmundGermanyWestfalenhallen [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 3]
August 8, 1990 [lower-alpha 17] Mannheim Maimarkthalle 75,894 / 79,000$2,365,616
August 10, 1990 [lower-alpha 18] Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium 10,550 / 10,550
August 11, 1990 [lower-alpha 19] Stockholm Globe Arena 29,000 / 29,000$735,700
August 12, 1990 [lower-alpha 20]
August 16, 1990 [lower-alpha 21] Lausanne Switzerland Stade olympique de la Pontaise 32,080 / 32,080$1,586,997
August 18, 1990 [lower-alpha 22] Nice France Stade Charles-Ehrmann 30,500 / 30,500$1,292,285
August 20, 1990LondonEnglandWembley Arena [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 6]
August 21, 1990 [lower-alpha 23] Manchester Maine Road 35,770 / 35,770$921,077
August 22, 1990LondonWembley Arena [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 6]
August 23, 1990
August 24, 1990
August 30, 1990 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome 90,550 / 90,550$7,476,712
August 31, 1990
September 2, 1990 Nishinomiya Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 36,605 / 36,605$2,686,441
September 6, 1990 Sapporo Makomanai Open Stadium 22,500 / 22,500$1,652,275
September 10, 1990 Yokohama Yokohama Stadium 41,110 / 41,110$3,394,453
Total1,208,605 / 1,219,351 (99.11%)$50,247,005

Cancelled dates

Date [8] CityCountryVenue
April 27, 1990 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt
April 28, 1990
April 29, 1990
May 8, 1990 [lower-alpha 24] Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
May 9, 1990
May 15, 1990 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
May 22, 1990 Lyon France Stade de Gerland
May 23, 1990 Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau
May 25, 1990 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
May 30, 1990RotterdamNetherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
June 17, 1990ParisFranceParc des Princes
July 28, 1990 [lower-alpha 25] Würzburg West GermanyTalavera Wiesen
July 20, 1990 [lower-alpha 26] Turin Italy Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
July 30, 1990 Udine Stadio Friuli
August 7, 1990 [lower-alpha 27] DortmundWest GermanyWestfalenhallen
August 14, 1990 [lower-alpha 28] Oldenburg Weser-Ems Halle
August 18, 1990 Nimes France Arena of Nimes

Notes

  1. Originally scheduled for May 15.
  2. Originally scheduled to take place at Ostseehalle, Kiel, on May 17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 This box office score data is representative of both shows on June 13 & August 6
  4. Originally set to take place at Palace of Versailles in Versailles, but was moved to Paris.
  5. Originally set to take place at Palace of Versailles in Versailles, but was moved to Paris then later moved to Lille.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This box office score data is representative of all 16 shows at the Wembley Arena on June 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, July 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 & August 20, 22, 23, 24.
  7. 1 2 3 4 This box office score data is representative of all 4 shows at the NEC on June 29, 30, July 1 & 13
  8. Originally scheduled for July 6.
  9. Originally scheduled for May 27.
  10. Originally scheduled for July 19.
  11. Originally scheduled for July 24.
  12. Originally scheduled for July 26.
  13. Originally scheduled for July 22.
  14. Originally scheduled for June 12 at Forest National, Brussels.
  15. Originally scheduled for August 8.
  16. Originally scheduled for June 5, to make way for the Copenhagen concert.
  17. Originally scheduled for June 10.
  18. Originally scheduled for May 6, but was postponed due to Prince performing at a benefit concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  19. Originally scheduled for May 12.
  20. Originally scheduled for May 13.
  21. Originally scheduled for May 30, but was moved to make way for a show in Rotterdam, which was eventually cancelled.
  22. Originally scheduled for August 19, after it was moved from its original date of July 15.
  23. Originally scheduled for August 2.
  24. Rescheduled to take place on August 6 & 7, then cancelled.
  25. Originally scheduled for May 24.
  26. Originally scheduled for July 17.
  27. Originally set to take place at Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, on June 9.
  28. Originally scheduled for May 31.

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