European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Magazine Story and photos by Jijita Gosch staff Anler the tile f h be has outdone Mimi a up i l, ret Urru la to the Tagu with a new shi.1/ hat s quinian Lccy la be the highlight of us year Ulrop can concert season and visually inc i Mic times concur is Lar those in support of punch s Lac a album Matje Prince has lord the sexual overtones that marked his snows a Europe last August perhaps due to the poor Sale in Pri Vious i to a Burns around i in Ivorid in a Day and Parade and the unfavourable reviews of his movie under the Cherry Moon the Singer and Multi has come to realize it s Lar More important to display his talents rather than his ability to seduce a crowd to a sure Tho show still merits an r Ramg Prince engages in a particularly steamy session with a 5canhly-Clad dancer on a heart shaped platform but instead of being inn pouting Don Juan forever tensing and taunting the crowd. Pence has become the passive philosopher. Idling the signs of inc times speak or themselves Prince s audience this time around appears to have changed As Well gone Are Tho screaming hordes of teeny toppers that packed the concern Halls last year the crowd in Frankfurt s fest Halle earlier this week older Lor Tho most part scorned mom interested in he Man and his music rather than in Tho sex Symbol. With a backdrop of a seedy red Light District with glaring Neon signs advertising Sleazy hotels sex clubs and Bara Prince donning a pair of wire rim glasses bursts Inlo the recent Megahid. Sign o inc times an apocalyptic song Aboul the state of the world today. A world of aids dings sudden death and nuclear War. The limes mess with your mind lha song laments but All is not loss for Mankind. A the end of the 19 song one hour 50-Mmute set Pence proclaims in the Cross that Man will survive if we each carry our own Burden ghettos 2 the let of us Flowers 2 the Nghil there to to bread 4 at of us of we can just Bear the As it reconfirming Ihu potentially positive outcome the concert ends Mph i to tune it s Gonna Bea Beautiful night Hoo far Lod in. The song proclaims we i worry Aboul tomorrow when it comes. Interspersed among songs from Prince s newest release Are some of hi5 signature tunes Little red Corvette. 999, Flash Peary Titol let s go crazy we ii doves cry and. Of course purple att. With the Jimi hand six style guitar Solo Prince engages in a of his typical antics leaping Aboul the magic. Performing splits touring roses Inlo the crowd and playing the guitar while tying hat on his Back Alop inc speakers a Del Nile highlight this time around is a lengthy drum Solo by Pence protege Sheila e., who can Pound the skins As Good As any hard Rocker and Tho right show deserves particular mention for the fantastic visual a flocks created by the Inlo play of the spotlights with the fog from the constantly billowing dry ice Urov or hot. Late a i i Prince laments the state of the world in his hit sign o the machine. Overall it is a concern Well Worth the Money. If Prince announced in fus final song that it s Gonna be a Beautiful Ghl monday night in fran Lurl turned out to be less than Ivond Erfu for the Minneapolis musician. Prince who s known for giving Impromptu Jam sessions in local clubs following his concerts showed up at the Frankfurt disco plastic just after 1 a.m., arriving in a Black Mercedes stretch Limo. When a local newspaper photographer snapped his Prioto two of Prince s bodyguards lunged Loward him and demanded the film. The disco turned out Lobo Loo crowded for the pint size Singer alter just six minutes to was gone Back to his Hole for Tho night Prince performs Wilh special guest Sheila � in Austria Vienna Sla Thalle May 30, Germany Dortmund june 1 and2. Stul Garl Schleye Halle june 4 Italy Milan Palat Lussardi june 7-9 France pans Borcy june 13-15 and 17, and Holland utrecht football stadium june 19-21 More Dales May be added. Prince with members of hit backup band on stage in Frankfurt saturday May 30, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 13
