Hear the plane humming, back on the run!

I'm setting out on what a lot of Prince fans might consider the journey of a lifetime. Certainly for me it's been a dream for a very long time. I remember hearing about the celebrations at Paisley Park many years ago, when Prince through the gates of The Park open to fans for days on end with a festival of gigs by Prince and artists that he'd worked with or admired. I wished I could've been there and looked back thinking - how did I miss that??

This year has been a great year to be a Prince fan in London. We've been treated to two tours - one in small venues with all of the excitement of last minute announcements and then a stadium tour. Two new albums and a glimpse of even more exciting music yet to come from NPG Quartet and other Prince and 3rd Eye Girl projects.

Its easy to let the idea of a trip like this stay a dream. I'm writing this as a kind of diary but also to share my experiences and maybe as you read this you might be moved to make your dream come true as well. For me, the moment is right - to make this journey even though in many ways it isn't! Sometimes you've just got to do it!

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Prince's London Surprise - Part 1

It started 4 days ago with a simple message on Prince's official twitter account @3rdeyegirl "Prince Now in London" Why would anyone think that a twitter account with this name would have any knowledge of the whereabouts of this notoriously secretive and prolific artist? Just hours earlier there were reports online about a listening party held in New York to promote the new single from Prince called Pretzelbodylogic. Riding a crest of exposure following a well-received appearance, as himself, in a special Super Bowl edition of US comedy show "New Girl", Prince seemed ready to step back into mainstream consciousness again. One might expect a number of US TV appearances on popular entertainment shows to promote this new single and forthcoming album and tell the rest of the world about what he has been busy doing over the last couple of years. However, being one to always do his own thing, Prince appeared to have flitted away to London in a mysterious ...

First report on Supermoon recording session with NPJazz

Prince is well known for his last-minute jams - but last night was really tight. I think at most about 4 hours notice of a mysterious SuperMoon jam at Paisley Park. Then 2 hours later the flyer above went out via @NPGOFFICIAL and @3RDEYEGIRL. Looking at the list of musicians and after seeing the livestream just a couple of weeks ago of what this band can do - If there was a way to get there - I would've been there in a heartbeat. (Catchup with the session here ) Here is the first report that I could find online of what went down last night.... Report via Motherfunka @ Prince.org "Tonight's event was held in the Love 4 One Another room. It started out with DJ, old school music. Then Marcus Anderson, John Blackwell, Andrew Gouche, and Xavier Taplin took the stage and played a jazz session. Prince was standing off to the left of the stage. They said it was all new songs that they had created the last 2 weeks. There were probably about 150 people there. A...

Listening Party at Paisley Park - Saturday Night

Last night was the first of what appears to be 2 listening parties held at Paisley park this weekend. From the sounds of it there were at least 2 groups that were select by the girls in the group. They were led into Studio B, the same place that the last listening party took place. Apparently there were 6 tracks played. Here is an incomplete list of the tracks played via @Baron3121 One of those tracks featuring Hannah on vocals may be the song "White Caps" which was previously described as a duet with Joshua Welton. Its difficult to piece together exactly what went down from all the tweets that came out. Separating the true funk soldiers from the fantasists :P U know who U are ;) Thanks to @PrinceWatchUK for helping to filter. There were mentions of Lianne La Havas possibly being attendance. Update - confirmed by retweet by @3RDEYEGIRL. Below are some quotes of the most vivid descriptions of what went down last night. Tra...

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